Lifting gates to the garage , made by themselves, is a fairly sturdy and easy-to-use design for arranging and entering the car. They can be used for the design of other buildings, but in most cases they are used in garages.
Advantages and disadvantages of the lifting gates
As with any other type of structure, there are advantages and disadvantages to the entrance opening at the gates.
Among the positive aspects is the space saving from the outside, since the lifting gates move inside the garage plane and do not require a cleared space for closing and opening the doors, as, for example, with swinging or sliding structures. Such a gate is quite reliable, it is not easy to crack. This will serve as an additional guarantee of the safety of your car. Most of the elements of such gates are located inside the premises, that is, it is better protected from wind and precipitation, and subsequently, and corrosion of the metal.
The drawbacks of the hoisting structures are their rather high cost, since all parts must be made of thick metal. Such a gate is not very easy to design, and a good drawing in this case is very important for the smooth operation of the entire structure. However, lifting gates with a mechanical drive can be made independently, but automatic lifting gates with their own hands is completely made to become problematic. It is simpler and cheaper for a non-specialist to order a ready-made structure for opening and closing a gate.
Preparatory work
To make the gates to the garage with their own hands, you need to stock up on the necessary materials and tools. For such work, you will definitely need a welding machine and skills to work with it. Also suitable are a Bulgarian and a screwdriver with bolts, a saw for metal. For the manufacture of the gate frame it is necessary to purchase a steel U-shaped profile with a thickness of more than 3 mm. Also, a sheet metal of 2 mm in thickness is required. As the wheels fit those that are installed on the skateboard. Bearings and joints can take those that are intended for domestic cars of old models (for example, for Lada).
How to make the gates in the garage with their own hands?
- When all necessary equipment is purchased, it is required to measure the doorway. In principle, the scheme of the lifting gates is as follows.
- Now you need to make a calculation and draw a drawing of future gates taking into account the width of the frame and the gate.
- The next step is to weld the frame for the gate from the metal profile, taking into account the calculations made. The door frame is installed in the doorway of the garage and securely bolted to the wall.
- Now you can place the lifting mechanism, namely wheels and bearings. They are installed in the guide system. If the wheels are slightly wider than the guides, then they need to be slightly worn, so that they smoothly go inside the metal profile. All details of the lifting mechanism must be welded.
- The bearing mechanism should look like this.
- After the lifting mechanism is made, the basis for future gates can be cooked. It must be welded very neatly, so that later it would be easier to sew it with metal sheets. The base is mounted on the lifting mechanism and tries on how easy and smooth it goes.
- Only after fitting the gate can be sheathed with sheet metal. The gates with the simplest lifting gear are ready.
