Canopy retractable up over garage doors.
Canopy retractable garage door.
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.
They are available as either fully tracked or trackless canopy mechanisms and in a wide range of materials including steel timber grp and abs.
This is how the garage door panel opens and closes and both operating mechanisms have their advantages and disadvantages in different applications.
Canopy and retractable operating garage doors.
Retractable door gear is much more robust and the side spring mechanism can support the heavier double size doors that are wider than 8ft.
When open the door panel protrudes approximately 1 3 forming a canopy.
Door type 1 canopy up and over garage door.
Hormann up and over garage doors.
The two different types are shown below.
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.
We offer a wide range of canopy rectractable up and over garage doors.
There are no tracks running back into the garage when the door is closed.
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.
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.