Garage Door Anatomy

In the image above this is the powered mechanism secured to the ceiling.

Garage door anatomy.

The job of the motor is not to lift the door but to set the process of lifting in motion. A solid steel handle of a tool that helps carry over the torsion springs lifting force to the cable drums and lifting cables. A sectional garage door is a door that is made up of panels that separate when the door opens and closes overhead. Your garage door panel is broken into sections.

The motor within this component is what drives the garage door. Find stock and semicustom doors for standard openings at home centers window and door retailers and garage door distributors. Some garage doors don t have sections. Signals are sent from your remote or wall opener to the operator and it sends the rest of the door s components into action.

Doors for much bigger openings and nonsectional doors are custom built so have a pro do the measuring. Because they swing open single panel doors need space to operate. These are what hold your garage door together. Keeps the garage door balanced and stable as it opens and closes.

A single panel door is generally more traditional. There s more to garage door anatomy than the panel though this article wouldn t exist otherwise. Anatomy of a tilt garage door. The sections are where the garage door bends as it opens.

Sectional doors open vertically and do not swing outside the frame making them ideal for tight spaces. Those garage doors tilt open rather then move upwards.