Canopy Retractable Garage Door

Retractable door gear is much more robust and the side spring mechanism can support the heavier double size doors that are wider than 8ft.

Canopy retractable garage door. Both gear types. Hormann up and over garage doors. Canopy and retractable operating garage doors. Up and over garage doors is a general term used to describe two specific types of garage door mechanism.

There are no tracks running back into the garage when the door is closed. Retractable up and over garage door gear is a very reliable robust and smooth operating mechanism that can easily be automated without the need for any additional conversion equipment. 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. Door type 1 canopy up and over garage door.

An up and over door is a one piece door panel counterbalanced with a spring s to make manual or automatic opening easy for the user. This is how the garage door panel opens and closes and both operating mechanisms have their advantages and disadvantages in different applications. The two different types are shown below. They are available as either fully tracked or trackless canopy mechanisms and in a wide range of materials including steel timber grp and abs.

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. Retractable plus door.