Why choose a custom made automatic garage door?
Author: Susan Atkinson
Author: Susan Atkinson
In times of bad weather having a garage to keep your car in is essential, but so often the up and over garage door or sliding garage door proves difficult to move and it is easier to leave your car out to face the elements. However thanks to improvements in modern technology you can replace difficult to move garage doors with an automatic garage door. Automatic garage doors with remote control are easily installed and are very effortless to operate without any harmful pulleys or wires to get stuck preventing the full opening of your garage. A custom made automatic garage door is a serious option to consider as the garage door is manufactured to suit your requirements and you are not tied to stock sized garage doors which may require alterations to be made for fitting. A custom made automatic door is suitable for all openings whether you have a standard sized single garage or a garage requiring a larger sized door. To decide whether an automatic garage door is the way forward for you it is important to take into consideration the safety, security and noise aspects of such an installation. One concern that people have about installing an automatic garage door is that if there is a power cut their car would be stuck in the garage, therefore it is important to choose a manufacturer that provides a battery back-up facility for use during power cuts or electrical faults or to ensure that manual operation of the door can be enabled from inside the garage for use in emergencies. Another worry for people using automatic garage doors is the possibility of fingers getting stuck in the joints of door or of the door coming down on them, hence it is prudent to establish from the manufacturer if their doors have finger trapping cross sections and whether the door has a pressure sensitive bottom rail strip resulting in the door reversing if there is an obstruction. Security for your garage is often an important feature on your choice of door and some manufacturers include an alarmed door as standard. The garage door alarm system will alert you to any attempt at a break in of your garage but more often than not criminals are deterred by the presence of an alarmed garage door. Another aspect to security is lighting within the garage space and having the added comfort of automatic lighting coming on until you are safely inside your house is a further advantage. It is also important to consider the noise aspects of opening and closing an automatic garage door, especially if you are in a built up area where noise can disturb the neighbouring properties. In order to ensure that you the door you choose is quiet in operation it would be prudent to select one made from aluminium and also to ensure that the motor technology used is designed for a quiet operation. Thanks to modern technology you no longer need to struggle each morning and evening opening and closing a difficult garage door. With the benefit of having custom made automatic garage doors with a remote control, this gives you the ability to operate your garage door within a 50m radius. This therefore means you no longer need to get cold and wet opening your garage door and can remain safely inside your car whilst the door opens and closes.About the Author:
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