Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 24, 2011 10:32 am Hi folks, how are we? I need some kind of help here! We're very nearly done with our home, however one last hurdle has me stumped. In our house we have a 6.4m wide garage, which has shopper door access into the entry, as well as a door that travels down the side of the house. The "passage" down the side is 2.1 meters wide, and we are deciding on what sort of opening we should have down there. We could either leave it open, to allow the option of a manual roller door later... Get the builder to put the roller door on (these two will be price related...) OR Have a double 920 opening with 2 doors there.... at 1800 opening, we won't get a car down there, thats not what we're after. More so for a dingo if we remodel the garden, a trailer, a place for the wheelie bins, later on down the track, a place for the kids bikes etc. To me, the convenience of being able to simply push a handle to open the door is coming up trumps, but my partner isn't so sure. Please help us out with some feedback! Thanks in advance! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46664 Building in Baldivis, Western Australia. First home, with Impressions. Would love it if you were to stop by some time! Re: Require some guidance - garage opening to side of house 2Feb 24, 2011 10:56 am I think it depends on how often you are going to use it. If it was once a month I would go for the roller. A couple of times a week and I would prefer the door. Would be worth checking the width of a 6 x 4 trailer. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Require some guidance - garage opening to side of house 3Feb 24, 2011 10:58 am A Dingo ? is that legal ? What other wildlife do you have ? A Kanga Perhaps ? I went the rollerdoor. Maybe in a few years you get a good tax return and you can put a motor on it. Timeline Aug 08-Land Mar 09-Demo/Titles Sept 10-Handover No1 Sept 11-Handover No2 April 12-Sold No2 Aug 14-Land/Demo Jan 15-Slabs viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25736 Re: Require some guidance - garage opening to side of house 4Feb 24, 2011 11:14 am We have a 1.4m wide roller door. Dh has a motor bike he may keep out the back, he can store work materials in garden shed, and lawnmower will fit through easily. Much easier than squishing in through a normal door. Re: Require some guidance - garage opening to side of house 5Feb 24, 2011 11:33 am I have asked 2 work collegues, and they both reccomended a rollerdoor. At double 920, the opening will be 1840 - so effectivly the same size as the biggest roller door we would get on there anyway. With us having the wheelie bins down there, it means we would use the doors at least once a week, then also if we have rubbish in our car it'd be easier to open a door, rather than pull on a chain. However, everyone seems to opt for the roller door! When it is up, its out of the way, you can't damage the doors, etc. Thanks for the input guys, keep it coming! At this stage, it looks like the roller door is trumps How will I explain that I was wrong to the misses?! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46664 Building in Baldivis, Western Australia. First home, with Impressions. Would love it if you were to stop by some time! Re: Require some guidance - garage opening to side of house 6Feb 24, 2011 12:48 pm To me a roller door makes sense because hinged doors would have to swing - if they swung inwards it would affect your useable space in the garage, if they swung outwards they would become a hassle to latch so the wind didn't catch them and I assume you would have one flapping around out there with nothing to latch it to anyway. Murphy would have it so they would blow shut as you took the dingo through and you'd end up damaging something. Roller door is definitely neater. As someone has mentioned you can always retrofit an opener if budget is tight up front. The only con I can see with a manual roller door is that kids can't reach to close it after they've wheeled their bikes through. Also a ready excuse for them if you're wanting them to take out the rubbish. They may not even be able to lift and open it. Are you planning to wheel the bins through your garage each week to put them out? If so, do you have to reverse out a car to make space to do it? That would drive me insane! Re: Require some guidance - garage opening to side of house 7Feb 24, 2011 4:56 pm I don't THINK we will have to reverse a car out each time. As we have extended the Garage to be 600 wider, and we also own 2 small cars (Carolla, and Getz) so we should have a fair amount of clearance. In regards to latching, one could hook onto the wall of the house, and the other could have a panic bolt that sinks into a hole in the ground. I do realize, and agree with what you're saying though. Roller doors ARE out of the way and possibly a little tidier. I suppose it is a pricing issue now. In theory, I think the roller door should be cheaper than the pair of doors. This way we're not paying for a frame, 2 solid weatherproof doors, and door furniture. I think it should be on par.... We will know tonight or tomorrow anyway. In regards to the kids bikes etc. At 22 years old, I don't think we should be thinking that far down the track Within 8 years, we should be able to afford a motor Also. In regards to having space for the wheelie bin. I'm considering parking the work car outside, in order to get some weights, and a treadmill in there anyway, so its only a little getz, which I think would fit through an 1800 opening viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46664 Building in Baldivis, Western Australia. First home, with Impressions. Would love it if you were to stop by some time! Hi HomeOne, I'm in the midst of landscaping a cat run down the side of my house, and the recent rains have me wondering if I need to install some sort of drainage. I've… 0 12273 Thanks for the photos. You need to know whether the inflow or the overflow pipe is leaking and this is a simple process of elimination. 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