Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 04, 2008 10:34 am Can anyone offer any guidance on acceptable standards for garage doors (auto panel doors). Our door appears to have a bow in it which means that there are "large gaps" on the sides but it is flush at the centre.
I am struggling to find any tolerance guidelines as to what is an acceptable fit for a garage door. There must be a limit somewhere (?) or a builder could use warped doors that leave gaps allowing birds, vermin, large draughts in? Appreciate any help as our builder is refusing to fix and from our experience (including with other defects we had) the BSA here in Qld is of no help in defects other than if the defect means your house is about to fall down! Re: Garage Door Gaps / Tolerances 2Aug 04, 2008 10:53 am I suggest the garage door should have been 'installed as per garage door manufacturers instructions' I would look at the garage door technicial specifications, that is where your required information is contained. Did the garage door manufacturers install it?, or did the builder?
Regards, Pat the draftie. bow 4Aug 04, 2008 12:38 pm By a bow I mean if you stand at one side of the door and look along it to the other side (ie across the 6m width horizontally) you see a bow. It is most apparent when sighting along the top of the door, (at the door- lintel (?) interface). The door is flush with the frame / lintel at the centre but then has large gaps at each side. We have checked the top lintel / frame and it is straight.
It is bowed in the horizontal plane/ axis, not the vertical plane / axis. I really should get a photo to help explain! Re: Garage Door Gaps / Tolerances 5Aug 04, 2008 12:52 pm Ah right... makes sense now
So it is bowed as if someone was pushing up against it. I wonder if that is because the opening is too narrow and flexing it outwards? Or perhaps the runners on either side aren't straight. Does it open and close alright? I would imagine over time that would cause a problem if it is continually flexing.. must be causing stress on something! Alan and Thuy in Melbourne Building a second time! Brass fly wire, you will need to cut it, shape it and jam it into brick slots 1 7450 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place - Iām new to the property/building journey (trying to buy my first home) so not sure where/who to go with these sorts of… 0 19134 |