Overhead door 12x9 or a 10x10?

Geo-TH,In

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Which size overhead door would you choose, 12x9 or 10x10 and why?

Both doors are about the same money.
 
??? If you have enough headroom for a 10' high door , why would you even consider a 12 x 9???????? :roll: Make it 12 x 10. Not the right place to try to save a buck.
 
I?d say a lot depends on where u are putting it!!! If it?s a shop door a 12ft wide would my pick, much better if you
would want to back a trailer in!!! Also if you have the height 12 x 10 would definitely be worth the extra cost as
well!!!
 
I assume you mean 12' wide by 9' tall.

You don't say your building dimensions, in particular how high your sidewalls are. And you don't say if this will be in the endwall or sidewall.

I'm going to assume we're talking about an endwall door. I would make it no less tall than two feet shorter than the bottom of your trusses. This will allow for the standard one foot overhead plus another foot for an electric opener. You can make it even taller if you install a low overhead kit or you're willing to forego the opener.

As for width, a ten foot wide door is pretty narrow, and 12 feet will still be tight once the building fills up. Yes, you'll give up a few feet of endwall if you make it wider, but you'll never regret it.

If I was building a 30 foot wide building with 12 foot sidewalls, I would install a 16' wide by 10' tall door.
 
if you don't need the height , as in just for cars pickups and such 12 wide is my vote mine is 16 wide 10 tall and I love it
 
The bigger the better! It will make resale value higher.You never know what the next owner will want,might be a trucker or farmer that would NEED the larger door, or some guy with a car collection where a 9 foot door would be overkill. just my humble thoughts,, joe
 
Guys, currently have a 10x8 door in existing pole barn. I'm planning a second barn. Guy building barn thinks a 10x10 is better. Both are insulated, which I really don't need. Builder says he won't use cheap junk doors.
I want a door tall enough just in case I find a tractor with a cab. Friend's tractor is 8ft +. So I need a 9 or 10 ft tall door.

Again you have 2 recommendations, 12x9 or 10x10. Choose only one please.
 
> Again you have 2 recommendations, 12x9 or 10x10. Choose only one please.

They both stink, George. The 12' wide by 9' tall door stinks slightly less. The incremental cost of a 16x10 over a 12x9 can't be more than a grand. Chump change!
 
Sir George; The way you have been forgetting things lately, like your trailer tailgates, you better get the tall door. You might back the trailer in with the box up. HeHe just pushing your chain.--------Loren
 
What will you be driving through the door? Nine foot wide is OK for a car or pickup, but not for a row crop tractor with long axles for axle mount duals. Same with height, nine foot high is too low for the exhaust and cabs on many row crop tractors, especially in winter when ice and snow build up in front of doors.
 
King Loren,
I can't find my memory pills. I think I definately have CRS, Can't remember Stuff. It sometime scares me that old people who have senior moments and can't hardly walk are still driving.

I think I'll go with the 10x10. Never plan to buy a camper but the guy who buys my place might. Will a camper go through a 10x10?
 
I guess either size would fit your needs. You might ask the door company which they sell the most of. This should make the availability of repair parts more available. Also get a popular brand for the same reason. I put a smaller door in one of my buildings and one of the springs broke. Then I couldn't find the correct spring anywhere so the door doesn't open easily anymore.
 
Geo,

I kind of think you posted this to cause some conflict. folks are giving good advice without understanding why you have picked those two sizes. Personally I do not have enough data to make that choice and cannot find through the postings where you are helping the readers to get this.
 

I had 10X10 I never liked a 10 ft wide door its just to close for my liking...

On my new shop I went 12ft wide and like 12ft wide doors..

I have two 12X12 and one 12X14 I normally open the 12X12 to about 7ft that covers most cars and trucks.. My 12X14 I open to about 8ft that covers most trucks...

Of course I have the option to open then all the way open if need be... That would be rare tho... A tractor with a ROPS will get'em if I don't pay attention..
 
My tractor has duals, I need a 15 foot wide door for the tractor.

My cab flashers mostly make it in a 10 foot tall door but close.

So neither you mention is really worth a crap to me, I would want a worthwhile door.

On my shed I put a 24 wide by 15 foot 9 inch door. My hay basket full of hay gets close on top, my combine bean head just squeezes in.

Most of my message isn?t helpful to you. I will add this, which may be:

When I had them put the 24 by 15-9 door in, I figured that would be plenty wide. When I drove in with the bean head and with my 3pt 15 row bean planter, I was nearly scrapping both door jams. Huh?

Turns out, my ?door? is 24 feet, the opening in the building is 23 feet 6 inches.

I really miss that 6 inches. It works, but it would work better if it were 6 inches wider......

Be sure you are getting the hole size, not the door size!

And, bigger is better, I don?t see how a 9 foot high door is ever good enough for a farm building.

Paul
 
Like said bigger the better. The 12 high by 10 wide would be the least stinky of the choices. No, cab tractors will need 12 foot if much of a tractor.
 
Camper will need at least a 12 foot tall door. Mine is a low built and about 2' to floor and then 8' to celing equals 10' then the roof vents are anouther 15" at least so iy it at least figire 11 and a half foot. Mine id an 89 model 24' with no slideouts so can be lower than one with the slide outs. Now a pickup bed camper with a 4' bed height like new ones have plus an 8' head height you already have 12' total plus any vent-air conditioner. A lot of vans require a 9' door.
 

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