Gates for the garage with their own hands. Manufacturing of gates: drawings, materials

In connection with the rise in prices for materials and installation of garage structures, some car owners prefer to independently equip a "house" for their car. This is a wise decision, since, saving on paying specialists, you can make the garage door yourself by investing in quality materials and automation. The fastest type of installation is the purchase of a finished structure of the appropriate size, which is assembled manually according to the manufacturer's instructions. The craftsmen, who are confident in their abilities, can independently conduct all the stages of work - from the drawing to the finished construction.

Types of garage doors

First of all, you need to decide which garage doors you want to equip with your own hands . To do this, it is necessary to orient on the terrain, the size of the structure and the amount with which it will be easy to part.

• The cheapest and simplest is the manufacture of swing gates. They can open into the premises if the garage is close to the sidewalk, or outside if the space allows.
• The sectional garage doors are popular and convenient in operation. Ready-made standard sections go on sale from manufacturers, but can be made to order, if the design is non-standard. Completely independently produce parts of this type of gate, from the drawing to the final installation, it is quite real to the experienced designer, but the cost of time and money costs will be considerable.
• Lifting gates are also in demand, as they are very convenient to operate. These designs do not require academic training for installation, but the calculations on which the price of materials and automation depends depends on quality.

Sectional constructions

Any automation creates additional comfort, since it saves time for the driver. In addition, the sectional garage doors have the following qualities:

• This type of structure is considered to be the warmest, hermetic and weather resistant. If the garage is connected to the house, then no drafts, streams of rainwater or snow do not penetrate into the dwelling.
• A full guarantee of the safety of the car is provided even when the electricity is cut off. Automatic gates of this type are almost impossible to crack.
• They are very compact and give maximum space for the passage of the car.

Thanks to these qualities, sectional mechanisms are the most in demand among garage owners. They open smoothly and quietly, which is important, if the "house" for the car is in close proximity to the home, your own or neighbors.

Sectional constructions in operation

To understand how to make the gate yourself, you should know their individual elements. They consist of a web that is connected by loops, and a torsion system, which includes cables, drums and a spring mechanism.

A canvas is a sandwich panel made of sheet galvanized steel with a heater between two sheets. In the form of a heater, polyurethane foam is most often used. If the garage is a cold type, then a panel of 20 mm thickness will fit. To arrange a warm room for the car selected panel from 35 to 45 mm. This thickness of the cloth is equivalent to a wall thickness of 1.5 bricks.

When lifting the gate, the panel moves first along the vertical axis upwards, is refracted at the junction of the hinges and moves to the horizontal axis of the frame under the ceiling of the garage. Soft and quiet running provides polyamide balls.

It is quite difficult to construct and install a garage door of this type with your own hands of this type; therefore, the option of buying a finished product from the manufacturer with an independent installation according to the instructions will be optimal.

Mechanisms for gates

Today, any kind of door for a garage can be made automatic. The most common are sectional and sliding gates. They are preferred, first of all, because of the maximum space saving both indoors and outdoors, the comfort of use and the reliability of the design. Craftsmen even swinging doors, previously closed exclusively to the castle, turn into automatic gates, attaching them to the opening mechanism.

The modern automobile market is replete with various kinds of devices. You can buy models from the simplest and cheapest machines to having a special keypad, such as a radio remote control or a card reader. Everything depends on the amount that the owner is willing to invest in the comfort and safety of his garage.

Automatic Actuators

Automation for the gate is usually a common rack drive, which can be installed independently. It is powerful and quite reliable, equipped with a radio path, a lamp and a remote control. In the dark, the lighting lamp automatically turns on when the doors are opened, which makes it possible to put the car in the garage with great comfort and safety.

If you install a swing gate for the garage with your own hands, then the automation can be linear or lever type. Her work is as follows:

• The motor rotates the screws with the help of a reducer;
• The nuts are moved by screws along the guide axis, as a result of which the motor energy is converted into linear motion, and the nut opens the gate;
• To lock the doors when opening and closing the nut, press the switches at the end points, thereby stopping the drive;
• Controls the drive unit equipped with a security system in the form of electronic sensors that recognize the signal from the keychain, or when the car hits an obstacle.

Automation for gates of the recoil type is basically based on an electromechanical drive. Its design includes an electric motor, a reducer and a control unit. All kinds of electromechanical devices have the function of unlocking in case of an emergency power failure.

Choice of materials

If you want and the ability to design and install a garage gate for yourself, it will not be very difficult. It's easier and cheaper to make swing doors or turn-up doors. The latter option is preferable for rooms that are limited in the outer space, for example located next to the sidewalk. Such a garage is difficult to open without dividing the street, so the sectional or lifting-rotary type of doors will be the solution to the problem.

Before choosing a material, you need to determine what kind of automatic device will be installed on the gate. The dimensions, weight and material of the product together dictate the power and load capacity of the entire mechanism.

The simplest lifting and turning doors consist of such materials:

• Wooden bars for the ceiling and the vertical box;
• Metal pins;
• Corner and frame corners of appropriate dimensions;
• A spring and a metal rod for adjusting the tension;
• The electric drive;
• Door leaf.

The dimensions of the materials are selected according to the measured measurements of the garage door frame.

Choice of construction

The manufacture of the gate should begin with the choice of cloth. It will take less time and it will be more reliable to buy sandwich panels of the appropriate size. They can be selected by color and texture, from inexpensive monophonic to expensive with inserts of valuable wood.

If you think how to make the gate yourself, the optimal solution will be a galvanized iron - covered wooden shield. It can be heat-insulated with expanded polystyrene and ennoble the appearance with plastic of any color or panels made of wood.

Manufacture of garage doors

When the materials are thought out, the calculations are verified and the tools are selected, the process of manufacturing the parts of the construction begins. This will require:

• To assemble a frame of wooden blocks fastened with corners, corresponding to the width and height of the entrance to the garage;
• To establish a ready frame in an aperture and to fix by pins, thus the bottom part should leave in a floor on pair centimeters;
• Make the gates themselves by lining the canvas of wood with galvanized iron;
• Install a heater and glue the gate with plastic or wood panels;
• From the metal corners , rails are made, along which the shield will move;
• From the corner make a support mechanism, for this you need to drill two holes for fixing to the longitudinal stand on one side and on the other - three holes for installing the spring bracket;
• From a corner with an opening of 0.85 cm, make a hinge assembly and weld at the bottom of the frame between its underside of the rib and the center of the opening for the lever of the lifting mechanism;
• To the end of the lever weld a plate with a prepared hole for adjusting the tension;
• To connect an adjusting plate to the bracket with a spring, the extreme coils of which are used for hooks;
• To the bottom of the spring, attach the rod, which will act as a tension regulator.

The installation of the structure requires the mandatory use of welding for greater reliability of the entire device.

Use of the finished structure

Each garage owner determines how to make the gate himself - from scratch to the installation on his own, which can take a lot of time and money, or buy a ready design and insert it according to the manufacturer's instructions. The second option will require a little more cash investments, but maximize the installation and start-up of the mechanism.

If you carry out the installation without seeking help from specialists using the finished gate, then the savings will be 25-35%. This is an excellent indicator, considering that professionally made garage doors are much better, safer and more beautiful than handicraft production.

On their production, manufacturers provide a guarantee that is also important. So the choice should be between expensive quality and quick installation or a long and not expensive process of designing and installing the gate yourself.