Commercial Doors

COMMERCIAL DOORS

The fastest operating and most reliable option in the industry

Access doors are a pivotal component of your business. Whether you operate a factory, repair shop, commercial garage, fabrication facility, restaurant or warehouse undependable doors obstruct the smooth flow of your operation.
PowerLift doors adapt to all opening sizes and will easily meet your special operational requirements. The straightforward, clean PowerLift design eliminates the myriad of moving parts found in ordinary doors.
We offer a range of auxiliary power systems to ensure your PowerLift door operates seamlessly in the face of power outages and other emergencies. Working together with you, we will create the PowerLift solution best suited to the demands of your enterprise.

Steel storage building with PowerLift opening walls

This fabrication company built a material storage building to keep steel out of the weather and avoid rust. Two PowerLift opening walls, one on the end and the other on the side, provide easy access to the storage area by forklift. An efficient building design with PowerLift opening walls creates easy access, minimizes labor requirements, and increases efficiency. Having a remote transmitter allows the operator to open and close these PowerLift walls from the forklift cab. PowerLift walls and doors will make your commercial facility more efficient. Our one-piece, all welded structure eliminates the high maintenance cost inherent with overhead, bifold and sliding doors styles. Call us and enjoy being part of the future in building access technology.

Steel storage building with PowerLift opening walls

PowerLift traveling crane passage door

Traveling overhead cranes are a central component of most industrial operations. Often these cranes shuttle between the inside and outside of buildings through an opening at the top of a wall. A PowerLift hydraulic door is the perfect solution for the indoor/outdoor crane passageway of your building. Crane operators appreciate being able to control PowerLift crane door operation with a handheld remote transmitter. This 56’-8” x 8’ PowerLift crane passage door is installed at an Illinois industrial facility. The crane is used for moving material inside the building and for loading and unloading trucks in an exterior bay. PowerLift manufactures the best door for any opening in your industrial or commercial facility – just contact us.

PowerLift traveling crane passage door

Aircraft service and painting business

This Minnesota company operates a broad-based aviation service facility. Their wide-ranging abilities includes complete engine, aviation systems and avionics maintenance as well as custom painting and detail work. Their hangars have several PowerLift hydraulic doors including smaller access doors. Every single PowerLift door combines simplicity and reliability with one-piece, all-welded integrity in any size you may need. At PowerLift we have built, delivered, and installed thousands of our unmatched quality doors in aviation and commercial applications across North America. Please contact us and let us know your door needs – we are looking forward to working with you.

Aircraft service and painting business

PowerLift Walls in Converted Historic Building

This historic 300’ long brick building in New York has been repurposed as a Farmer’s Market. This facility welcomes up to 26,000 customers on market days but the old sliding track doors had become difficult to operate. The solution was a total of 600’ of PowerLift hydraulic walls. Each wall section has a walk in door for easy vendor access. Clear siding was chosen for maximum natural lighting. Whether you have a classic building or are considering new construction PowerLift has the precise solution you are looking for

PowerLift Walls in Converted Historic Building

Large Insulated Commercial Building with Offices

This new 100’ x 200’ insulated shop with attached office complex was awarded the ‘Industrial Building of the Year’ by one of the largest building companies in North America. Access to the shop is via two – 50’ x 20’ PowerLIft hydraulic doors, one in each end wall. There are thousands of PowerLift doors installed in commercial and agricultural buildings across North America . Specify a PowerLift door for your new or existing building to experience the pleasure of maintenance free door ownership.

Large Insulated Commercial Building with Offices

Auto Restoration Facility

This auto restoration facility specializes in high performance vehicles. The 40’ x 14’ PowerLift hydraulic door allows access without moving stationary project vehicles. Consider how PowerLift’s clear opening width and low headroom requirement would transform your commercial building. Let us know what you would like to accomplish – we would enjoy helping you!

Auto Restoration Facility

Construction Company Warehouse

This new construction warehouse has two PowerLift hydraulic doors, a 40’ x 20’ and a 24’ x 13’ – 8”. The larger door is in the material storage area making it easy to move building materials in and out. The smaller door gives access to the area vehicles and smaller items such as trim are stored. PowerLift doors eliminate the maintenance headaches associated with commercial doors – let us building one for your business.

