SPECIALTY DOORS

When Jeffrey first started contemplating building a garage for his Toronto-area home, he looked into how much a traditional structure would cost. The estimates were more than he had bargained for, and a less conventional idea started to form.

“Shipping containers were something on my mind at the time,” Jeffrey said. “The shipping container looked like a good way to go, because essentially you're getting the structure already kind of out of the box if you will.”

Jeffrey worked closely with the team at Schweiss Doors, to make sure the door was designed to fit his needs. The custom bifold door is 14-feet-and-1 ¾-inches wide and 6-feet-and-5 ½-inches high. Jeffrey also added electric photo eye sensors and a door base safety edge as extra safety precautions.

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Container Doors

You don't see boathouses like this every day!
The owner of this property on Rainbow Lake in upstate New York went the extra mile to elevate his boat storage to another level.

The 24' wide x 12' tall strap bifold door spanning the opening is held up by the heavy-duty freestanding header. The strap latches on either side of the door secure the door when shut and hold the door against the side columns during operation.

The wood slat cladding of the door ties it into the rest of the boathouses modern design aesthetic.

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Bifold Doors

Beloit College teamed up with Studio Gang to turn an old coal power plant into a buzzing hot spot for students to get together, stay healthy, and have fun. The Powerhouse is right by the Rock River and close to campus. The project preserved some historic elements of the Blackhawk Generating Station while adding new eco-friendly aspects. A large Schweiss bifold lift strap door opens the indoor/outdoor recreation gym, allowing for ample fresh air and sealing lock-tight when closed. The Schweiss hangar-style bifold door is one of many sustainable energy features on the campus.

The Powerhouse is a huge space with a 10,000-square-foot place to work out and a 17,000-square-foot gym. There's also a track with three lanes, a pool with eight lanes for races, and lots of spaces to hang out, talk, work together, or study; plus, there's a coffee shop, places for students to relax, rooms for clubs, a big meeting area, and even a hall for lectures or shows.

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Bifold Doors

From 1948 to Today, Dolphin Place Mixes Classic and New Styles. Welcome to the one-of-a-kind Dolphin Place, a house designed by Architects Magnus and hidden by two big Hollywood Juniper trees in La Jolla, California. This house was built in 1948 and was once owned by the client's grandmother. It holds many happy childhood memories.

The home has huge glass doors open up to a private courtyard. The grandchildren turned the garage into “the cube,” a cool hang-out spot for lounging. The large Schweiss hydraulic door opens for indoor/outdoor fun and is filled with light, making it feel bigger and more welcoming.

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Hydraulic Doors

Macanda Mexican Restaurant, nestled along the picturesque shores of Lake Minnetonka, ingeniously incorporated two 12'x4' hydraulic doors to partition the main dining area form their vibrant “HiFi Room” music bar and social space. These sleek, modern doors not only add a touch of contemporary elegance but also enhance the flexibility of the restaurant's layout, effortlessly transforming the ambiance from a cozy dining atmosphere to a lively social gathering spot.

With the doors in place, patrons can enjoy the serene lake views and dining experience in one moment, then seamlessly transition to the pulsating rhythms and energetic atmosphere of the HiFi Room in the next, creating a dynamic and multifaceted dining destination unlike any other along the lake's shore.

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Hydraulic Doors

Miracle Truss ® Buildings out of Spirit Lake, IA just finished installing this Schweiss bifold door on the outdoor worship stage / building for First Lutheran Church of Milford, IA. The new building will be used to host their outdoor drive-in worship services.

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Drive-In Church

It seems only fitting that the one-of-a-kind Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN, should have a door just as unique. In the case of the 285,000 sq. ft. Guthrie Theater, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, the door is not really a door. It's instead a 17' x 16' operable window built into the side of the theater's Endless Bridge, an observation platform that cantilevers 178' outward from the theater's fourth floor lobby on the Mississippi River side. It provides spectacular views of the historic river valley, St. Anthony Falls, the Stone Arch Bridge, and the Mill Ruins Park.

To the lower right is an example of the new One-Piece Hydraulic Door that is used as a ticket sales booth at the Guthrie Theature. The modern and simple style of the door camoflauges into the wall when closed with a seamless finish while it functions with both purpose and aesthetics.

The door was designed by W.J. Higgins & Associates of Wausau, WI, and fabricated by Schweiss Doors of Fairfax, MN. It employs groundbreaking hydraulic technology to offer the theater's guests a breathtaking view of the adjacent Mississippi River.

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Hydraulic Doors

Housed inside a Los Angeles 50,000 sq. ft. building, dubbed “The Tin Can,” a nickname referring to the pre-engineered metal Butler Building type, are photography studios that at times like to make use of available natural light. This light filters down through the building via rooftop custom-made Schweiss bifold skylight doors.

