Sectional Garage Doors are the most popular garage doors and are widely chosen for their style, security, safety and their ease to use. These doors also provide a versatile garage door system. They are named so because they the basically open and close in separate individual sections which operate vertically. There is no swinging out of the door from the structural opening and tracking mechanisms and because of this feature, their operation can be installed in practically any type of garage opening including the arched and angled corners. Other manufacturers produce high quality sectional doors made from different types of wood including hardwoods like the European Oak, Hemlock, Mahogany, Iroko and Cedar wood, which are made designed to standard quality and can measure up to 5,000mm in width. The doors can also be made from various sourced softwoods.
The Sectional Garage Doors maximise on the space usage both in the front and at the back of the garage opening due to their vertical operation. This type of opening is usually suitable for driveways that are shorter, garages that are located next to the pathways and garages that may have space issues when it comes to parking tall or even the 4 x 4 vehicles. The panels of the doors usually glide behind the garage opening. Maximum drive through height and width is achieved whenever a sectional garage door is installed so the people who have taller vehicles or even those vehicles that usually have carriers on top of them, not to worry whenever parking their vehicles in the garage. The mechanisms of gearing and springing are two features that are used to distinguish the various types of sectional doors.
Sectional Garage Doors are operated using remote controls and also manually giving the door an added advantage in terms of security. This is possible due to the geometry of the doors. The remote controlled doors are usually highly recommended for garages whose main use is storing vehicles and the doors which are more than 3 metres in width. The single push button makes it more easy and convenient to open and close the garage doors as compared to those that have handles and are lifted manually. This comes in handy in situations where it is raining or it is at night and the driver does not want to get out of the car until the car is securely parked inside the garage.
The doors offer maximum security for a vehicle stored in the garage because of the excellent design of the panel and for the reason that they are held into position by not less than five rollers on either side of the door. This provides more resistance whenever people try to force their entry into the garage. Coupled by the electric operator makes the breaking down of these doors almost impossible and would require the usage of specialised equipment.
A sectional overhead garage door that is properly insulated significantly reduces the cost of heating especially on the rooms that are adjacent to the garage. This is because in winter periods the temperature in maintained at a constant inside the garage making it unnecessary to install heaters in the building.