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

Posted in: House Building
By Gareth Marples
May 6, 2004 - 8:20:00 PM
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Relating to garages, the backroom is NOT the room where you go to play cards with the boys. It actually refers to the amount of space required to install a garage door, and is measured from the door to the back of the horizontal track.

  • Bottom bracket

    There are two bottom brackets, or corner brackets, on a garage door - one on the right, and one on the left. The lifting cables are attached to the bottom brackets on most sectional doors.


  • Bracket-mounted track

    Sometimes, a vertical track is attached to a doorjamb with angle brackets. This is referred to as a bracket-mounted track.


  • Cable drums


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