Hormann gate: advantages and features of management

An important component of a good garage is the gate. Their great diversity in the Russian market sometimes makes it difficult to choose products. An inexperienced user hardly understands the difference between domestic and foreign manufacturers. It is important to understand, automatic or manual products are better to choose what they should be color, material and quality.

A win-win solution is the Hormann garage door.

Like any Western company, the Hormann trademark was formed in the late fifties of the last century as a family-owned enterprise for the production of gates with a tilt-up construction. Today Hormann concern is widely known and has its branches and factories around the world: in Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, the USA, China and India.

Among the advantages of the gate should highlight their main features:

• Sectional separation of the canvas. Each new plate, located above the previous one, allows you to fold them as comfortably as possible when opening, saving space both indoors and outdoors.
• Gates have high sound and heat insulation, are very convenient and easy to install and operate.
• Products have good fire resistant and moisture resistant properties.
• A variety of types of drives for any model simplify the choice of gates that suit your garage.

Even more advantages are shown by the important components of the products of the German concern.

All components of the Hormann gate are made only from high-quality materials using the latest research in the field of engineering and technology. All products are certified and meet European quality standards.

Among the advantages enjoyed by the Hormann gate are its main components:

• Two-way radio system BiSecur, which drives the drive of garage doors, was created by specialists of the company together with experts on cryptology at the Ruhr University in Bochum. This unique system is used only in Hormann products and is their patented invention.
• Automatic garage door drive also will please the newly-made owners with their multifunctionality. This technical marvel has three options: SupraMatic, ProMatic and ProMatic Akku. Each of them has its own characteristics, which include: opening speed, the ability to switch to manual drive, the intermediate opening stage for airing the room.
• All Hormann doors use tension springs and torsion springs.. The first device was created to avoid injury to people. It is based on the “spring in spring” system: if one breaks off, another will immediately replace it.

• Thermal separation of the joint - additional know-how of the concern Hormann, which is to provide thermal and sound insulation indoors.Special sealers installed around the entire perimeter of the gate act as additional means of energy saving. They are a black plastic profile to which the ThermoFrame sealing rubber is attached. It is installed together with the gate guides and is offered as an additional option to the model being purchased.
• Unique protection against hacking. The blades are installed in such a way that they are tightly fixed to the frame. Therefore, raising the gate during burglary is impossible. There is also an additional option that allows you to close them also from above.

Each model differs in its technical and mechanical characteristics. Let us dwell on three main types of garage doors from Hormann.

Among the narrow variety of products manufactured by a well-known German brand, three main types of door designs for the Hormann garage stand out, confirming the true quality and innovation of the product.

Garage sectional doors do not just save space in the room and in the adjacent territory.

This unique system has a number of excellent features:

• open vertically, are under the ceiling;
• installed in any openings;
• have a large width for the passage of the car;
• increased tightness around the perimeter;
• have two options of release: single-wall and double-walled;
• smoothly moving.

Such gate will easily fit into any exterior. Thanks to the development of the German specialists of the Hormann company, the concern acquired a whole system for decorating their canvases - Decograin. This is an artificial film that is resistant to direct sunlight, which gives the natural structure of the material as realistic as possible. There are 6 types of textures.

• Tilting gate Berry. This is the first product line released by Hormann on an industrial scale. The uniqueness of this design lies in the presence of additional protection against pinching in the form of flexible plastic strips, as well as in the form of a system of safety springs. They are also located under the ceiling at the opening, but they do not have such smooth movements as the previous ones.

• Garage Rolling Gate RollMatic equipped with a unique drive. It looks like a standard roller shutter with a classic lifting mechanism.But the canvas is made of high quality aluminum. This material is not susceptible to corrosion, so the service life of such products is doubled.

• Retractable sectional door company Hormann represent a special solution for non-standard situations. If the lifting, rolling and sectional doors go up, then the sliding doors open to the side. This is a great option for garages with defects in the ceiling or with the need to leave this space empty. It is this design that has the maximum sound insulation performance, has the best stability and smooth silent movement.

Hormann products are not limited to garage models. In the arsenal of this German concern there are interior and street doors, entrance gates of various designs: swing, folding, sliding. For all this abundance is firmly fixed such indicator as "German quality".

One of the most notable advantages that the Hormann gate has is its variety of sizes. The German concern gladly offers its customers a range of canvases with a height from 1,875 mm to 3,000 mm and a width from 2,250 mm to 6,000 mm. The maximum size that the company can offer under the order is 5000 mm by 7000 mm.

The Hormann steel gates are available in over 200 different colors and 6 decograin decorative solutions. Gates made of solid wood can be assembled from two types of trees, and you can choose one of 8 recommended varnishes for their processing.

Decograin in Hormann garage doors has six individual painting options:

• golden oak - light chestnut or golden yellow color;
• dark oak - saturated nut color;
• wenge oak - oak texture with a rich dark tint;

• the Red tree;
• Winchester oak - the color of natural knotty oak;
• titanium metallic - anthracite with a metallic sheen.

Garage doors from the German manufacturer are pleased not only with the quality of the fabric produced, guides and other components. Hormann has a product even for the most capricious buyer.

In the question of choosing one or another garage door should be guided by their own needs. For modern life, speed models are great, and they won't be long in coming..

Panoramic garage doors have an attractive appearance.

Fire protection structures can save not only the life of their owner and his family, but also the garage itself. They do not allow the spread of the fire in the house, if it happened on the street.

Installation and installation of garage doors can be ordered from experts, and can be carried out independently. For the first option will have to pay extra. The second method may be less costly in material terms, but more difficult. But do not be upset in advance.

In order to install Hormann garage doors by yourself, you should first pay attention to some important details:

• The opening in which the door will be installed must be perfectly level.
• Markup. You can not just take and insert the finished gate into the opening. You need to make a simple markup, which will help to install everything correctly.
• The assembly of the guides must be done horizontally. This is necessary to avoid distortion and deformation of the frame.

Step-by-step instructions on how to properly install a garage door are provided with the product and make it easy to complete all the necessary installation procedures.

Cloth sections are installed from the bottom up - this is the focus of the manufacturer in the instructions. Cables are attached to the lowest part. Rollers are attached to each section. Tensioner cables must be skipped behind the rollers. Only after fixing the roller and cable, you can add a section..

Hormann automatic garage door drives allow you to program the necessary speed of the gate movement, and the adjustment of the opening level will allow you to tailor products for different types of use. You can, without going to the garage, adjust the ventilation of the room or check whether the gate is closed or not.

Hormann garage doors are operated using the remote control. The patented BiSecur system is used in all controls. This system not only allows you to effortlessly open or close the gate, but also helps to clarify what position they are in.

It is also possible to open the structure without electricity.. In terms of the features of using various functions (there are from 1 to 4 on different consoles), compact DU- charms are in the first place, which can be worn with keys and not worry that they will be lost.

Russian car owners are very positive about the products of the German concern. A large number of pleasant reviews sounds to the perfect system of drives and protection. Among the negative factors often arise the cost of designs and the need to wait for your order for a long time.

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