April 7, 20215 yr The door to my garage currently goes into the kitchen, and given the garage is outside the thermal envelope, I assume the door has to be built 'very well', sealing properly, insulated etc. But.. We don't tend to put a car in the garage anyway, so the garage door "banging into the car" is not a thing yet. It might make more sense to have the door open 'outward'. Q: When the mood strikes and I buy me a car I care about getting stolen (or more likely: a future buyer of the house has one), would it be 'doable' to reverse that garage door? Obv not expecting it to be super straightforward but can a professional do it properly without having to knock out the entire wall or cause other wanton destruction?
April 7, 20215 yr Author Just now, markc said: No reason why not, changing it around is pretty straightforward Cool, I'm not a builder so I have no idea if there are any "hidden snags" that I'm not aware of. Does drilling into an 'unprepped' doorframe hurt the insulation, does the door fit so tightly you can never make it work if you try to mirror it.. etc it indeed sounds straightforward but things can turn nasty
April 7, 20215 yr You could remove the whole frame, turn it around and refit. or depending on the frame detail, leave the frame alone (fill the rebates and holes left by the lock/closer etc. and fit the door to the other side. ... this is so much easier to do than describe.
April 7, 20215 yr Author 2 minutes ago, dpmiller said: how long is the garage? 5065x2945 internal usable surface.
April 7, 20215 yr If you're going for a (vaguely) airtight door, then the answer is - inward opening performs better - no. you can't easily reverse it. The issue is mostly the threshold. Making an airtight seal at the threshold is hard, making it on the outside of the threshold is harder, and reversing the threshold (non-destructively) even harder Full disclosure: we have a Moralt Ferro Passive garage door, made a last minute change to make it outward opening, and somewhat regret it. Edited April 7, 20215 yr by joth Typo: NON destructively
April 7, 20215 yr Author 15 minutes ago, joth said: If you're going for a (vaguely) airtight door, Yep. 15 minutes ago, joth said: then the answer is - inward opening performs better Interesting factoid. OK, I guess I'll stick with inward then. 15 minutes ago, joth said: - no. you can't easily reverse it. The issue is mostly the threshold. Making an airtight seal at the threshold is hard, making it on the outside of the threshold is harder, and reversing the threshold (destructively) even harder Yeah that was what I was 'suspecting' but having zero actual experience... 15 minutes ago, joth said: Full disclosure: we have a Moralt Ferro Passive garage door, made a last minute change to make it outward opening, and somewhat regret it. Sorry you have nonzero actual experience
April 20, 20215 yr what type of door do you plan on using? UPVC,composite etc.. or just a regular wooden fire door? taking a upvc/composite framed door out whole and spinning it round is pretty straightforward for your application as you don't have to worry about how the drainage is setup as its inside. a basic composite would be around £500 without all the frills if you know where to shop, just make sure its double rebated. although I think it would need to be fire rated. Edited April 20, 20215 yr by gaz_moose
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