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E Central NE | I’m going to be putting up a cold storage building and figuring out what to do for doors. Was looking at doing 2 overhead doors, 30’x18’ & 24’x16’, but then I came across Higher Power Hydraulic Doors. I can do 1 50’x18’ Higher Power door for 1/2 the price of the 2 overhead doors. Their door looks like a good simple design and fairly easy to install. Anybody have one of their doors? I would like to hear your thoughts. TIA |
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Eastern Nebraska | Don't know what part of Eastern Nebraska your from. I'm between Fremont and Columbus. We have a higher power door in a cold storage building. You're welcome to come and take a look at it sometime if you want. It's a good door. |
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E Central NE | I’m a little north of Columbus. I will probably take you up on that offer. I’ll be in touch, thanks for your reply. |
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Central Minnesota | Cornhusker89 - 12/19/2023 20:04 I’m going to be putting up a cold storage building and figuring out what to do for doors. Was looking at doing 2 overhead doors, 30’x18’ & 24’x16’, but then I came across Higher Power Hydraulic Doors. I can do 1 50’x18’ Higher Power door for 1/2 the price of the 2 overhead doors. Their door looks like a good simple design and fairly easy to install. Anybody have one of their doors? I would like to hear your thoughts. TIA Have 3 of them. 2 from 2017 have better controls. We have remotes, but seems like we don't use them. They are not automatic as there are not electric eyes on our door so you need to hold the button. Not that hard to install, but you will need a lull or something to lift into place and tin. Good doors and save money on building because needs no extra reinforcement. Ours we just make extra big holes by the 2 outside post and fill them with cement. We also build a maybe 12 inch deep by 24 inch wide cement trench across the bottom of the door for it to close on and tie it in with the post hole cement. Make sure first rafter is far enough away from end wall so door don't hit it. There was miscommunication when we built last shed and rafter had to be notched out for clearance.
Edited by HFR 12/20/2023 09:43
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Lamar, MO | Just put up a 47x20 and installed it ourselves. Getting the supports up and square took time. The frame is assembled on the ground and lifted into place. Instead of getting two telahandlers we rolled into the opening and used 3 ton chain winches hooked to the cam boxes and forklifts on the exterior corners to lift in a horizontal position. Once pinned let it stand up into position. Skinning and trimming was work. Used full length sheets top to bottom and have to notch each one for the truss, this was a challenge. And they recomend starting sheets in the middle so half of them need to be slid under the previously installed sheet. We would fully open the door slide a sheet off the manlift into position, drive as many screws as we could reach then lower door to drive the rest. Doing it again would split into two shorter sheets. The frame and vertical supports are at least 3/16" so self tapping screws took extra effort to drive and careful not to twist off. The July heat made it extra fun. |
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Holstein, NE | Although I ended up going with Raynor overhead doors (up to 36'), I was impressed with Higher Power doors. I really like how they suck in to the building. Just be sure to check on wind load. If I remember right, that's why I didn't use any bifold or swing up doors because of the added cost of the wind load built into them. |
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| Have one. Love it. Would go that route again. Very good design, good company to work with. I really like their cam box system.As mentioned, skinning it is a bit tricky, but doable. Someone mentioned they don't use the remote. That's about all I use. I have 3 remotes, when one isn't lost. Keep one in the shop work bench drawer and one in each pickup. |
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West, Mi | Curious how much head room is lost with this system? |
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Between Omaha and Des Moines, 7 miles South of I80 | I've read that you lose 6.5" of height, from the rough opening diminision .
So, a 18'0" rough opening, the underneath side of door, when open, would be 17' 5 1/2". {Assuming your internal insulation, didn't protude past the door's inner framework}
Edited by 4WD 12/20/2023 13:55
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E Central NE | They say the wind load in the closed position is 115 mph for a 50’-60’ wide by 18” high and 50 mph in the open position. |
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Northeast North Carolina | We have two 50' X 17' Higher Power doors that have been up for ten years now, been great doors and a lot less maintenance than the garage doors on the shop. Been through serval tropical storms, some of them at hurricane force and a lot of straight line winds that destroyed buildings beside them and they have been trouble free. We will definitely put them on future buildings. Great company to deal with, any questions they are more than willing to talk you throuh them. |
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Central Minnesota | Yes, the head room lost is around 6 inches. Depending on how tall of a door is how much swings inside. So the taller the door the farther the first rafter has to be set back. We didn't do it far enough on our second building I think because of a miss communication on how much room was needed. Ended up just reconstructing the first rafter by raising the bottom cord up a foot. Worked fine,and would need to do the same if the ceiling was going to be finished. I am not sure they would work on a side wall unless it was a couple feet shorter then the sidewall. |
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South Central Kansas | Ive got 30x18 on each end of shed. They do not put stress on shed like other types!!!! |
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| Agreed on this. My building supplier at first thought I was putting up a regular hydraulic door. When I told him Higher power, he cut out something like 2000# of end wall steel, since it wasn't needed to support the door. |
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Southeast Colorado | That is good to know someone in my area that has one. Who did you work with?
I've got a building with 2 60' openings that I'd like to consider putting doors in some day. Not sure when...........because I'm sure it's pricey. |
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