How to choose overhead garage door
| Parking a vehicle in a private garage is beneficial by extending the exterior beauty of the vehicle and by providing a huge deterrent to car theft. A manual garage door that opens outward into the driveway requires a driver to get out of the vehicle to unlock, open, close and relock the door. Driver concerns with outward opening garage doors are exposure to wind, rain, snow, heat and late night vulnerability to strangers. |
A manual overhead door reduces but does not eliminate the driver’s need to be outside of a vehicle at some point while opening and closing a garage door.
An ideal situation is to have an automatic overhead garage door. The first, and possibly the most obvious, advantage is the ability to operate the door with a push of a button. From a wall console inside the garage the overhead lights can be independently operated without activating the garage doors. One can operate the doors with a time controlled feature to turn off the overhead lights after a few minutes. Day or night anyone can work in the garage without the need to open the doors. An automatic overhead garage door is installed with infrared sensors beams that prevent the door from closing if something or someone is in the door’s downward path. This is an invaluable asset in homes with small children and pets.
From the outside the overhead garage door can be operated by a remote control attached to a visor or another inside area of a vehicle, or from a mini remote control that fits onto a key chain, or from a control panel attached to the outside frame of the garage that requires the use of a password for operation. When a home has more than one door, remotes and control panels will have multiple garage door commands. The precise door operation pulling system for a home’s garage depends on the type and number of doors, plus the size and weight requirements of the doors. Side by side doors can be programmed to open independently or can be operated in tandem if desired.
Overhead automatic garage doors slide up and out of sight, not requiring the clearance space of outward swinging doors. Garage doors are designed either with or without window panels, in an assortment of door panel designs and materials that include wood, steel, and aluminum. The versatility of colors and designs are boundless with the results being elegant, beautiful, sturdy doors that complement and enhance a home’s exterior décor.