Replacement Panel for Vinyl Roll Up Door

[Rudy]

Does anybody have any experience with replacing the ENTIRE Vinyl Panel in a Wyndstar roll up door?

I am one of the very original customers...and have gotten over 10 years out of the original panels. Back then, they were sewn (not glued or welded)....and did NOT have replaceable sections. The door was one piece.

It's time to replace them. My doors are approximately 10x10.

Rytec (Wyndstar) has quoted over $2500 per door panel.....which is pricey.

Does anyone know of any good alternatives? I see that Airlift has XRS door panels available as replacement parts.

This isn't rocket science. There's a 1" Stainless Steel shaft at the top. It seems to me that it'd just be a matter of finding the right height/width door....and then attaching it correctly to the shaft.

Ideas?

 

[BBE]

I believe we have the same door on one of our auto's. If i recall right, if you unroll the door ALL THE WAY, which would be well beyond your limit switch stops and get to the part where it connects onto the shaft, it just snaps on there with button like snaps all the way across that shaft. The new one will snap onto that, and then you can roll it back up and reset your limits.

 

[Rudy]

I was considering finding an alternate supplier for the panels. At $5k plus for two doors, I'm considering going with a competitor's panel....which would be in the $1k each range.

 

[Rudy]

Project finished. I replaced my 10 year old original Wyndstar doors with Airlift XRS panels. The savings was huge. Removal of the old panels was easy. There were some stainless strips pop riveted to the drum. Also....there was a strip of velcro glued to the drum. I got a strip of "new" velcro for the new panel. The velcro really makes layout and aligning much easier. I reattached the stainless strips...and I'm back in business. Here's a view of the new vs. old halfway through the project:

 

[mjwalsh]

Project finished. I replaced my 10 year old original Wyndstar doors with Airlift XRS panels. The savings was huge. Removal of the old panels was easy. There were some stainless strips pop riveted to the drum. Also....there was a strip of velcro glued to the drum. I got a strip of "new" velcro for the new panel. The velcro really makes layout and aligning much easier. I reattached the stainless strips...and I'm back in business. Here's a view of the new vs. old halfway through the project:

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNLNyB9co0UOO93WJH7sDvgLMpoWzTmDARhkaig

Rudy,

The link to your pic appears to be not working. Otherwise ... your post is very valuable to those of us who see those kinds of doors as a potential viable option. We put in Airlift Strapeze counterweights with Airlift Zap operators before the Airlift XRS & similar doors came out ... but our first choice was more your style ... so much so ... we actually tried to come up with a way of making our own home made ones with a local machine shop.

mike walsh www.kingkoin.com

 

[Rudy]

Link fixed.

You can see the old door (clear section) broke in the middle of freezing weather last winter. It was impossible to fix, since the panel was one piece.

If that happens with the new setup, you simply slide out the bad section, and slide in a new one. A ten foot wide clear panel (18" high) is around $150.

 

[SuperClean]

Looks Great
I want to replace my airlift with a roll up but the quote I got was $8500 plus $2200 install That was using the same airlift opener. Im surprised the panels where that cheap.

 

[Rudy]

Thats a lot for installation. Ten years ago, a retired guy and myself did it in about 5-6 hours.

A lot of the cost is the door opener/control. If you look, I have external panels. They house the motor contactors, photoeye amplifiers, timers etc. The newer setups have all of this piggybacked on the motor/gearhead assembly. A replacement motor/gearbox/control is pushing $1500.

FWIW, I was never aware that it is wise to change the gearbox oil occasionally. The stuff that came out of the gearbox looked really bad. Now I wish I'd changed it sooner. Mobil 630, a synthetic, is what is used. Oil is cheaper than new parts.