The World’s Biggest Doors

Doors come in all shapes and sizes.

But they usually have one function: to provide a gateway for people and things to enter or exit a building.

So for this blog post, we’re going to have some fun and look at the biggest, most massive doors, gates and other entryways in the world, where they’re located and what they’re used for.

Space shuttles are big, so it makes sense that they need to fit through big doors.

But doors that are 456 feet high? That’s amazing.

To put that in perspective, the doors are the same height as the world’s tallest roller coaster and are almost three times the height of Niagara Falls.

Another interesting fact is that the doors are so big, it takes 45 minutes to completely open and close them.

Reportedly, Fort Knox is home to approximately 5000 tons of gold bullion. Which is worth around $175,083,200,000 (give or take a few dollars).

So having big, strong doors to protect that gold is pretty important.

One interesting fact is that, at Fort Knox, no single person knows the whole combination to open the vault doors.

That means you’ll need to find the employees or contractors who know a small piece of the combination and then try to piece it all together.

Good luck.

These glass doors (yes, they’re glass) are taller than a tree, weigh 4.4 tons and lead into a private garden.

What’s really unique is that, despite their heavy weight and giant size, they are lightweight and incredibly easy to open – due to a special pivoting system built into them.

Picture courtesy of http://www.dailyarchdesign.com/

If you live in a bank vault or space shuttle hangar, chances are you won’t be calling us.

But if you live in Burlington, Oakville and surrounding areas, we want to be your first choice for quality doors and windows.

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