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Garage Door Features Across Ontario and Southern Ontario: Weatherstripping, Frames, and More

For homeowners and businesses across Ontario and Southern Ontario, finding the right garage door means understanding essential features like weatherstripping, hardware, insulation, and strutting. Whether you’re in Mississauga, Toronto, or anywhere else in Southern Ontario, these key features ensure long-lasting performance and protection from the elements.

Advanced Weatherstripping for Superior Insulation

• Bottom Weatherstripping: Our garage doors feature U-type arctic-grade vinyl bottom weatherstripping, designed to withstand Ontario’s cold winters, keeping your garage warm and energy-efficient.
• Section Interface: Each section meeting rail is equipped with arctic-grade vinyl bubble-shaped weatherstripping, ensuring an airtight seal that reduces drafts and energy loss.
• Jamb and Header: The door’s anodized or painted aluminum jamb and header frames come with two-point flexible arctic-grade vinyl weatherstripping, providing robust protection against harsh weather conditions.

Heavy-Duty Door Face Hardware

• Galvanized Steel Hinges: We use graduated end hinges and center hinges made from galvanized steel, providing exceptional strength and resistance to corrosion—ideal for Ontario’s variable climate.
• Durable Rollers: Equipped with heavy-duty rollers featuring heat-treated outer races and 10 floating ball bearings, our garage doors offer smooth, reliable operation.

Reinforced Strutting for Large Doors

• Strutting: Doors over 11’0″ in width are reinforced with 16-gauge galvanized steel “Z” braces per section, ensuring stability and durability even for wider door sizes. Strutting is required for doors wider than 3,353 mm, making them ideal for commercial and residential use across Southern Ontario.

High-Quality Frames and Insulation

• Frame Thickness: Our doors feature sturdy frames with a thickness of 1.8mm (0.071”) and 3mm (0.118”) at fastener locations for enhanced strength.
• Stiles: Standard top, bottom, and end stiles measure 162mm (6.375”), while intermediate stiles are 76mm (3”), providing solid support and structure.

Insulated Aluminum Panel

• Aluminum Sheets: The insulated aluminum panels are made from 1.27mm thick aluminum sheets, insulated and sealed to the door frame, ensuring energy efficiency and temperature control in your garage.

Durable Finish Options

• Clear Anodized Finish: Our standard finish is a #17 clear anodized Class II finish, compliant with Aluminum Association (AA-M12C22A31) specifications.
• Powder-Coated Finish: We also offer painted products (special order) with a powder-coated finish to AAMA 2603 standards, allowing customization to match your home’s aesthetic.

Glazing Options for Enhanced Visual Appeal

• Tempered Glass, Polycarbonate, or Insulated Aluminum Panels: All glazing materials are sealed to the door frame with butyl tape and secured with rigid PVC snap-in moldings for a sleek, clean appearance.

Reliable Counterbalance System

• Torsion Springs: Our garage doors come equipped with Class II oil-tempered ASTM A229 wire, with a minimum of 10,000-cycle torsion springs on a continuous steel shaft for long-lasting performance.
• Galvanized Lift Cables: We use aircraft-quality galvanized lift cables with a minimum safety factor of 7 to 1, providing enhanced safety and reliability.

Heavy-Duty Tracks

• Galvanized Steel Tracks: Choose between 50mm or 75mm wide galvanized steel tracks for a robust, corrosion-resistant support system.