"The biggest difference between this system and a traditional garage door is that you don’t have the track rails extending into the garage space, and that only half the height of the door ends up above the open doorway"<p>= Oops better look for another USP, because this alternative ingenious solution has been around for years:<p><a href="https://www.factoryfast.com.au/p/automatic-garage-roller-door-opener-motor" rel="nofollow">https://www.factoryfast.com.au/p/automatic-garage-roller-doo...</a>
It actually reminds me of those cable folding doors (<a href="http://www.bifold.com/note.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.bifold.com/note.php</a>) which have been around for a while. They aren't usually used on garage doors though, more for airplane hangers and pole sheds.<p>I guess I'm not seeing the benefits for the extra complexity.
There are lots of expensive, exotic garage doors. There's even a web site for garage design:<p><a href="http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=197602" rel="nofollow">http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=197602</a><p>Vertical bifold doors are common for airplane hangars.
a little pricey! <a href="http://www.accessgaragedoors.com/pdf/dominagaragedoors/domina-price-list-jan-2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.accessgaragedoors.com/pdf/dominagaragedoors/domin...</a> (in Euros)
It looks like there would be a lot of stress holding the doors up. I can only see the arm on the side, and at that angle it looks like it would not be very strong. I wonder about the longevity. But they do look cool!
Unrelated but just wanted to thank the article writers for including a regular link to YouTube in addition to the embed. I have flash set to not automatically run on all websites but I do have it set to work in YouTube and Vimeo (among others). A link is very nice and appreciated.
That is pretty sweet. My favorite 'weird' garage door idea though is the one that goes down into the ground. Basically a vertical slab with a very long scissor drive to lift up the door. The down side being maintenance of course, need to clean out all the crap that accumulates 12' below the ground.