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<blockquote data-quote="damo" data-source="post: 539293" data-attributes="member: 9043"><p>I had exactly the same problem, and a carpenter mate suggested just changing the existing up and over door to a side hinging door, and it worked perfectly, using the original metal door. Okay, not the prettiest soln possibly, but I have a garage in a block rather than next to my house, so it didn't really affect the local aesthetics. Being able to remove the whole up-and-over frame I created the extra few inches of height required to get a Devon poptop in.</p><p></p><p>Also remove the wodden batten at the top, which meant raising the door by the same amount, 3" or so, and I just attached a length of cutoff lino to the bottom to seal the gap at the bottom. (This might solve your problem about driveway being higher than garage floor.) Three (or 4) strong hinges on the side, and then a couple of strong padlocks. Practical if not pretty, and very cheap and quick to achieve. And still operating now 12 years later! </p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="damo, post: 539293, member: 9043"] I had exactly the same problem, and a carpenter mate suggested just changing the existing up and over door to a side hinging door, and it worked perfectly, using the original metal door. Okay, not the prettiest soln possibly, but I have a garage in a block rather than next to my house, so it didn't really affect the local aesthetics. Being able to remove the whole up-and-over frame I created the extra few inches of height required to get a Devon poptop in. Also remove the wodden batten at the top, which meant raising the door by the same amount, 3" or so, and I just attached a length of cutoff lino to the bottom to seal the gap at the bottom. (This might solve your problem about driveway being higher than garage floor.) Three (or 4) strong hinges on the side, and then a couple of strong padlocks. Practical if not pretty, and very cheap and quick to achieve. And still operating now 12 years later! Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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