The track is one of the most important components of a garage door system. The track partially supports the door's weight and ensures smooth, and steady movement whenever you open and close the commercial garage door.
Working on a new commercial garage door project? Learn about the different types of commercial tracks for overhead door systems/sectional doors, in order to choose the best one for your facility.
Make sure you consider the overhead door’s height during your design process. When possible, experts recommend designing your project in a way where a standard lift track can be installed, instead of a low-headroom track.
- Standard Lift Track: It is the most common track used with commercial garage doors. The door height is relatively close to the ceiling of the building. Since it uses a vertical track anchored against the wall and a horizontal one adhered to the ceiling layout, when the door opens, it will lay mostly flat beneath it.
- Low-Headroom Track: This track is used where normal operation can not take place because there is not enough room between the top of the door and the ceiling, due to the short height.
Sectional Door with a Low-Headroom Track
- High Lift or Lift Clearance Track: This overhead door track is used where the door height is significantly lower than the ceiling height. The wall-anchored section of the track (or vertical) is extended, allowing the door to move vertically until it gets closer to the ceiling, where it curves back into the horizontal portion of the track, thus preventing the door tracks from generating an obstruction.
- Follow Roofline Track: This track is designed in such a way that the door will follow the pitch of the roof. It can be used with standard or lift clearance tracks.
- Full Vertical Track: Ideal for areas with very high ceilings so the door can be stored vertically against the wall when in the fully open position. The most common applications are warehouses.
Apart from the types of overhead door tracks mentioned above, there are other types of tracks, as well as a wide variety of track sizes.
At Overhead Door Company of the Meadowlands & NYC, we have a group of specialists ready to assist you in this process of selecting the best track system that will best suit your project’s needs. We also offer a full line of commercial garage door operators and loading dock equipment.
We have been in business for over 40 years selling, installing, and servicing commercial overhead doors and loading dock products in New Jersey and York City Metro areas.
Every product that we install is top quality, meeting or exceeding industry standards. Our products come with a comprehensive warranty and the kind of service, experience, and dedication to quality that will keep your business and equipment safe and efficient for years to come. We combine quality, with reliable service to consistently give your business confidence and peace of mind.
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