[ This post is mostly photos with captions. ]
THURSDAY 16 February
This is how the roll-up doors were packed for shipping. They were made in Missouri and shipped to West Virginia by mistake. Dan (from Everlast Doors & More) chose to drive to West Virginia to get them, rather than delay the installation by some unknown number of additional weeks.
It was a BIG DAY today. Dan, from Everlast Doors & More, showed up with the two large roll-up doors for the barn! Chuck (the builder) arrived shortly thereafter to help Dan with the installation by operating the Pettibone Telehandler. The telehandler was used to unload the crates from Dan’s trailer and then to lift each door into position while Dan secured the mounts on each end from a ladder.
One of the doors has been removed from the trailer by the telehandler and is being moved into the large/west RV bay.
One of the roll-up doors positioned in the large/west RV bay, ready to be uncrated.
The chain drive box for a roll-up door.
The main ring gear on one end of a roll-up door tube.
A shaft support and tensioner on the opposite end of the roller tube from the ring gear.
A chain drive box mounted on the ring gear end of the roller tube.
The other roll-up door being lifted into place. It is supported by a small section of the original shipping crate to allow the telehandler forks to get under it, and is strapped down to hold it in place.
The small/east RV bay roll-up door (on the left in this photo) is installed. The large/west RV bay roll-up door is being lifted into position with the telehandler. The telehandler weighs 28,000 pounds, so Chuck (the builder/operator) kept it off of the poured concrete at all times.
Dan is securing one end of the large/west RV bay roll-up door to the vertical steel support and bracket.
FRIDAY 17 February
The weather forecast for today was for cold temperatures and light icing. I texted Dan early and suggested that he not finish the doors today. He appreciated that, and said he would be out around noon tomorrow to continue the installation.
SATURDAY 18 February
Dan works on the chain drive end of the small/east RV bay roll-up door.
Good to his word, Dan was back around noon and put in a long afternoon finishing the installation of the two big roll-up doors. He did not like the weather-stripping that came with the doors, and wanted to come back late next week with a different product and finish up. He would also finish installing the lag screws for the side channels at that time. (As it turned out, the weather stripping did not get installed until mid-late March, but that’s for another/later post.)
Dan checks the small/east RV bay roll-up door for proper operation.
The large/west RV bay roll-up door in the closed position.
The barn finally has all of its doors and is now closed in and can be secured.
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