Garage Door Openers and Its Various Types

A garage door opener is a motorized device controlled by switches for opening and closing garage doors. Some of the doors are controlled by remote controls, instead of switches. There are both commercial and non-commercial openers available in the market. Generally non-commercial openers are controlled by switches, whereas commercial garage door openers are regulated by remote controls.

Besides, depending upon various needs and some specific choices, some more types of garage door openers have come to the market. There are as many as four types of garage door openers like chain-drive, screw drive, belt-drive, and direct drive for both commercial and non-commercial uses.

Given below are various types of garage door openers Calgary

Chain Drive

This is the most common and widely used garage door opener including a chin for opening and closing the door smoothly. Being simple and inexpensive, people like it best over the other types of openers available in the market. The chain used for operating and regulating the door is verisimilitude to a bicycle chain. It loops around the rail for giving it a roll or motion. This is the oldest yet the most popular type door opener ruling the roost in the market. The single and very small problem associated with it is chain extension or loosing problem. The chain, used in it, gets loose time to time. Then you need to tighten it either by yourself or by a professional service provider. 

Belt Drive

As the name suggests belt drive includes a metal-reinforced rubber belt for regulating and operating it. It looks like the fan belt of a car. Like chain type, this too is simple but expensive. Having no metal-on-metal contact, it works almost silently and effectively. Being robustly built and sturdily constructed, belt drive can easily lift heaviest garage doors. Durability, strength and lifetime belt warranty are the key aspects of it.   This is used in offices, store rooms and industrial production houses. 

Screw-drive

Screw-drive garage door openers are very easy to install.  This is widely used for domestic purposes. It needs very little maintenance cost. It utilizes a long metal rod that allows a screw to function well. As the consequence of it noise levels remain very low. For running the doors smoothly what you need to do is lubricate it well.

Direct drives

This is the last not the least garage door opener used widely all over the Europe. The Europeans have been using it for more than thirty years. It includes a motor for drives itself along with the stationary chain. It is getting increasing attention for its reliability and warranty covers.