Up and Over Doors with Pedestrian Access
Garage Doors with Pedestrian Access
The Garage Door Centre supply and install pedestrian access garage doors; an excellently innovative product that could help you save time and energy, whilst providing a safe and attractive point of entry to your home.
The option of a pedestrian door (or wicket door) being built into your garage door offers a very practical solution for anyone who visits their garage frequently on foot, or owns a house with an entrance from inside the garage itself, a feature which is common in many 'mews' style properties.
The garage is often used, by the majority of people, for anything except a vehicle, meaning the door must now be a part of that contemporary solution whilst including the offering of good security levels, insulation and weather sealing.
Several options are available for pedestrian doors in garage doors, which usually depend upon three factors – the size, material and type of door mechanism required.
The first significant feature of the pedestrian access garage door, is having the option to enter the garage from the driveway without having to open the entirety of the garage door. As a result, you don't have to endure the trouble of opening the entire door every time, as well as locking and unlocking it afterwards.
The Modern Lifestyle
The lifestyle of modern domesticity has developed into utilising the garage door as a secondary entrance into a mews style property or, in many cases, if the garage has transitioned into an additional room to the home.
- We commonly arrive at home, open the garage door and enter the home via the garage door
- When playing, children may travel back and forth from the garage with bikes, footballs and other toys
Many garages have an alternate entrance to them. However, we have commonly disregarded them as a viable entrance, usually due to their location, off to the rear or side of the garage with various obstacles in the way. We tend to take the easy way in - not fumbling with lawnmowers, bikes or barbeques left blocking the way through.
The convenience of garage doors with wicket doors comes with many subsequent advantages:
- A simple key to the locking gives you access to the garage
- The garage door stays down, therefore the contents of the garage is not exposed to the neighborhood or passers-by
- The Pedestrian door component swings outward, meaning it should never have any obstructions in front of it; more traditional entrances into the garages commonly have obstructions placed in front of them, prohibiting passage
- As an entrance to the garage within the garage door, a tremendous amount of space is economized; wall and floor space where another entrance would have been is left for the use of the occupant for storage
- In the event of a power failure, one can always enter or exit the garage via the Pedestrian Garage Door
The pedestrian garage door provides its users with a significant safety advantage; with no other point of entry into the garage but the wicket door, an intruder has to put himself in full view on the drive way in order to attempt gainin entry into the home. Each wicket door opens to the exterior, so any kicks or heavy force only closes the door further. In order to break in, one would have to pry outwards with adequate tools in full view of any surrounding neighbours. Other, more traditional entry doors to the garage have often been a preferred point of entry for break-ins.
Discover Our Pedestrian Access Range:
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N80 and N500European retractable garage doors are available in white or choice of RAL colours for steel, and a base coat prefinish for timber doors. Sizes are available from 2250mm wide x 1929mm high up to 5000mm x 2375m. They can all be automated with all safety devices required additional to the basic motor to prevent accidental operation when the pedestrian door is not closed properly. Most will be manual operation. Styles Available
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Cedar Timber Up & OversOnly available in retractable operating gear and in a base coat or factory finish stain option. Wicket doors are available in the Bakewell design (see left) and the majority of their designs. Can be automated with all necessary safety devices required as additional to the motor. |
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Silvelox Up & Over Doors with Built-In Pedestrian DoorsSilvelox's range of timber up and over garage doors feature an in-built pedestrian door, making for great ease of access via both on foot and vehicle. The 80mm timber door panel provides a significant barrier with insulating properties and in-turn, security also. Manufactured with traditional, high quality craftmanship, there are various beautiful designs and finishes available to complement different house facades, with the option of choosing which species of timber for your door. For the ultimate sleek appearance, there is no internal tracking required on the ceiling of your garage, as well as a clean panel on the inside of the door.
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Wicket Door Alternatives
Looking for easy pedestrian access, but a wicket door isn't for you? Various options such as round the corner or side hinged garage doors are also available from our extensive range!
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