Traditionally one piece garage doors are made of wood but they also come in steel or aluminum and sometimes you might still even find one made of fiberglass believe it or not. About 10 or 12 years ago a garage door wholesaler phone that there was a small market 4 one piece of garage doors that look exactly like sectional roll up garage doors so what they did is manufactured A clip rail that attaches to the left and right hand side of the door sections and then you screw all the sections to that rail and it makes all the sections put together work like a one piece flip up garage door. These doors are usually made for people who I have garages that can not accommodate a sectional roll up garage door and need to have a one piece garage door in order to function properly. But the customer does not want a one piece door that is made of wood they would like one that looks like they have a modern sectional garage door but when it opens its still one piece you can have all the windows and designs of a sectional garage door and when the door is down it looks exactly the same.

It’s really quite an innovation and really quite simple and only takes about an hour or less to put together a solid one piece door where if you build a one piece door out of wood it would at least take you two to three hours to complete.

These doors are exactly the same as a wood one piece door

they function the same thing use the same hinge system and extension springs so the only thing that is different is the material of the door itself. May also use any of the sectional garage doors like non insulated or semi insulated vinyl back or even a three layer steel back insulated sectional door to make a one-piece door out of does it matter what kind of door it is there’s a way to do it. One advantage to having a one piece garage door is they are much easier to maintain than a sectional roll up door. A one piece garage door has a lot less hardware and moving parts so the only thing that really moves on a one-piece garage door are the hinges and springs and those are pretty simple to keep lubed and maintained.

metal one piece garage door

Also A metal one piece garage door is extremely lighter in weight than a wood one piece garage door so therefore there is a lot less stress on the hinge system and springs then a wood garage door one piece garage door would have. Have a wood one piece garage door and are looking to replace it and you find out from garage door companies that you cannot put a conventional sectional roll up door in your garage in AZ them about this kind of one piece door it will solve most of your problems.