Two of the liftstrap skylight doors are 24' x 15.2' and four others are 23.5' x 14'2". In addition, two other 23.6' x 15' bifold doors were placed on the side of the building. The skylight doors have weatherproof electrical components and 1" thick clear glass panels to keep the elements out of the building.

The ground-level doors can be opened out to a small patio surrounded by a planter wall, creating a nice indoor-outdoor space.

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Tin Can Project

Here is a great example of what is possible with Schweiss Designer Doors. This nightclub building in Washington D.C has two custom-made 32' 6.5" x 12' hydraulic glass skylight doors on its roof. There is also a 26' 4" x 8' 10" bifold lift-strap ground level door on the building.

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Hydraulic Doors

This premier Schweiss hangar home door, better described as a hydraulic moving porch, has been featured on many television shows because of its unique design. The one-piece door was built and designed by Schweiss Doors. When strong Schweiss cylinders open this big door, it lifts an entire patio deck with it. It also has a walk-through door with a stylish window. Schweiss engineering specs called for a 120 mph wind endurance criteria. Schweiss specialty doors and designer doors are being requested often and nobody makes them better than Schweiss Doors.

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Moving Porch Door

Getting 150 doors installed at one location speaks rather strongly about the quality and reliability of your door provider. But that's the current scorecard of Schweiss Bifold Liftstrap doors at Fort Carson, Colorado in Colorado Springs where the U.S. Army special heated maintenance shops called TEMFs (Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facilities) required strong doors for structures big enough for Army tanks and other special military tactical vehicles.

That meant special translucent paneling with enough strength to withstand the ‘blast load’ criteria that is part of the terrorist attack prevention now standard procedure at any military installation. This means heavier doors with bigger load requirements than would be used in a typical commercial environment. Special windows were also installed in several of these bifolds.

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Fort Carson

The Sacramento Kings Stadium Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento, CA, is nearing completion.

The arena will host concerts, conventions and other sporting events with capacity at about 19,000. The Sacramento Kings basketball team is scheduled to begin using the arena for the 2016-2017 NBA season.

Schweiss Doors engineered and built five bifold/strap latch doors to be used at the stadium entrance. Three of these doors measured 29' x 41' 5" and the other two were 29' 4" x 41' 5". Each door is lifted by three 5 h.p. motors and the liftstraps are 6" width, compared to the usual 3" width. The doors, with glass, weigh in at about 28,000 lbs. each.

The Schweiss bifold glass doors will allow the Delta Breeze to serve as a natural cooling system, pulling air in through small vents found under the seats in the stands. The total cost of Golden 1 Center is estimated to be $507 million.

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Golden 1 Center

North Star Imaging, Inc., a Rogers, Minnesota manufacturer of industrial x-ray systems came to Schweiss for a 40' wide lead-lined door that would be put on a large booth used for x-ray inspections of long metal component products to find minute imperfections in the metal or welds.

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North Star Imaging

“Crazy Cool” bifold door sidesteps zoning restriction for unique motorhome garage!

Now you see it, now you don't. Herb Korthuis of Lynden, Washington needed to find a way to be able to garage his 45 ft. motorhome, but a local zoning ordinance prevented him from building a garage with a door higher than 8 feet. It was Schweiss to the rescue with a 16 ft. x 12 ft. bifold liftstrap door, which when in the closed position gives the visual of an 8 ft. door.

Korthuis had a contractor attach a conventional garage door front with windows to the bottom half of the Schweiss doorframe and finished off the top with siding that exactly matched his new home. In the closed position you can just barely see the seams on the door sides. It alleviated the building inspector's concerns.

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Korthuis RV Garage

Schweiss builds easy access hydraulic container doors. Schweiss Doors now specializes in customizing containers to accept hydraulic doors to open up the entire side and/or both ends for easy access. In addition to these doors, Schweiss can also build an attached lifting exterior deck on your container that will lift up or down at the touch of a button.

Schweiss storage containers are perfect for a number of uses such as secure mobile offices, portable sheds, workshops, hunting shacks, food stands, etc.

At the top of each container door cylinder is a motor rated to lift 5,000 lbs. The DC drive utilizes 110 Volt AC power. Where there is no access to electricity, the door can be manually run with a cordless drill or generator setup. Doors are constructed with 2"x2" strong steel tubing. Containers can be custom-built and finished off to your liking.

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Container Doors

When Japanese architectural firm Shigeru Ban set out to create their new Metal Shutter House project in Manhattan, they approached Schweiss Doors with the idea of a “window-wall” that could open up to the beautiful New York City skyline outside. The goal was to create a connection with the city outside and Schweiss Lift-Strap Bifold Doors were the ideal solution to make that vision a reality.

