Question about the possibility of a residential insulated steel roller garage door.

[bkedelen]

First let me say that I know nothing about garage doors, but I am a space conscious guy who is trying to build his garage out as a nine foot ceiling home gym that is well air sealed and insulated from the cold Colorado winter. I am toying with the idea of replacing my decrepit circa 1963 standard residential garage door with an insulated steel roller garage door. I have no idea if something like this even exists, but I want a door which is as airtight as possible, is well insulated (maybe even r13?) which takes up as little ceiling space as possible when retracted, and will last a really long time. I have no idea if you can even get insulated roller doors, and if their seemingly tight track design makes them more or less airtight than regular residential doors. They seem durable and unobtrusive. Does it make any difference if I have to get a commercial door to solve this issue (more expensive?), and does this door even exist in the residential or commercial realm? Are there any other flaws in this idea that I am not seeing or other alternatives which I should be considering? Will a garage door installer think I am a whack-job when I present this idea? I understand that the thin steel strip look will be unusual on the garage of an otherwise ordinary colonial tri-level, but it actually sounds pretty cool to me. Any advice in this area is much appreciated!

[pushkins]

I'm not sure where here in the States you can find an insulated roller door, I know they are available in many other countries in insulated as well as more colors than you will ever think. Almost all homes in Australia and Europe use roller doors manual and motored, insulated and uninsulated. I've tried to find them here in the States for clients and about all I can find are very industrial types.

[bkedelen]

Resurrecting this thread because I need a bit more info. I think I have a line on a residential roller door, and I was hoping to spend some time this weekend dropping an electrical box into the corner of my garage ceiling as part of some prep work for getting the door, but I realized that I don't know which side of the roller door usually houses the motor. In all of the commercial roller doors I have seen, the wiring is on the right side when facing the interior side of the door. Do these kinds of doors let you wire into either side? Any insight is appreciated.