Garage Door Parts Terminology

Galvanizing galvanizing is the process of coating steel to prevent rusting.

Garage door parts terminology.

Long panels and short panels have rectangular patterns along the garage door. Extension spring a garage door has one of two types of counterbalance spring systems an extension spring system or torsion spring system. There are many kinds of panels. Flush panels have no design on them and give your home a clean crisp look.

All steel garage doors are galvanized. They re attached to the side of your garage door and inserted into the vertical track. Bracket also called jamb brackets used to attach the garage door vertical tracks to the framing on either side of the garage door opening. These are known as rollers.

Bottom bracket fixture that attaches to the bottom of the bottom panel and carries the door roller typically has a stud that the garage door cables attach to. If you look inside your vertical track you ll see small wheel shaped parts. Vertical track the track your door is secured in will allow your door to slide up and down or left and right inside this track via tiny wheels or rollers that are mounted to the garage door itself. A garage door with a flush design is flat with no indentations or grooves.

Garage door opener garage door openers consist of all the hardware that combines to open and close a garage door. They allow your garage door to travel up or down the vertical track easily when it s opening or closing. The garage door parts you see from the outside are the panels.