Steel Beam Over Bifold Doors

Methodology as part of our steel beam design service we prepare the structural calculations to specify the correct steel beam sizes to install for the client.

Steel beam over bifold doors.

Door shall be mounted flush with exterior walls of building select one. Some of the beams were supporting existing timber floors. Above the rsj steel beam we dry pack the small gaps up to the first floor support with a semi dry strong 2 1 cement mixture this is compacted into the gaps between the beam and the first floors. You can add up the numbers to total something just over add for inflation and the price is still not that bad.

Because of how a bi fold door opens and shuts even the slightest deflection in the lintel above can render the door unusable because it simply won t slide open or shut. With regard to the bifold doors they are more commonly installed and operate much better when hanging from a perfectly smooth and level steel beam as oppose to rolling on a not so accurate floor. So if you have some patience shop around read directions and are not afraid of sweat equity you can put. This often depends on the span of the opening and the load so we would need further details on a project by project basis.

The beam will more than take the weight of the doors and you can guarantee that the doors will work perfectly when installed in this way. Is every beam panel and bolt for a 48 square hangar with a 48 wide bifold door that opens up to 14. 90 of the jobs i look at have steel beams over bifolds wouldn t entertain anything. Installation of structural supporting rsj steel universal beam to rear extension wall to facilitate 3650mm wide bi fold doors.

Bi fold doors are a different story. Lintel probably cost more than a piece of steel and might not be suitable anyway check manufacturers details. To this end we recommend a heavy duty or even a rolled steel lintel above a bi fold door to ensure that there is absolutely no deflection. In these cases they were packed with oak timbers struts to spread the floor loads correctly across the rsj steel beams.