Glossary of Garage Door Terms and Definitions - The Safe, Dry Story

Garage doors open - garage doors close. Cars go in. Cars go out. With the garage door closed, the cars are safe and dry. But what if that door didn't open? With the hustle and bustle of life today, things like garage doors usually get taken for granted. And if they suddenly stopped working, think of how fast they'd occupy our minds. We'd certainly do whatever we could to get them fixed ASAP, wouldn't we? But to fix garage doors, we need knowledge - knowledge most of us probably don't have. And that's why we've assembled this glossary of garage door terms and definitions, so you'll know what's going on when that repairman or builder starts throwing garage door jargon at you. So read on, and get a quick education. It'll be a lesson well learned.

• Astragal
  
  Astragal is the name of the weather-stripping that runs along the bottom of the garage door, stopping any drafts or rain from entering the garage.



• Back hangs
  
  Back hangs are the vertical supports that hold the horizontal track in place, and stop the door from moving around in the track.



• Backroom