Blogs and Keys

Back in the past, you needed to buy a luxury car in order to have one of those handy power door locks on your car. Everyone else was stuck with the ordinary door locks – the kind requiring you to have your key handy every time you want to unlock your vehicle. These days, however, everyone seems to own one. You see people all over, pushing their keypad to open their specific car parked somewhere in a parking lot full of cars. Hardly anyone with a newer vehicle has to suffer the extra effort of actually using their car keys to unlock their vehicle or push the door locked when they leave their car anymore.

Believe it or not, power door locks have been around for nearly a half century. This feature was initially used on a particular kind of luxury Packard. It took a number of years until this convenient feature was gradually introduced and used as a standard feature on luxury vehicles everywhere. Now, you needn’t buy a luxury car to have a power door lock as on option on your automobile.

While it’s easy to get out of the habit, you still can open and lock your door the regular way. Regular door locks are installed on every vehicle and your key still works in the lock provided on the outside of the vehicle. You may never need them but, if the battery on the remote keypad goes bad, at least you have a backup method of getting into your car.

This optional feature has some major advantages over the regular method of opening your car. For example, it’s very easy to use and you can have your arms full while still being able to open your vehicle without digging for your keys, trying to get into your car without dropping something. With this power feature, all you need to do is push the remote keypad, grab the handle and open your car door.

Another helpful thing about remote power door locks is that the remote often opens all the doors to the car at the same time. That way, if you have children, they can get themselves into the car without you having to unlock another door to let them in. In addition, if you’re putting your groceries onto the passenger seat, the door is already open for you to throw them in and hop into the driver’s side without messing with locks and keys.

There are actually two types of systems available in remotely-operated power door locks. If you have the more complex system, there will be a body controller in the automobile that monitors a specific radio frequency; when you send the correct code to the controller, it unlocks the car door. If you own the simpler system, you send a signal to actuators in the vehicle which lock or unlock the car door. There are lots of these kinds of locks available and many different companies manufacture them. If you don’t own one but want one installed after purchasing your vehicle, it takes only a couple of hours and can be installed in almost any car. The costs of such a system depend on the type of system you acquire.

Sectional garage doors
A sectional garage door is made up of separate sections instead of one single panel, which allows for easy and smooth operation especially when using an electric garage door opener. Since the sections are all hinged, the door can glide through a tight curve before finally settling in a horizontal position that is parallel of the floor of the garage. Because of its construction and mechanism, it is able to solve a lot of the common problems that are posed by up and over garage doors.

These doors are ideal for most garage doorways shapes including arches. Sectional garage doors are perfect for short driveways as you can have your car parked right up the door sans the risk of the door swinging out and hitting your vehicle or for any pedestrian that is standing close to the door.
Sectional doors hold many advantages over canopy or up and over garage doors. With sectional doors, the drive through width of a garage opening is maximized. It also provides better height clearance that is beneficial to tall vehicles such as 4X4s and Multi-purpose vehicles. All around sealing provides protection against severe weather conditions.

The Hormann Brand
Hormann garage doors forms part of the umbrella of construction components that Hormann sells to the market. Their sectional garage doors are available from 2 meters wide up to 5.5 meters wide. For door heights, there are models that go up to 3 meters. For special sizes requiring large space, Hormann offer a Combi door that is available for up to 7.5 meters wide.

Standard Features
Fully sealed perimeter – rubber seals are used. The big bottom rubber seal on a level ground would help prevent leaves and dust, etc.
Vertical operation – this means that you can park your car right up to the door inside or out and still be able to open or close the door.
Outstanding security – using 5 encapsulated rollers placed in steel hinges in either side of a standard door. A rotary latch locking system with europrofile type cylinder locking. The double skinned doors would provide protection against powerful physical attacks.

Ease of operation – Spring mechanisms are used assisting the door during operation make for ease of use compared to a canopy or an up and over garage door.

Powdercoat finishes – this is a standard feature for all doors both inside and out. For the external section of the door, bright white (RAL9016) finish is used while off white finish (RAL9002) is applied at the internal section – no need to paint.

Remote control ready – It can be used with an electric garage door opener owing to its design where the standard boom operator fitted with no further adaption is ready due to the retractable tracking mechanism of a sectional door. One can install both an external and internal electric garage door opener for this type.

Full drivethrough – Drivethrough width has no reduction. A 2286 mm wide door when opened is measured at 2286 mm too. When fully open, you lose only around 50 mm on the Z track while getting the full height because of the N track mechanism.

10 year guarantee – The door comes with a 10 year warranty.