Garage doors: main features and advantages (24 photos)

Garage doors must have a high level of reliability and strength, because their main purpose is to protect the vehicle from attacks by intruders. The functionality of the door cannot be overestimated, so in order not to be mistaken with the choice, you need to know what types of garage doors are on sale now.

It is quite simple to purchase a garage door nowadays; most manufacturers sell ready-made goods and also manufacture custom-made products. In the second case, before placing an order, it is necessary to carry out thorough calculations, solve all questions regarding automation, and also familiarize yourself with other auxiliary features.

From this material you will learn:

• Which is better: sectional garage doors or lifting?
• What types of garage doors are the most popular at the moment?
• What are good sliding garage doors?
• Why are automatic garage doors one of the most sought after?

Automation Benefits

A garage is a place where the car must be in complete safety. Usually the garage is located outside the living room, but there are options when the garage is inside the building.

Garage doors, lifting, sliding, automatic or any other, are considered the most vulnerable part of the structure, as they often have to undergo atmospheric and mechanical influences. That is why metal garage doors possess are the most popular among car owners. After all, metal is characterized by high strength and durability.

Ideas for arranging gates, embodied in reality several years ago, are very different from the concepts implemented by modern manufacturers. Frankly, in the era of the USSR, the assortment of such products was not very diverse, but in recent years the market has begun to fill up with completely new varieties of garage-type gates that can fully satisfy consumer demand.

It would seem that quite recently swing gates were the best option for garage doors. They were distinguished by their large dimensions, reliability and the ability to lock on large barn-type locks.

Recently, garage doors have been equipped with various automatic control systems that are easy to operate and available at the most affordable prices.

Typically, automatic gates are classified into 2 varieties: household gates and industrial gates. The second option is available with the expectation of many cycles of opening and closing (most often in an upright position).

The price of the finished product may vary depending on the characteristics of the gate and its size. One way or another, saving on this purchase is not worth it, because the garage should be securely guarded. It is recommended to equip the doors with a special device - an electric drive - in order not to waste time on the procedure of closing and opening.

Automatic type gates save a person from the need to regularly close and open the gates.In addition to this, there are several objective advantages of this type of gate that speak for themselves:

• Ease of management. To carry out any action, the owner does not have to leave his car. He can open the gate by pressing a single button on the remote control. In particular, such a system brings considerable convenience when it rains or snows outside.
• Time saving. The process of controlling automatic garage doors takes literally a matter of seconds. Such a system becomes most relevant at a time when the driver has to rush.
• The presence of special programs. Owners of automatic type gates have the opportunity to set the time interval during which the garage doors must slam shut. Very handy feature to ensure continued security of the garage.
• Practicality. Automatic garage doors are easy to operate. They can be installed in almost any room. The dimensions of the car do not affect the size of the gate - the design can be made for any parameters.

Varieties of garage doors

Swing garage doors are a double-leaf construction. Thanks to the use of thick steel, these gates are characterized by increased security. In some cases, for the manufacture of swing type gates, sheet-type iron, sandwich panels, as well as wooden panels are used.

The designs of double-leaf gates have very strong crossbars, as well as anti-removable pins, various locks for safes.

Wooden gates for sale are represented by many different models with different designs. Particularly popular are wooden gates with forged elements. All wooden gates are very easy to install and serve their owners for a very long time.

Wooden, iron and other swing gates are characterized by special drawbacks associated with the presence of free space, designed to open the wings. In the cold and frosty season, you have to sweat pretty hard with a shovel in your hands to clear the snowdrifts in front of the gate.

In the cold season, iron or wooden swinging garage doors will have to be insulated, since a room with a high temperature for a vehicle is not a luxury, but a necessary condition for maintaining the car in good condition. Most often resort to warming the contour of the gate, using a sealant in the form of brushes.

Swing gates can be equipped with auxiliary functionality: a special gate, a large set of safe photocells, and a lighting system.

Other types of gates

Sliding gates have a door design that is typical for sliding door wardrobes. The design of these gates includes a guide, which is located above the doorway and when opened is pushed to the side. Most often, such gates are installed in private garages and industrial enterprises.

Rotary garage doors make it possible to maximize the width of the opening. These doors can be very easily automated, sometimes they are equipped with a gate. The gate itself is installed in the area of ​​the canvas. The main disadvantage of the pivot gate is the fact that the swinging shutter can damage the nearest object. For this reason, you must carefully measure the distance.

Lifting gates allow you to visually reduce the actual height of the garage, creating overall restrictions for the entry of vehicles into the garage. This type of gate has a beautiful appearance, however, its demand on the market is quite low due to its high cost, as well as a very limited range.

Sectional doors are a design with separate sections moving along the guides.There are several advantages arising from the operation of a gate of this kind:

• high level of strength and reliability;
• the ability to independently replace sections in case of breakage;
• the ability to install a gate.

Sections of such gates can be made of metal or sandwich panels. But in the second case, sectional doors will have a low level of heat storage.

Design Features

Garage-type roll-up gates operate according to the same principles as rolling shutters. The canvas of the garage door itself (aluminum plates are included in its design), twisting, takes the form of a convenient roll attached to the wall at the entrance or on the ceiling surface.

These gates are a completely new model. The main advantages of such structures are associated with the possibility of installation in small rooms where there is a very high opening. Aluminum lamellas have a good heat-saving function. Operating an automatic system does not require much energy. The main significant disadvantage of the design is the low level of resistance to break-ins, as well as the lack of the ability to install a gate.