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title: Selecting Loading Dock Doors | By Loading Dock, Inc.
description: Find out what type of dock door best fits your business. Call Loading Dock, Inc. for Roller dock doors, Sectional panel dock doors in NJ & NY.
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# [Selecting Loading Dock Doors | By Loading Dock, Inc.](https://www.loadingdock.com/blog/selecting-loading-dock-doors)

 Written by [Grey Decker Ariam](https://www.loadingdock.com/blog/author/grey-decker-ariam) | October 03, 2016

A [dock door](https://www.loadingdock.com/blog/design-the-loading-dock-select-dock-doors) is required for inside/outside loading docks. The most commonly installed doors are manually operated and are either an overhead sectional door or a roller door.

**See pictures of [roller doors and sectional doors](https://www.overhead-doors.com/galleryoverheaddoors)  by reading more below↓**

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## Roller Doors

 

 

A sectional door is smoother and quieter than a roller door because of rollers that run inside of tracks. Other advantages of a sectional door are:

 • They are thicker and stronger than a roller door

• They can be insulated

## Sectional Doors

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NOTE: Install door track protectors to protect the door tracks.

Common dock door dimensions are 8’0” in width with 8 ft, 9 ft or 10 ft heights. Consider extending the door 13 ft to 14 ft above the driveway and a minimum of 8’6” wide if full access to the truck’s interior isrequired. Dock doors dimensions are determined by:

• Type of trucks being serviced

• Sealing system

•Environmental concerns

Our adept team of technicians at [ Loading Dock, Inc. ](https://www.loadingdock.com/) can  help you in selecting the most suitable loading dock door/s for your business.  Click the "Schedule Estimate" below to get started↓

For more information, please give [us ](https://www.loadingdock.com/)a call at 973-471-4060 or email us at: [info@dockndoor.com](mailto:info@dockndoor.com) We service Northern New Jersey (Bergen, Passaic, Union, Essex, Morris, Hudson, Hunterdon, Somerset county/counties), Manhattan, New York City, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx, Westchester and Rockland. 

 

 

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