Doors of the garages

Gone are the days when opening and closing of garage doors were a back-breaking task. In the good old days the door of the garage were as heavy as a huge boulder or a rock of a hilly terrain and was operated manually. It was made of strong materials in order to prevent any kind of threat attack or theft. So the garage doors used to be one of the main reason for the general public (with garages) to have a worry free sleep at night. The old garage doors required frequent maintenance which escalated the cost of owning a garage.

In the modern days with the advent of new technologies, the doors of the garages are generally no more operated manually. They are generally operated electrically or rather are remote controlled. Today they are much stronger, more secured and much better insulated than the old doors. Even the maintenance costs have also lowered as the doors require less frequent maintenance as compared to the older doors. The use of woods in building the doors are highly discouraged and instead steel and certain other materials are used for building them.

Now-a-days there are various types of doors used in the garages. Like the single panel garage doors, the sectional garage doors, the roller doors etc. The doors which are constructed from a single monolithic panel are generally regarded as the single panel garage doors. They have a major disadvantage as the swing up arc of the doors occurs partially outside the garages. The sectional garage doors are generally constructed with the help of six to eight panels which slide up and overhead. It has a major advantage of not requiring any extra space outside the garage to open.

The roller doors on the other hand are constructed with the help of the corrugated steel. The corrugated steel is used in order to strengthen the doors against the impacts. This kind of doors has the option of special insulation mechanism i.e. they can be insulated or non-insulated. They have the characteristic of more durability as compared to other types of doors and are operated automatically. The roller doors are named so as it has a typical spring rolling mechanism i.e. it has a preloaded spring inside the rolling mechanism. The garage door is of great importance and so the proper selection of the type of the doors must always be ensured.