{"id":298,"date":"2014-04-29T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T16:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/?p=298"},"modified":"2015-12-10T14:46:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T14:46:42","slug":"advantages-disadvantages-side-hinged-garage-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/side-hinged-garage-doors\/advantages-disadvantages-side-hinged-garage-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"Advantages and disadvantages of side-hinged garage doors."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of side-hinged garage doors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_301\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\" wp-image-301\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" title=\"GRP Wessex Edwardian side hinged garage door\" src=\"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Wessex-Edwardian-side-hinged.jpg\" alt=\"Wessex Edwardian side hinged\" width=\"168\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Wessex-Edwardian-side-hinged.jpg 280w, https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Wessex-Edwardian-side-hinged-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture of GRP side hinged door with pedestrian access<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; line-height: 1.5em;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Advantages of side hinged garage doors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>available as narrow as 5ft wide for small garages<\/li>\n<li>security upgrades available<\/li>\n<li>most come pre-fitted on a steel fully finished goalpost frame for easy and quick onsite fitting<\/li>\n<li>similar security to an up and over garage door<\/li>\n<li>side hinged garage doors are available in numerous materials, such as soft wood and hard wood, GRP, ABS and steel fully finished in numerous colours<\/li>\n<li>available as insulated or non insulated option<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline;\">Disadvantages of side hinged garage doors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>they can only be made to a maximum width of 9 foot wide<\/li>\n<li>side hinged garage doors are more awkward to make automatic<\/li>\n<li>they are also more costly to make automatic<\/li>\n<li>side hung doors are not as secure as sectional or roller garage doors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As mentioned above, one of the main advantaged of the side hinged garage door is that they are available in a wide variety of materials, finishes and colours.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"steel side hinged garage doors\" href=\"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/steel-sidehinged-garage-doors\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Advantages of fitting a Steel Side-Hinged Door<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>steel side-hinged garage doors offer strength, security and good looks<\/li>\n<li>available at some of the most reasonable side-hinged garage doors prices on the market today<\/li>\n<li>they are available pre-framed for quick and easy installation<\/li>\n<li>finished in a high quality powder coat finish in various colours<\/li>\n<li>the wood grain laminate finish is an ideal match to UPVC doors and windows<\/li>\n<li>available in standard sizes and made-to-measure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Advantages of having a Wooden Side-Hinged Garage Doors<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"timber side hinged garage doors\" href=\"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/timber-sidehinged-garage-doors\" target=\"_blank\">timber side-hinged garage doors<\/a> are available in a wide range of standard sizes,<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"traditional cedar side hinged garage door Bakewell\" href=\"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/cedar-door-bakewell-side-hinged-traditional-boarded\" target=\"_blank\">you can choose from cedar<\/a>, <a title=\"Woodrite Idigbo Warwick Kenilworth Side-Hinged \" href=\"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/woodrite-idigbo-warwick-kenilworth-sidehinged\" target=\"_blank\">oak and idigbo side-hinged wooden garage doors<\/a>; with cedar being the most popular material due to its stability, rot resistance and good looks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Advantages of choosing an Insulated Side-Hinged Garage Doors<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"insulated side hinged garage doors\" href=\"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/insulated-sidehinged-garage-doors\">insulated side-hinged garage doors offer insulation and are draught-proof<\/a><\/li>\n<li>they are available in numerous styles, colours and wood grain finishes to suit different properties<\/li>\n<li>all insulated designs are made-to-measure at no extra cost<\/li>\n<li>insulated side hinged garage doors feature 40mm thick foam-filled steel leaves to ensure long-lasting performance and durability<\/li>\n<li>they are delivered pre-framed and made to measure as standard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Advantages of fitting a GRP (Glass Fibre) Side-Hinged Doors<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"GRP side hinged garage doors\" href=\"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/grp-fibreglass-sidehinged-garage-doors\" target=\"_blank\">our GRP side-hinged doors are available in gloss white or wood-look in numerous styles<\/a><\/li>\n<li>they can be made with a 50\/50 split, or 1\/3 or 2\/3 split<\/li>\n<li>they are delivered pre-framed<\/li>\n<li>made-to measure as standard, at no extra cost to the customer<\/li>\n<li>GRP side hung doors have a Multi-point locking upgrade available if required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of side-hinged garage doors. Advantages of side hinged garage doors: available as narrow as 5ft wide for small garages security upgrades available most come pre-fitted on a steel fully finished goalpost frame for easy and quick onsite fitting similar security to an up and over garage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,64,65,63,66,38,62],"tags":[92,93,91,67],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garage-door-advice","category-grp-side-hinged-doors","category-idigbo-side-hinged-doors","category-insulated-side-hinged-garage-doors","category-oak-side-hinged-garage-doors","category-side-hinged-garage-doors","category-steel-side-hinged-garage-doors","tag-insulated-side-hinged-garage-doors","tag-oak-side-hinged-garage-doors","tag-steel-side-hinged-garage-doors","tag-timber-side-hinged-garage-doors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arridgegaragedoors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}