Altering Two Single Garages Doors To A Dual Garage Door

If you are luckily enough to own a large garage you typically have two single garages sized doors as your main form of entrance.

As attractive as these kind of single garages sized doors might look you are losing a whole lot of usable space due to your central pillar between the two doors.

It is not hard to turn your single garages sized doors inside one large double size garage door thus utilizing the complete opening width to it's maximum potential.

Before you consider converting your garages you might want to check pricing and option of the new double size door. Being that these are frequently larger than any standard door you have got to look towards a company who manufacture bespoke doors that could be designed to fit ones garage.

Choosing a respectable garage door company you may find they're able to carry out the conversion of your single garages doors for you together with installing the garage entry itself.

Converting the garage door is a relatively simple procedure. An overview are as follows:

Firstly a new lintel has to be arranged as almost certainly you will have two lintels at present resting on the centre pillar. Removing the centre pillar this way would result in the whole roof collapsing. The new lintel will be without trouble and spanning the whole opening width of your garage.

Using props to hold on to up the roof with the garage the new lintel is installed, resting on the brickwork either side with the garage. The central pillar has become removed. Be prepared for many brickwork to be disposed of - often a skip is the only way to dispose of the following. PVC cladding will most likely be required to cover over the lintel and make everything look pleasant.

You now have an individual large double opening wanting to have your double size garage door installed.

Whilst the above steps may sound simple, there are many different problems which you could come across in doing this work and as such you should seek specialized advice before undertaking this work or better yet - use an expert.