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Covering in a roller door

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  • 27-11-2005 6:13pm
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    Villain
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    I have a roller door in the garage at home, which is ajoining the study, problem is in this cold windy weather the wind blows in at the top of the door causing a huge draft and makes it very cold. There is about a 2 inch gap at the top so I was trying to think of some way of keeping the wind out. I was thinking of boxing in the top of the roller and puting some kind of thick brush against the door.

    Just wondering if anyone had any other ideas?

    Thanks


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    KdjaCL
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    Rubber matting on the best usable surface is a cheap and very effective solution.

    Not sure but have you changed your garage into a room and kept the roller door at the front?

    If so how much that set you back and what way did you go about the roof?


    kdjac


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    Villain
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    Thanks kdjac, no the garage is ajoined to the house, it was only built 2 years ago so it was part of the design, we have a small study off it, which appeared in the plans as store.


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    foamcutter
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    Irish 1, l had a similar problem with a roller door. I used a 50mm nylon brush strip against the roller.

    Here's a link to a supplier
    http://www.exitex.ie/BrochurePage/Brochures/SillBrochure/index.htm

    scroll down to page 28. I think they are available from hardware/building merchants.


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    Victor
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    Seal the internal doors with draught excluders. Make sure you have enough ventilation.

    If the "store" only has access via the garage, you may be in a fire hazard situation.


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    Villain
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    Thanks, that looks like what I need, did you attach it directly to the wall opposite the top of the roller?


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    Villain
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    No Victor there is another door in the "store" that leads to a small hall which has the back door in it, and there is a fire door between the garage and the "store". I really want to eliminate as much cold air and wind as I can from the garage as the Garage has our chest freezer in it. It's not really a garage in the normal sense, it's plastered and painted and has skirting etc.


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    foamcutter
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    Irish1,
    attached it to a timber baton on the wall, above the opening so it's not exposed to the weather.


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