Friday, July 25, 2014

Coming Soon. Overlap Garage Doors From Amarr

One of the largest national garage door manufacturers recently started distributing Silvelox garage doors. Silvelox is an Italian company on the cutting edge of custom garage door technology. There innovative Trento collection utilizes a unique design eliminating the need for horizontal tracks and and overhanging garage door opener. The door uses a weighted counterbalance system versus the standard torsion spring system used by most garage doors in the United States today. With this design the need for costly garage door repairs is brought to a minimum. 

Amarr announced at this years IDA (International Door Association) show that they will be unveiling a version of this door for the US at a much more affordable cost than the current offerings of the Italian Silvelox. The word is that sometime in 2015 the Amarr sectional overlap style garage door. This is exciting news for customers looking for a cleaner, less obtrusive, and low maintenance garage door. In the coming months you can be sure Door Tech Garage Doors will keep it's eye out for the first available versions for testing. We pride ourselves on keeping up with all the newest garage door technology to be sure we have the best and most reliable selection of garage doors and garage door openers.

Check out the video of the prototype from the 2014 IDA show. YouTube 

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Custom Wood Garage Doors Using Cedar

One of the most beautiful garage door designs available today is the custom cedar overlay garage door. This door combines the natural beauty of real wood with the structure and convenience of a modern steel garage door. We start with a heavy duty high grade commercial steel door and attach a custom wood design of your choice to the exterior. Most commonly built using tongue and groove cedar planks paired with cedar square edge for a secondary layer. These doors offer you the opportunity to design the door any way you like it. Our process pairs a high grade flexible adhesive along with mechanically attaching the wood to the steel. This ensures a long lasting beautiful custom wood garage door.