Garage Door Parts Terminology
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.
Garage door parts terminology. These are known as rollers. Extension spring a garage door has one of two types of counterbalance spring systems an extension spring system or torsion spring system. The garage door parts you see from the outside are the panels. They re attached to the side of your garage door and inserted into the vertical track.
Flush panels have no design on them and give your home a clean crisp look. 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. Bracket also called jamb brackets used to attach the garage door vertical tracks to the framing on either side of the garage door opening.
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. Panels this basically refers to the main garage door itself or smaller sections if it is comprised of individual pieces or panels. There are many kinds of panels. An extension spring is generally mounted above horizontal tracks extends from front of door opening to the back hang and provides lifting power by stretching.
Springs are under extreme tension. Long panels and short panels have rectangular patterns along the garage door. If you look inside your vertical track you ll see small wheel shaped parts.