They occupy a similar amount of space as a sectional garage door but can function quite differently.
Slab section at garage door.
These doors are single solid slabs that slide up and into the space above your car when they re opened.
Garage doors use either torsion springs or extension springs to raise and lower the door.
These doors are generally more than 20 years old.
The slab edge system in the link is only r7.
You cannot do this yourself and it is expensive.
Torsion springs mount on a bar above the door while extension springs stretch down the side of the upper tracks.
Slab jacking is one method that can correct the tilt of an entire concrete slab floor.
But it is still cheaper than demolishing and re building your garage.
Knowing garage door clearance requirements will help you avoid ordering the wrong garage door set up for your needs.
Option 2 completely blocks out the stemwall at the garage door and then a thicken edge is poured where the slab meets the footing at the garage door this seems to be the preferred method in western washington.
When a door company installs a brand new door that s straight as an arrow a gap is the result.
It utilizes your existing concrete slab with only minor touch ups required if the slab jacking efforts succeed.
Or you could double layer your 1 goods.
In nearly 90 of these instances a wood garage door was removed.
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From a structural point of view which is the better method and also from a construction point of view what are the pros and cons.
Slab jacking with slurry.
Single panel garage doors were all the rage before sectional doors came into fashion.