This is how the garage door panel opens and closes and both operating mechanisms have their advantages and disadvantages in different applications.
Canopy retractable garage door.
Canopy retractable up over garage doors.
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.
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 and retractable operating garage doors.
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.
Hormann up and over garage doors.
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.
The two different types are shown below.
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.
When open the door panel protrudes approximately 1 3 forming a canopy.
Both gear types.
Retractable plus door.
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.