Overhead Garage Doors

 

There are several types of garage doors and overhead garage doors. The first type is the one-piece, followed by the roll-up, and then there is the sectional. The most common type of garage door is the sectional type. For the most part, residences incorporate the four to five sections in a sectional garage door. Some of the newer homes incorporate a sectional with only three parts. Commercial doors integrate up to seven 24” sections. Higher commercial doors incorporate more.

Overhead garage doors contain sections that are arranged vertically. These sections are maintained by hinges placed along the length of each section. Hinges also hold rollers in place. Rollers are needed to permit the door to be operated along tracks. Tracks include track brackets on the sides. These types of brackets are also known as jamb brackets. Overhead garage doors obtain much of their support based on these supplies.

Applications in residential premises are usually called garage doors. When these are located at commercial sites, a wide number of descriptions are used. For example, the term “overhead garage door” is a particularly popular name. In a commercial site, dock areas where trucks unload, overhead garage doors are used. These doors can also be called “dock doors.” Engineers call overhead garage doors, “sectional doors” to distinguish them from the roll-up type. Residential and condominium settings call their overhead garage doors, “parking garage door.” The generic term is overhead garage doors.

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