The custom-built designer doors fit seamlessly into the living space and give the owners the ability to change the feel of the room with the push of a button.

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Bifold Doors

Some of the nicest houses you'll ever see are located along the coastline of California. One such construction was completed on a Beverly Avenue home in Santa Monica. This door covers two stories of the home and opens up for a view of the ocean between closely located trees in its backyard.

The Schweiss top-drive bifold designer doors have Organ glass on them that are double-glazed with gas between to make them more energy efficient.

“The whole process of getting the door in place was ‘Egyptian style.’ - We opened the main entry to the house, took the header down and cut the walls to weave the bifold door through the house in two pieces. It took a bunch of heavy-duty dollies and about 26 guys to wheel it through the house so the crane could pick up the door by the frame on the other side of the house. The homeowner loves the door,” said Nir Alon, managing partner of Los Angeles Construction & Development.

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Santa Monica Glass Wall

This 1956 Greyhound Scenicruiser bus was hoisted up to the Bobby Hotel rooftop in Nashville. Two Schweiss hydraulic doors open up the side and back of the bus. It was totally renovated inside by Hemphill Brothers Coach Company.

A Schweiss dual-pump system with electric motors were placed 60 feet away inside the swimming pool mechanical room to operate the hydraulic cylinders on the 18' 6" x 8' side door and 8' x 9' rear bus door. The doors can be opened and closed with handheld remote openers.

Castlerock Asset Management, which undertook the adaptation, wanted “to create an immersive hotel that feels like the quintessential Nashville experience and mirrors musician's life on the road.”

“We wanted to create a unique experience on our rooftop different than any other hotel in Nashville,” noted Castlerock Vice President Ray Waters.

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Bobby Hotel Bus

This awe-inspiring Los Altos, Calif. Luxury home will be featured in the Silicon Valley Modern Home Tour, June 9th. The Great Room of the home features a Schweiss 36' x 23' tall glass hydraulic curtain wall door. The entire façade of the home can be opened like an aircraft hangar door. The center of the Great Room has a circular glass-floored dining area cantilevered over a 60 ft. long indoor swimming pool that looks out over the scenic bay.

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Luxury Los Altos Home

How do you make the loading dock area for your store secure, yet still easily accessible and stylish? This target store in North Carolina found the answer with two 39' x 17' bifold gates for their loading area. Give us your idea and we will get you the door.

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Target Security Gates

This unique steel bifold door storefront in Brooklyn adds a touch of class and security. Hugging the southwest corner of Long Island, New York, Brooklyn's earlier identity was mostly hitched to Coney Island Beach and the Brooklyn Dodgers of baseball immortality. Today the city is enjoying a renaissance of rediscovery by artists, retailers, ambitious contractors, and creative landscapers; including the Andre Kikoski Architect firm which just wrapped up the complete renovation of two empty abandoned warehouse buildings on 22-28 Wyckoff Ave.

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NY Security Storefront

A top of the line Schweiss Hydraulic Designer Door graces this Under Armour storefront.

Schweiss Designer Doors don't get much better than this. Under Armour Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland ordered this very attractive and unique metal perforated hydraulic one-piece canopy door as a showpiece for their store and office building in Baltimore, Maryland. The 28' 10" wide x 12' 140 mph wind rated door features two distinctly lighted Under Armour billboard-style logos which can be seen for miles around.

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Under Armour Door

Schweiss Doors in Fairfax, Minnesota was called upon by the architectural firm of Muller+Muller, Ltd. of Chicago which excels in architecture, planning and interior designs to provide four Designer Bifold Doors on the stage building and at a concession stand below the guest services building.

The designer style Schweiss Bifold Doors have an exterior cladding of cedar slats 3 1/2" x 3/4," with spaces between them. Extra steel was added at the Schweiss factory for extra support. Pressure treated wood was also added to screw the cedar slats to.

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Riveredge Park

Nine Fine Irishmen is a Las Vegas southside strip-located pub of epic proportions. It has a great location just across from the MGM Grand Casino. The pub's interior features a grand Victorian-style bar. It was entirely handcrafted in Ireland by a variety of local tradesmen using authentic Irish materials.

A unique kiosk with a spectacular 360 degree view of the Las Vegas Strip opens up outside to the public with four Schweiss hydraulic designer doors. The year-round outdoor patio and bar kiosk has ample seating for about 100 people. It features two custom made Schweiss hydraulic designer doors 15' x 4' 4" which open at the sides and two 8' x 4' 4" hydraulic doors opening at each end. A unique feature for this is the use of only one hydraulic pump for all four doors, with four separate key stations to open and close the doors. When the doors are open they provide shade to the area around the bar. When closed, they provide a tight seal and security to the contents inside.

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Nine Fine Irishmen