This is how the garage door panel opens and closes and both operating mechanisms have their advantages and disadvantages in different applications.
Canopy retractable garage door.
Retractable plus door.
They are available as either fully tracked or trackless canopy mechanisms and in a wide range of materials including steel timber grp and abs.
When open the door panel protrudes approximately 1 3 forming a canopy.
Both gear types.
Canopy retractable up over garage doors.
Hormann up and over garage doors.
Retractable up and over garage door gear is a very reliable robust and smooth operating mechanism that can easily be automated without the need for any additional conversion equipment.
Door type 1 canopy up and over garage door.
We offer a wide range of canopy rectractable up and over garage doors.
There are no tracks running back into the garage when the door is closed.
Retractable door gear is much more robust and the side spring mechanism can support the heavier double size doors that are wider than 8ft.
Canopy and retractable operating garage doors.
Retractable gearing means the door panel opens on horizontal tracks which go back into the garage and this type of gear has been design specifically for use with an electric operator.
Up and over garage doors is a general term used to describe two specific types of garage door mechanism.