Steel Beam For Bifold Doors

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.

Steel beam for bifold doors.

Some of the beams were supporting existing timber floors. 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. 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. 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.

Door shall be mounted flush with exterior walls of building select one. I beam sliding doors is a company founded on building heavy duty light weight sliding doors for the building industry. Select one b face mount. 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.

We pride ourselves in supplying doors to fit your needs and are determined to stay in the lead of technology for sliding door systems. Bi fold doors are a different story. Door shall be mounted on the exterior walls of building. 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.

In addition to installing a steel beam for horizontal loading your scheme must also fall within approved document a guidance limits for percentage and size of openings across the elevation you are proposing to install the bi fold doors.