A garage door is an entryway to a garage which can be operated either manually or automatically. They are built in such a manner that they can allow the entry of any big vehicle through them. A small garage door is made with a single panel that aligns upward and backwards across the garage ceiling whereas a big garage door is built in numerous jointed panels that move up on a track across the ceiling of a garage or above the door. The operating procedure is neutralized to cancel weight of doors and minimize the effort exerted by a human being or a machine to operate the doorway of garages. Warehouses, locomotive sheds and bus garages have generally large garage doors. Garage doors are generally made up of wood, metals or fibreglass and are mostly insulated to prevent any loss of heat. Some garage doors can slide in a horizontal manner.
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Materials by which garage doors are made up of
They are generally made of the following materials:
- Aluminium: Aluminum garage doors are generally cheaper are resistant to light, does not get rusted easily and are easy to maintain but aluminium being a good conductor of heat and electricity is energy-inefficient and gets dented easily.
- Fibreglass: They along with vinyl garage doors come as a composite unit joining a steel core. They also incorporate different types of foam insulations like that of polyurethane insulators, but these types of doors are usually more expensive than the steel or aluminium ones.
- Steel: The most common type of garage doors are the ones made of steel. This is because steel doors provide security, are available in a number of shapes and sizes, are affordable and also have insulation properties. Galvanized steel provides extra strength and support when used as a garage door.
- Wood: Wooden doors generally enhance the look of your garage but are expensive and involve huge maintenance cost.
Types of Garage doors
The different types of garage doors are as follows:
- Single panel garage doors
- Sectional garage doors
- Roller doors
Facts About Sectional Garage Doors
These doors are usually built with three to eight panels that in the upward direction. They take up the same space inside the garage as occupied the single panel garage door. They are more advantageous than the single panel garage doors in the following ways:
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- Sectional garage doors do not need any additional space outside the garage to open. A vehicle can be parked just outside such doors and it can still open without any difficulty.
- Each panel of the sectional garage doors is joined to a door track, unlike single panel doors whose only a few connections are joined to the track.
Sectional Garage Door Materials
They are made up of a number of materials, but the most common ones include steel, aluminium, wood, copper, glass, polyethene etc. Sometime foamed-in-place polyurethane insulation can be incorporated in the single panel doors and sectional garage doors.
The sliding sectional garage doors
- Incorporate enough space under a ceiling of the garage.
- Can utilize the whole space of the garage ceiling.
- Allows easy and fast access to the garage.
Thus, sectional garage doors can provide security, protection and safety from dacoits as they cannot be broken or opened easily but they require proper knowledge and expertise on the part played by installers. If installed properly keeping all the above-mentioned facts in mind, sectional garage doors can give the best output and help in proper functioning of your garage.
