What are steel garage doors?

Simply put, steel garage doors are overhead garage doors that use steel as their primary material, rather than other materials common in such stores such as wood or vinyl. Steel garage doors have become the most common type of material used for overhead garage doors. Their popularity is due to the relatively low cost, low maintenance and durability. Steel garage doors are used in a variety of applications. Both the commercial garage and residential garage will make use of the material. Commercial doors generally are not embellished with additional decoration. However, residential steel garage doors run the gambit from the ordinary to doors that include textures, windows and other enhancements. Most steel garage doors on the market today have an outer layer of steel of varying degrees of thickness, backed by rigid foam. This gives the door some insulating properties that help keep both the elements and outside sounds from penetrating too much into the garage. Historically, garage ...  more