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Posted by SteveB on June 20, 2008, 2:55 pm
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I bought a 40' seagoing container. I want to put a roll up door, a passage
door, some turbines, and some windows. Is there a place where they sell
these things that will easily fit the waffle configuration of the sidewalls?
Or should I just go get some surplus metal doors and weld them up and shim
accordingly? Mostly, I want a quality roll up door.
Steve
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Posted by Trevor Jones on June 20, 2008, 7:34 pm
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SteveB wrote:
> I bought a 40' seagoing container. I want to put a roll up door, a passage
> door, some turbines, and some windows. Is there a place where they sell
> these things that will easily fit the waffle configuration of the sidewalls?
> Or should I just go get some surplus metal doors and weld them up and shim
> accordingly? Mostly, I want a quality roll up door.
>
> Steve
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I think the protocol is to cut straight lines, weld in the square
tubing for framing the door, then mount the available hardware into the
frame.
Sizing the hole, to suit the available door, of course.
Not sure. Never done it, but that has seemed to be the pattern, on the
ones I have looked at.
Cheers
Trev
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Posted by Bruce L. Bergman on June 20, 2008, 9:43 pm
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>I bought a 40' seagoing container. I want to put a roll up door, a passage
>door, some turbines, and some windows. Is there a place where they sell
>these things that will easily fit the waffle configuration of the sidewalls?
>Or should I just go get some surplus metal doors and weld them up and shim
>accordingly? Mostly, I want a quality roll up door.
>
>Steve
I'd go get a steel frame commercial door, and build your "Doorjamb"
out of 2" x 4" mild steel tubing. Just like you were sliding it over
the 2X4 of a framed wall.
I'd do it on ours, but Mom thought an Aluminum shipper would be
better. Can't do it unless I want to invest in a spoolgun, and then I
have to find big square or rectangle tubing in AL for the header and
trimmers...
--<< Bruce >>--
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Posted by Gunner on June 21, 2008, 1:24 am
Please log in for more thread options On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:43:32 -0700, Bruce L. Bergman
>wrote:
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>>I bought a 40' seagoing container. I want to put a roll up door, a passage
>>door, some turbines, and some windows. Is there a place where they sell
>>these things that will easily fit the waffle configuration of the sidewalls?
>>Or should I just go get some surplus metal doors and weld them up and shim
>>accordingly? Mostly, I want a quality roll up door.
>>
>>Steve
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> I'd go get a steel frame commercial door, and build your "Doorjamb"
>out of 2" x 4" mild steel tubing. Just like you were sliding it over
>the 2X4 of a framed wall.
>
> I'd do it on ours, but Mom thought an Aluminum shipper would be
>better. Can't do it unless I want to invest in a spoolgun, and then I
>have to find big square or rectangle tubing in AL for the header and
>trimmers...
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
Or simply bolt it in.
My 20' is also aluminum
Gunner
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Posted by texasjim1093 on June 21, 2008, 1:04 am
Please log in for more thread options For the record, I had an aluminum container. What a disaster, had a
roof leak, difficult to repair this type of roof as it has sealant and
gasket between the aluminum and steel ribs.
My observations are the same as the other posters regarding steel
containers. The frames are welded in but I remember them being angles
but not completely sure on that. The hardware looked like standard
commercial stuff. I think you need a pretty wide piece to span the
corrugations on the header. Why do you need a roll up door? Why not
keep the factory doors and put in a set of double steel doors on the
side or on the other end. If you have doors on each end you get
ventilation in warm weather. How often are you moving something big
enough to require the entire 8x8 opening? If the answer is not often,
the original doors only take a couple of minutes to open and are quite
sturdy. Also, there are specialty supply places that you can buy the
gaskets for the original doors if needed.
Something I wished I would have done with mine is put an awning off
the side or end.
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> door, some turbines, and some windows. Is there a place where they sell
> these things that will easily fit the waffle configuration of the sidewalls?
> Or should I just go get some surplus metal doors and weld them up and shim
> accordingly? Mostly, I want a quality roll up door.
>
> Steve
>