OVERHEAD DOOR OF THE GARAGE: INTRODUCTION
It is not easy to choose the right overhead door for your garage. In fact, not all overhead garage doors are right for you.
Depending on the type of installation, the use you will have to make of it, the intensity of use, etc., you will be able to buy the best garage door by choosing it based on the most appropriate features and components.
In fact, not all doors have the same application. Let’s look at the most common ones and analyze what the best garage door for you must have in order for it to meet your needs.
OVERHEAD DOOR: SELECTION CRITERIA
The first question to ask when choosing an overhead door for your home garage is:
1. will I only use it as a garage entrance?
2. will the door also serve as a direct main or secondary access to the house?
In addition, we also need to consider the intensity of use we will make of it, that is: how often we plan to go through that door.
Based on these parameters, you will be able to choose the features of the overhead door best suited to your needs.
MATERIALS
Steel garage doors are the norm. Their low thickness makes them particularly appropriate for an opening to the ceiling, and the metal also can be painted in any color and perhaps be lacquered for an even more beautiful effect.
Of course, garage doors are also available in other materials. Sometimes aluminum is preferred over steel, for example, but it is not recommended if the garage is also used as an “extra room” in the house, because it does not provide good thermal insulation.
ThePVC garage door , on the other hand, is a cheaper solution, but also much less durable and aesthetically pleasing. Finally, for particular types of houses such as chalets, you can choose a wooden garage door: beautiful and with excellent insulating properties, although it requires regular cleaning and maintenance.
JOINTED OVERHEAD DOOR
If your garage door is automated, having the option of using the pedestrian door will be very useful as you will not have to open it all the way at every step.
This will allow for greater convenience and savings: in fact, it will decrease both the work of the gate and the motor, as well as the power consumption.
Also, in winter, if the room is warm, opening the entire overhead door often will cool the garage and neighboring rooms, while the door with pedestrian access will save energy.
This will allow for greater convenience and savings: in fact, it will decrease both the work of the gate and the motor, as well as the power consumption. Also, in winter, if the room is warm, opening the entire overhead door often will cool the garage and neighboring rooms, while the door with pedestrian access will save energy.
CHOICE OF ENGINE
Do you need a garage door motor? Deciding to install a motor means first of all making a practical choice, which avoids everyday efforts and allows the garage to be opened even remotely. However, if you want to save money, motorization for the garage door is certainly not mandatory.
Depending on the case, in fact, it is possible to buy a motorized door or a manual garage door on which perhaps the motor will be mounted only later. In the latter case, however, be careful to check the technical specifications in terms of power and footprint.
There are different types of motorization for various types of doors:
– Integrated motorization, contained in the ceiling box, is designed for rolling doors.
– The motor of sectional garage doors, on the other hand, is mostly external and attached to the ceiling or end rail.
– Finally, articulated arm motorization is the one to be preferred for swing doors.
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