Hi Fold Doors

[F1R]

Originally Posted by ILikePike

My hi-fold door skin is the same as Mel's. Never had a water problem. The top skin overlaps the bottom when closed. No bottom trim on top and no top trim on bottom. Also, the top edge of the bottom skin is installed with pop rivets to allow the skins to lay flush and prevent screw heads from deforming the top skin.

This sounds like a water shed moment for Diamond door owners thinking of starting with a better cladding plan. Humour aside, I believe thick insulation presents a fastening challenge, especially on wider span doors with high wind loading regions.

As well explained as the flush riveting is on the top of the bottom skin, it would be tricky with a 2" layer of insulation between the skin and the door frame, and the thicker the insulation, the greater the overlap in cladding would need to be in order to run the water past the gap.

[jnmeade]

BTW, you'll note Hi-Fold has some weight limits on their doors. It is not hard for inner and outer skin and insulation to get pretty close to the weight limit. It did on one of my Hi-Fold doors.

[FLY6]

Thanks for the heads up Jim, when I get to insulating the door, I think I will just use some sort of rigid insulation that won?t absorb water. I hope to be able to stop the water problem just the same.