Up and over garage doors are available with 2 main types of door gear.
Canopy vs retractable garage door.
This is how the garage door panel opens and closes and both operating mechanisms have their advantages and disadvantages in different applications.
All one piece garage doors over 8 feet wide 2438mm use retractable gear as larger arms and springs can cope with very heavy door panels unlike the canopy gear.
Hormann up and over 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.
The canopy style door sits parallel to the garage ceiling and extends past the front of the house when the door is open.
They are reasonably priced and quick and easy to fit.
When open the door panel protrudes approximately 1 3 forming a canopy.
Various of finishes are available on selected ranges including textured plastisol laminated wood effect coloured coated paint and pre finished and fully finished painted options.
Both gear types.
The drive through width using this mechanism is reduced slightly when the door is open as the lifting arms are.
Hormann up and over garage doors series 2000.
The door gear is the parts and mechanism that allow the door panel itself to move.
There are no tracks running back into the garage when the door is closed.
Tilt up up and over retractable garage doors.
Hormann up and over garage doors are durable reliable garage doors which fall into two main categories for the type of mechanism canopy gear or retractable gear.
Canopy door gear has traditionally been the most popular type of gear system used on up and over garage doors.
One of the largest ranges of high quality up and over garage doors available from the uk sized series 2000 range available in steel fibreglass grp and most types of timber.
Find out more about the main benefits of garador s canopy and retractable geared up over garage doors.
Similar to the tilt up canopy design the tilt up retractable garage doors lift up and into the garage.
The canopy garage door uses the most common type of garage door mechanism its name derives from the fully opened garage door panel protruding about a third forward of the sub frame to form a canopy.
The doors featured in this video are a salisbury in.