These little snippets are an easy refresher to help sidestep some of the common mistakes made when fitting CarTeck sectional garage doors. Bite-sized makes it easy to remember!
If you’re not the person fitting doors, make sure you share his with your installers. Saves a headache on site and the time to make a call to find out what the problem is!

Concealed hinges make trimming up CarTeck side hinged garage doors easy...
With no hinges at the edge of the frame, trimming up your opening is easy. No notching out trim or running tricky mastic beads to go around surface mounted hinges.
Trim is an effective way of blending a garage door with surrounding finishes. If you are using trim, make sure you keep to this rule...
See the diagram below for detail.


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