Quonset buildings are a familiar sight on the Canadian prairies. 50 years ago, they were affordable to build and provided plenty of room for storage and equipment maintenance. But as the years passed and farm equipment continued to grow, many of these buildings, or rather, their doors, are now too small for most farm equipment.
Ken Rempel, a Manitoba egg and grain farmer, agrees. “Before we installed our new door, we had trouble getting our equipment in,” he says. For years, he’s used his quonset to service equipment and provide space for any manufacturing they may need. He says that “A new door would make this easier because we were able to go wider and higher.”
While he had considered an overhead door, it couldn’t provide the height and width he needed to get his farm equipment into his quonset. That’s when he turned to Diamond Doors.
“We chose a bifold door from Diamond Doors because it’s the only door we could find that we could utilize 100% of our ceiling height and… width,” Ken says.
Ken was also impressed with the easy installation offered by a Diamond door for the quonset on his farm. “The installation process was quite simple,” he says. “It’s one of the easiest doors to install that I’ve come across.”
Diamond Doors provides a thorough installation manual and makes installation easier by delivering every door ready for installation. The door arrives fully assembled, painted, and pre-wired to save customers time and costs on installation.
The Diamond Doors service department also provides excellent support during the installation process and throughout the lifetime of the door. Ken says that he “had really good support from the people at Diamond Doors when we had questions.”
He adds that “if you’re considering working with Diamond Doors, I would 100% recommend it.”
Learn more about retrofitting your existing farm building with a bifold door by visiting our Agricultural Retrofit Doors page
Video Transcript
My name is Ken Rempel and we farm here. We are egg producers and grain producers. My dad started it up in 1952 I believe, and we took it over from him in 1979.
We heard about Diamond Doors mostly from newspapers and then we contacted them when we were looking for a door for our shed. Our quonset is used to service equipment in the winter and any manufacturing that we need to do.
Before we installed our new door, we had trouble getting our equipment in because equipment gets bigger as you go along. A new door would make this easier because we were able to go wider and higher so that we did not have as much work involved getting the larger equipment in.
We considered an overhead door, but we couldn’t find anything that gave us enough room.
We chose our bifold door from Diamond Doors because it’s the only door we could find that we could utilize 100% of our ceiling height and also more width.
The installation process was quite simple. It’s one of the easiest doors to install that I’ve come across.
The easiest part of installing our Diamond door was the actual hanging of the door. The steel frame makes it very simple. The most difficult part of the installation was the actual construction, just getting the header strong enough in this quonset.
We used the installation manual a fair bit just so that we knew which bolts to use and how to install the insulated panels. We had really good support from the people at Diamond Doors when we had questions.
This particular door we’ve had now about six to eight months and it’s been working flawless.
The fact that that we can utilize our ceiling space and extra width makes it much simpler to get the larger equipment in.
If you’re considering working with Diamond Doors, I would 100% recommend it.
