How To Choose The Right Commercial Garage Door

Improve the energy efficiency, aesthetics and security of your commercial premises or property development by choosing the right garage door. 

With plenty of options to pick from, it can be difficult to select the suitable materials, opening styles and features that you require. After all, different businesses and projects have different needs, with some requiring a beautiful door to impress buyers, while others will simply need something high strength and durable. 

So, let’s help you make the best choice with our handy guide to commercial garage doors. 

Types of commercial garage door 

In this section, we explore the main types of garage doors to improve your premises or development project. 

• Roller garage doors: This compact door style retracts vertically into a box tucked away near the top of the ceiling. Roller doors are an excellent space-saving design for properties and premises that can’t spare the parking space to open and close. They’re also known for their durability and security, making them excellent options for industrial applications as well as new build property developments. You can further customise convenience, appearance and security with the materials chosen.

• Up-and-over garage doors: This style operates by the whole panel lifting as one and folding away neatly against the ceiling. An up-and-over garage is traditional and timeless, and they are also very user-friendly to open. The only downside is that more driveway space is required to accommodate its opening compared to other types. 

• Sectional garage doors: This style walks the way between roller doors and up-and-over doors by lifting up in panels or sections to open. You can customise how many panels there are to get the right look for your premises or development. They have excellent customisation potential in general, and are also ideal for areas with space-saving considerations, thanks to their vertical and compact opening. 

• Side-hinged garage doors: This option swings outward on both sides like a traditional set of double doors. This avoids any ceiling storage space being taken up by a garage door and is also well-suited to storing vehicles with height. This style also is appropriate for workshops and any environment where regular and easy pedestrian access is needed. 

• Automatic garage doors: Most of the above styles can be made automatic. By opening a door via a remote control, or even a smartphone in some cases, you are offering yourself, your employees or potential buyers of your new build properties, that extra level of convenience, security and modernity that many of us have come to expect from our purchases. 

Each of the above types is available in different colours, finishes and materials to suit your purposes. Some models arrive with single or double-skinned insulation to ensure excellent energy efficiency. To find out more about your options, simply ask the Doormatic team. 

Key door features to consider 

Commercial premises often require higher standards of security and security to fulfil their legal obligations. Equally, if you’re building new houses on a development, you have to appeal to the modern homeowner who expects much more from their money. That’s why you should consider optional features such as the following: 

• Auto-reverse
• Smart technology
• Advanced locking systems 
• Lighting
• Cameras
• Alarms

To discuss your specific needs with an expert, just run it by our engineers who will be glad to help. 

Who should install a commercial garage door? 

With springs and other moving parts, garage doors can be dangerous if they are not installed by an accredited garage door engineer. This is also the only way to ensure a top-quality finish. 

Here at Doormatic, we’re a fully accredited and trained team of garage door experts with over 20 years of experience. We have been supplying, installing and repairing domestic and commercial garage doors for a wide area, and we’re happy to help you with yours. 

Get in touch with Doormatic, the South East’s go-to garage door supplier and installer. We’re known for our huge range of hundreds of doors from world-leading manufacturers along with plenty of customisable options. With a twelve-month warranty on all installations and accreditations to DHF and CHAS, you can trust in a high-quality installation every time. 

About Doormatic Garage Doors

Doormatic Garage Doors is a well-established independent supplier of garage doors based in Guildford, Surrey and Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire.

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