Why is everyone talking about the lift straps on the Schweiss Bi-Fold Doors.

Because it's the latest and greatest method of lifting your bifold doors. Straps offer a real advantage on the safety ratio because of the strength of each strap which is 29,000 #'s compared to 7200#'s -And most important of all the Lift Straps offer a faster lifting method.

How long have you been mfg the lift strap doors? Are the customers satisfied with the lift straps doors?

Schweiss has been manufacturing it's patented lift straps for 8 years. Once a customer buys a strap door, he's our best salesman because he is always bragging to his neighbors about the lift straps.

Do you still do the cable doors ?

Yes we do... But the strap doors have taken over the market because of the simplicity, smoothness and long lasting. Customers are demanding the strap doors!!

We are in need of a large bifold door. The door size will be about 47-feet wide by 18-feet clear. For a large hangar door, would you recommend cables or straps??

Schweiss custom manufactures large bifold doors of any size to match up to your new or existing building. The strap doors are the best and wisest investment you could make on a large hangar door of this size. Eighty percent of all doors leave the factory with the lift straps. Customers are realizing the benefits of the straps. Think about it, cables must track side by side, and the straps wrap on top of themselves in a guided lift strap drum - the straps never "birds nest" --getting all tangled or criss crossed on the lift strap drum. Customer's comments back to Schweiss, "why bother with a cable door when the strap doors are far superior." By the way, straps are much easier to install and will outlast the cable doors.

When I order my hydraulic door, and the door is split for shipping, does the customer have to weld the door frame back together? Please reply soon. Thanks

Hydraulic door frames have bolted connections - that makes it quick and easy to assemble. The bolts are supplied with each Hydraulic Door!

On the one piece hydraulic doors, does the power unit have to be positioned near the up/down station? I would like to place the hydraulic power unit in the back storage room where it will not be an eye sore.

Good question - Schweiss's one piece hydraulic power unit can be easily placed in any corner or room in a hangar building, so when inside the hangar building, you will only see the up/down station and not the hydraulic pump. Your one piece hangar door can be nicely finished off, to add a touch of class to your hangar home.

The one piece hydraulic doors extend outward when opening, not like the bifold doors. Do you have a chart or a graph showing how far back we must stay away from the front of a hydraulic door when it's being opened/operated ?

Schweiss can provide you the safe distance measurements you must keep clear of the front of your hydraulic door to avoid any damage to your airplane while the door is being operated. You can then decide if there is enough space on the ramp to park your airplane without blocking the taxi way .... for passing traffic.

Why do you recomend a window in the hydraulic doors?

So the operator can visually see whats parked in the doorway, or what may be passing by the one piece door that swings outward when opening.

If we choose to install our own door, will this affect the warranty of your door ?

Schweiss stands behind their product if you decide to install the door yourself, as we have a easy to read, step-by-step install manuals, and have many satisfied customers who installed their own doors.

What door do you recommend, the hydraulic or the bifold door?

We manufacture both styles of doors, and show you the comparisons so you will be able to choose the door style that fits your door needs, and every door is custom built for you.

Have you ever installed a bifold door on a RAM Building?

Yes. The RAM Building has a very sturdy end-wall, and it seems reasonably priced.

Do your bifold or hydraulic doors work on a post-frame construction?

Yes, all of ours can be adapted to any type of building. Post-frame construction is very common when it comes to installing our doors. We provide a diagram or the spec sheet that explains where everything is to be mounted, and the forces that apply.

We like the hydraulic door, is there any way to hide the external truss?

Yes, the truss can be located on the inside of the door frame.

My neighbor has a hydraulic door, and it looks like the frame of the door is bowing outward in the closed position, making it look like the wall is not straight?

Hydraulic doors are built with a camber built into the door frame.

What width door do you recomend on my farm shop?

The advice we give to the customer, the "bigger the better," that's the great feature about the Bifold or the One-Piece doors from Schweiss. A wider door allows you to park 3 vehicles/equipment side by side in the doorway, saving you the time of moving one vehicle to get to the other, a major time saver, and its handy to have, yet when you need to get that large combine or planter into the shop for a tune up, just push the up button and drive the entire rig into the shop's work area. It doesn't get any handier than that...

What size of doors are customers ordering for farm shops??

Many customers are asking for 30' shop doors. We at Schweiss, try to talk the customer into a 36' and larger door sizes. Many farm shop doors are 40' wide. This size door allows you more flexibility when trying to fit equipment into your new farm shop.

What clear opening height under the farm shop doors do you see going into these new modern farm shops?

Every customer has different requirements. From what customers are saying, they want nothing less than 16ft in the clear, and 18ft is what works best for the large combines with grain extension tanks. The larger the shop door, the more user friendly the shop becomes. We have customers stopping by and "Thanking Us" for talking them into a larger size door than they originally had planned on.

Does the price change much if we go with a larger door?

The cost difference to add additional footage to your door at the time of purchase is very minimal. But well worth it.

When using a metal bifold door on a wood structure can the door header be a laminated wood beam ?

Schweiss doors are made to fit on wood or steel structures. The header being wood or metal will work with the metal bifold or hydraulic doors.

I have a beaver on floats what size door do we need ?

Whip floats all fit in 18 foot tall doors