Steel Beam For Bifold Doors

Door shall be mounted on the exterior walls of building.

Steel beam for bifold doors.

Select one b face mount. For pricing and availability. Could you recommend the type of lintel i would need please. 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.

Reliabilt 9500 series walden 48 in x 80 in white mirror panel steel sliding closet door hardware included item 201627. 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. Installation of a 1no steel beams installed. 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 deflection.

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. Reliabilt 9500 series montrose 72 in x 80 in gold mirror panel steel sliding closet door hardware included item 201624. In these cases they were packed with oak timbers struts to spread the floor loads correctly across the rsj steel beams. I beam sliding doors is a company founded on building heavy duty light weight sliding doors for the building industry.

This support beam was chosen as the wall above the ground floor was a single skin constructed of solid break and the span of the beam was 4m. Bi fold doors are a different story. Some of the beams were supporting existing timber floors. I am installing bi fold doors in an existing exterior wall which is 100mm block inner 50mm cavity and 100mm brick outer.

Structural props remain in place to support the steel beam. This often depends on the span of the opening and the load so we would need further details on a project by project basis. Spec of 203 x 203 x 46 universal beam ub. Above is a bedroom window 2 4 m clear opening and the house is 2 x storey build in the early 80 s.

The opening clear width is 3 6mm so need a 3 9 4 0m lintel. It is usual practice to install either a universal beam ub or a rectangular section rhs to pick up the main loading with a steel plate welded to the tension flange to carry the outer leaf masonry.