Construction Company Warehouse

Concrete Plant

This concrete plant has heated aggregate storage bins to facilitate operation in cold weather. A PowerLift hydraulic door has the tightest weather seal of any door and was the clear choice for bin access. Another PowerLift advantage is that all bins are accessed by a single 36’ x 16’ door. A remote operator in the payloader allows opening and closing the door without leaving the heated cab. Any climate controlled structure can benefit from the installation of a PowerLift hydraulic door – just call us.

Concrete Plant

Double Opening Walls on Brick Castle

The ballroom and dining area of this events center are on the second floor. When hosting wedding receptions, family reunions and other gatherings during nice weather two entire PowerLift walls can be opened. A PowerLift movable wall allows you to enjoy the great outdoors without leaving the comfort of your home. When the weather changes or night falls closing the PowerLift wall restores you to a climate controlled environment again.

Double Opening Walls on Brick Castle

Opening Glass Walls

There is no question that customers love the outdoor patio dining experience during nice weather. Access between the restaurant and the patio area can be a bottleneck for servers, management and other staff. PowerLift opening glass walls permit unfettered movement between restaurant and patio. Open the walls wide when weather permits. During bad weather diners in the restaurant retain their unrestricted view outside through glass walls. PowerLift innovation can enhance your success in the restaurant business or any commercial field.

Opening Glass Walls

John Deere dealership with 50′ x 18′ door

This John Deere dealership chose a PowerLift door to create unrestricted access to their service area. The 50’ x 18’ door offers the same impermeable weather seal and access security that is standard equipment on every PowerLift door. Any commercial or industrial business will love the way a PowerLift door performs. Minimum headroom loss, minimum maintenance and maximum utility are all hallmarks of the PowerLift ownership experience.

John Deere dealership with 50′ x 18′ door

Landscaping Service Shop

This facility combines a landscaping enterprise and bedded plant sales in one location. They maintain a service shop for machinery and vehicles used in the business. A 20’ x 14’ PowerLift door was chosen for this new shop. This flush mounted PowerLift door is finished with the same windows, cladding and trim as the building. It blends in with the exterior facade when closed and provides the ultimate in security for the valuable tools and machinery in the shop.

Landscaping Service Shop

County Fair Arena

This new County Fair arena is used for cattle and horse shows. It was built with seven opening PowerLift walls for ventilation. Three of these walls are 40’ x 6’, two are 32’ x 6’ and two are 20’ x 6’. These allow excellent fresh air flow through the building when open. Security is a big consideration as this seasonal use building is unattended for months at a time. PowerLift doors when closed are secured in the closed position by 2,300 psi of hydraulic pressure. Versatile, low maintenance, easy to use and secure – PowerLift makes sense for any application.

County Fair Arena

Two 8′ x 8′ Wood Covered Doors

This new establishment is the culmination of years of hard work by the owners. It is at once a building and a vertically integrated family business. The family owns the dairy farm that produces grass fed organic milk, the factory where the milk is made into cheese and the retail store where the cheese is sold to consumers. The building houses a showroom for cheese sales, a cheese processing plant and an events center that is rented out for special functions and family gatherings. The two 8’ x 8’ wood covered PowerLift doors allow machinery and milk to move into the cheese plant without obtruding on the appearance of the building.

Two 8′ x 8′ Wood Covered Doors

Multi-Door Structure

When you have a construction project calling for many doors be sure to stipulate PowerLift as did the owner of this storage building. His new structure contains six 30’ bays with access to each controlled by a 30’ x 16’ PowerLift door. Ordinary doors demand a lot of maintenance over the life of your building while PowerLift doors deliver a lifetime of trouble free service. Over the past 26 years PowerLift has made door ownership a pleasant experience for over 10,000 customers: let us do the same for you.

