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Completely normal gates and rails!

But you should pay more attention to your house.

Then you probably should have ordered a roller door instead of a ceiling sectional door. However, I doubt whether this would have been compatible with the aesthetic preferences.

Then that's fine. But I still need to clarify why one door is lower than the other, which was not apparent from the plans.

But you should engage more with your house.

If you only build once in your life and otherwise have nothing to do with such things, it's easy to overlook that there can be different solutions for a topic considered self-evident. In this case, it's not really bad except for the issue with the height.

I don't think I can engage more...... but as someone not very tech-savvy, it’s naturally more a matter of efficiency.

I don't like it at all. Under the rail of the left gate, there's maybe 5 cm of space between my head and the rail.

Alternatively, one could have used a side sectional door, without the rigmarole on the ceiling. Then you can easily achieve 2.50 meters of height for the door and you can walk under it with a hat or helmet on and use the storage space under the garage ceiling in case of limited space (e.g., for a roof rack with box, sled / skis, or other bulky items).

How does that work?

Alternatively, one could have taken a side sectional door,

I only know them from personal observation from a few houses from the 60s - how would a drive work there? Manual opening is pretty much out nowadays ...

It looks like the rear gate aligns in height with the additional door, and the front driveway gate uses the full height of the wall. Could that be?