What are the different types of garage door opener available in Dubai?

What is a garage door opener?

Garage door opener is a driver consisting of chain, belt and screws and all of these have their own set of characteristics in terms of speed, levels, noise and maintenance. Garage door opener system is responsible for shutting and opening your garage doors.

What are the types of Garage door opener available in the market?

There are 4 main types of Garage door opener in Dubai avaialbe in the market and they are:

·        Chain drive openers

·        Belt drive openers

·        Direct drive openers

·        Wall mounted openers

Explain the 4 garage opener drives?

Lifting and lowering garage doors can be a tiresome task especially when you come back after a long journey. Not all type or age of people is able to lift heavy garage doors manually hence it is advised that you install automatic garage doors that will shut or open at the command of a switch button or remote controller. Here are the four types of garage door openers you can choose from

1.      Chain-Drive Openers

Chain drive type is the most popular among users, and they are able to pull the garage door up or down with the help of a chain drive opener. This is similar to a bicycle chain and it is the most popular garage opener drive sought after by consumers. Why chain drive is preferred?

·        Chain drive is popular because it is cheaper option. You will find them the cheapest option available in the market.

·        Chain drive is strong with its metal chain and can lift heaviest garage doors effortlessly whether it is one door garage or two doors. However it should be noted that its lifting capacity will depend on the power of the type of motor that drives the chain belt and its horse power.

The short coming of the drive is that it can be a little noisy while lifting or lower garage doors.

2.      Belt-Drive Openers

Belt drive garage door openers are equally popular and are preferred by most people. Most of the garage door openers you find will be either chain driven or belt driven. It functions in the same way as a chain drive, but the only difference is that it uses a belt instead of a chain to compete the function.

Belt-driven garage door openers are also very popular. In fact, the vast majority of all garage door openers sold are chain- or belt-driven models. Belt-driven garage door openers are very similar to chain-driven openers, although instead of a chain, they use a belt to lift your garage door. Belt moves smoothly and produce less noise compared to chain driven openers. It is not without disadvantage because it is weaker compared to metal chain. It can wear quickly and belt drives are not strong enough to open two-door garage doors. You have to replace them frequently to get best performance from the drive.

3.      Direct-Drive Openers 

 In this the direct drive motor moves instead of chain or belt. It is a revolutionary invention which produces no sound. In this drive rest of the components except motor remains in place hence suffer less wear and tear or effectiveness. You need very little maintenance to keep it working smoothly and in the process save money. Only disadvantage of the direct drive opener is that it opens the doors slowly compared to traditional drives.

4.      Wall mounted garage door openers

These are called as Jack-shaft openers, and it is a new introduction for residential garage door opener market though they were serving the commercial market for very long time. The opener in this setup is located on the wall which is next to the garage door. Doors are connected to a torsion bar meant for lifting the doors and the torsion bar is attached to the motor drive mounted on the wall. This eliminates the use of chain or belt to move the doors up or down. This drive offers you more free space than other garage door openers.

Types of roller shutters you can buy from market?

You can buy a range of roller shutter doors Dubai from the market and they are:

·        Automatic roller shutters

·        Electric roller shutters

·        Aluminum roller shutters

·        MS roller shutters

·        Polycarbonate roller shutters

·        Push and pull roller shutters

·        Manual roller shutters and many more.

To pick the right garage door drives and roller shutters you can trust the quality and installation of Deto Automatic Doors, LLC, Dubai, as they are pioneer garage doors installer and supplier in UAE. Contact them on phone number +971 55 598 4736 or sending mail to [email protected] to get free quote.