Multi-Door Structure

Wholesale Produce Auction

Customers at his wholesale produce auction complained about dust storms blowing through the open-walled building. The owners determined the situation could be remedied by installing three movable walls. We designed and installed three PowerLift walls that are respectively 56’, 52’ and 50’ wide. All three PowerLift walls are fully open on sunny, calm days. When winds pick up and dust starts blowing each wall opening can be individually adjusted at the touch of a button. These PowerLift walls are covered with translucent sheeting which admits lots of light even when closed. We can install one or many PowerLift opening walls in your facilities. It is our business and our pleasure to help resolve any access challenges your business may face.

Wholesale Produce Auction

Helicopter spraying operation hangar door

A 60’ x 16’ PowerLift door is featured in this new hangar at a sunbelt crop spraying operation. When using bifold, fabric or tilt in style doors an additional 2-4’ of building height is necessary to obtain your desired clearance. A PowerLift door only requires 5-6” of total clearance so you can reduce building height and still have lots of rotor clearance. PowerLift eliminates the need for working with several subcontractors. We measure the opening, build and deliver the door, then install it. Owning a PowerLift hydraulic door makes your hangar door ownership experience a pleasure.

Helicopter spraying operation hangar door

Commercial 120′ x 240′ warehouse

This 120’ x 20’ x 240’ commercial warehouse functions as a staging center for a company that exports goods to the Far East. One side of the building is fitted with 4 – 60’ x 20’ PowerLift doors. The ability to open one full wall makes access to every part of the building much easier. Products can be loaded quickly with no need to move other pallets or containers around. The tight sealing properties of the PowerLift doors keep contamination and pests away from goods in storage. For state of the art secure and well-sealed access doors PowerLift is the answer – contact us anytime.

Commercial 120′ x 240′ warehouse

Commercial warehouse

This commercial facility is operated by a company supplying seed stock to potato growers across North America. There are 6 PowerLift doors that provide access to the building: a 50’ x 20’, a 40’ x 20’, a 28’ x 20’ and two 24’ x 20’. Two of these PowerLift doors are fitted with dock door systems. No matter what the weather semi-trailers can snug up tightly to these and be loaded through a weatherproof opening. The tight sealing properties of PowerLift doors make climate control in any warehouse an easy matter. The best weather sealing and low maintenance make PowerLift the obvious choice for any commercial building.

Commercial seed warehouse.

Office and warehouse complex

Each of these commercial distribution units has front offices with warehouse space behind. The first four were built using ordinary panel doors with windows, but the owner specified 14’ x 14’ PowerLift doors with translucent cladding for his next project to reduce maintenance. PowerLift owners confirm that theirs PowerLift doors are the proverbial ‘better mousetrap’. They tell us time and again that PowerLift’s lifetime cost is much less than any other door type they own. Contact PowerLift about any of your new and/or retrofit commercial and industrial door requirements. Local manufacturing, installation and support are part of every PowerLift door package.

Office and warehouse complex

Commercial facility with six PowerLIft security gates and doors

Commercial facility with six PowerLIft security gates and doors

The head office complex of this construction company features six PowerLift products. There are four service bay doors and two PowerLift security entry gates. All six are the same size, 23’ x 16’. Notice that the entry gates are completely freestanding. Every PowerLift door is delivered as a single piece, fully welded and pre-hung assembly complete with its own frame and header. There is no need to build your own header and door frame as is the case with many other door types. Other door types are assembled with bolts, screws and other fasteners which cannot offer the lifetime rigidity and zero maintenance inherent in every PowerLift hydraulic door. Contact us about your commercial door needs – we are always glad to be of service.

Commercial facility with six PowerLIft security gates and doors

New Massey Ferguson dealership

Doors serving as access to the service bays of an equipment dealership call for both maximum reliability and maximum usable height in a single package. This new California dealership was designed with six PowerLift doors. There are 5 that measure in at 24’ x 18’ and one coming in at 52’ x 16’. The fact that PowerLift hydraulic doors need only 0” – 6” of headroom means you will save substantially on building costs thanks to reduced wall height requirements. Our commercial and industrial customers appreciate the way a PowerLift door performs. Minimum maintenance and maximum utility come together in every PowerLift door whatever the size.

New Massey Ferguson dealership

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