Hoop House Bi-Fold Door Stays Open

Hoop House Bi-Fold Door Stays Open BUILDINGS Miscellaneous Quinton Tschetter found a simple solution to a common problem with hoop house doors Keeping side-hinged doors open in the summer can be difficult because it’s easy for the wind to catch them “I wanted a door that would stay open and yet be easy to open and close ” says Tschetter “I decided to try a bi-fold and copied a concept I’d seen on shop and equipment buildings ” Tschetter framed in the ends of a 26 by 65-ft high tunnel for 8-ft tall by 16-ft wide doors He made the two hinged panels of each bi-fold door with 1 by 4’s overlapping each other to secure 20-oz canvas coverings “I used the same type of canvas used on hoop houses designed to store equipment ” says Tschetter “This minimized the weight of the folding doors ” Tschetter further reduced the labor needed to open the doors cutting the weight of the doors in half with a 4-rope 2-pulley system “I have to pull the door out a little to start it but once it gets started it is easy to lift with the pulleys ” Tschetter has a bi-fold door at either end of the high tunnel and a walk-through door at one end “At one time we had seven large hoop houses devoted mostly to flowers ” says Tschetter “I tried a lot of different door designs and this is the one I like the best ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Quinton Tschetter 2379 Hwy 92 Oskaloosa Iowa 52577 ph 641-660-9765; qct1944@gmail com

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