Roll Up Garage Door Styles, Options and Models!

When it comes to roll up garage doors, many people are aware that there are several different models and styles such as insulated garage doors, fire rated doors or steel security doors. However there are a lot options, ways to customize overhead doors and variations that make almost every rolling door different.

Choose a roll up garage door leader.

There are multiple roll up garage doors uses, finishes, materials and customization options. When looking for the right commercial garage door, quality craftsmanship, customization and experience of the overhead rolling door company are what stands out. You want to make sure that every rolling door is custom built to meet your exact specifications rather than adapted to fit. An overhead coiling door design means the overhead door will roll upward and store in tight coil above the door opening. This process reduces the use of interior space, freeing up overhead space, light flow and is more aesthetically pleasing. Quality craftsmanship assures a long life span, lowering the overall cost of ownership. You want to look for overhead doors are engineered for daily use and made to withstand 50,000 cycles or more.

Rolling Door options and customization

When choosing an overhead rolling door company that specializes in custom quality manufacturing, any hard to fit openings, unique challenges or structural issues will be handled with ease. Roll up garage doors can be found in several gauges of steel, stainless steel and aluminum. In addition, there are many different rolling door finishes. Ensuring that the roll up door has galvanize base coat treatment makes sure the overhead coil doors are the longest lasting. For a more colorful option, you can add any one of the stock powder coat garaged door colors available. A high quality rolling door company with have many options including the ability to custom mix a color for your roll up garage door. For the most custom selection, adding vinyl graphics to your overhead door with a company logo, image or even photo not only adds function but custom branding.

In addition to the several roll up garage door finish and material choices, overhead doors also have many available door options. The individual overhead coiling door slats and can be punched to create an open curtain design. This will allow for ventilation, visibility or even windows while still allowing security. One way or two way rolling door windows improve aesthetics and visibility. For ultimate overhead door visibility, a steel roll up garage door can provide up to approximately 22% open space. 

For more demanding rolling door installations, a high cycle springs can upgrade a rollup garage door to withstand 100,000 open and closing cycles. A company with specialized teams can even specifically design your roll up garage door for specific wind loads or seismic performance.

For the overhead coiling door upgrades, you might look at other door functions. Insulated rolling door provides solutions where maintaining different temperatures on each side of the door are necessary. When ultimate overhead door climate control and energy efficiency, look for an insulated rolling doors that decrease air infiltration by up to 94%. Insulated roll up garage doors also provide the added benefit of sound reduction. In high use areas, a high performance rolling door provides not only a high speed roll up door, but high open / close cycles that mean no down time while also providing high energy efficiency. If that isn’t enough, look for a high performance rolling door provides the fastest rolling door speeds for a door that also runs for 1,000,000 maintenance free cycles and can seal your building for maximum energy savings. In situations where a fire or smoke barrier is needed, rolling fire doors are the perfect solution. Rolling steel fire doors create structural separations to prevent the spread of fire and smoke.

As you can see, there is nothing standard in a standard roll up garage door. A high quality rolling door company can provide all these services and more.

Cornell is the industry leading rolling door, security grille and closure product experts since 1828. To inquire how Cornell's long history of innovation and customer service can help you with your next rolling door project, call 1-800-233-8366!