UK - Your Extensive Guide to Garage Doors from Garage Door Rescue

Let’s face it, your garage door is never going to be high on your priority list for checking it is all in working order or giving it a maintenance once over every 6-8 weeks. It’s only when it breaks, won’t open, closes or jams midway that you realise what a pain it is without a functioning garage door. If you give your garage door a regular once-over, then it helps prevent it from breaking and costing you call out charges for a garage door engineer with expensive repairs or even the cost of having a new garage door installed. Read on for our full Guide to Garage Doors.

Up and Over Garage Doors

An up and over garage door is one complete door panel which tilts, lifts and swings up into the roof space of your garage by torsion springs. Up and over garage doors are normally opened manually, however, some are automatic and can be opened with a key fob

Pros of Up and Over Garage Doors:

- They are the least expensive to install when it comes to a new garage door

- There are fewer moving parts so they can be easily maintained

- The parts are easily replaced at a relatively low cost compared to other types of garage doors

Cons of Up and Over Garage Doors:

- The way an up and over garage door opens; by tilting out and then up and under into the garage roof you are unable to park a car near to the garage door as the door won’t open

- It takes quite a bit of strength to start the motion of opening an up and over garage door, however, when it is halfway up the springs should then complete the opening function without the need of too much strength or input.

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Sectional Roll-Up Garage Doors

Sectional garage doors are normally made up of three to eight solid sections which open by moving upwards on vertical tracks on the door frame. The tracks guide the sections up and then they curve sharply into the horizontal tracks inside the garage roof. Sectional Garage Doors are a popular choice now.

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Keep your garage door and its mechanisms in safe working order by using our hints and tips for maintenance and safety. If you are unsure at any time if you should repair your garage door then we always advise that you call out a qualified garage door engineer who will be able to quickly identify what the problem is, if it can be repaired and what the cost will be.

Garage Door Rescue is your local and independent Garage Door experts that can be with you the same day and provide you with an honest and fixed quote for repair or installation in the Wiltshire and surrounding areas.