Saturday, 3 October 2009

Roller Garage Door - Luxury, Comfort and Ease in One.

By Adam Stranton

A Roller garage door is a package of comfort and ease for any home, especially for the aged and the disabled. A roller garage door saves you from the trouble of walking all the way to the door just to operate it and hence gives a feeling of comfort with added security.

The roller garage door is very easy to install and assemble. They consist of lamellas interconnected on flexible canvas. It is similar to regular rollers. The door moves on a guide and is wound on a shaft, embodied in a protective box over the opening of the garage. It rolls up into a casing. Such doors rise vertically and they do not stick out at an angle. SO if your home had a small driveway, a roller garage door would be best suited for your needs.

These types of doors provide better insulation in winter. They can be customized according to your desired strength. In harsh weather conditions, such garage doors can withstand the force of winds, etc.

Even though most doors are fast to open, they are also generally very quiet, which makes them a good type of door, in case your garage is right below your bedroom or other living areas of your home. Virtually, any roller garage door is equipped with a special sensor, which will make the door stop and reverse, if there is anything, restricting the downward movement of the door.

However, when choosing your garage door, make sure that your garage has enough headroom (available vertical space above the opening) to install such a door. If your opening does not have enough available vertical space, you are risking ending up with a vastly reduced height in the opening, not allowing for a larger vehicle to pass through the opening of your garage.

Also, roller garage doors have smaller and easier to handle panels. They are less complicated that sectional garage doors and are hence lighter. Thanks to this feature, the risk of accidents is minimized greatly.

Any roller garage door comes with a remote control, which you can keep either on you or in your car. When approaching the door, you press a button on the remote control, and the door opens by the time you reach your garage. You drive in and press the button on the remote again to close the door.

When deciding to choose an automated garage door, do remember to arrange for back up in case of a power cut. Keep additional batteries or power backup with you so that in the event of a power outage, you can still operate your garage door.

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