ᐅ Sectional door according to DIN EN 13241: Protection against crushing, cutting...

Hello everyone,

I am currently choosing a sectional door, and I noticed at several showrooms that the tracks or the rollers are sometimes not protected against access at all—you can easily reach inside. Especially for those who have (active) children, it’s concerning to think about what a child's finger could look like by the time the motor finally stops if a finger gets caught in the track... 🙁

There is the DIN EN 13241 standard, which requires protection against crushing, cutting, shearing, and trapping.

Are doors where access to the track is possible really compliant with this standard?

Does anyone have experience with protection against access? For example, a light curtain on the door? Etc.

No idea – but practically speaking: when are your kids ever at the garage door while it’s closing? For us, never.
Either we all exit the garage, and I close it from inside (the house), or I press the button when leaving. And I always go out last, the child always goes ahead.
Have you ever been inside the garage while it was closing?

I would say, at some point you have to think practically. If you try to cover every possible risk where children could get hurt, you’ll have a lot on your plate 😉

Personally, I don’t allow them to open and close the gate, problem solved.
And if they do, well, nothing teaches kids better about bad behavior than pain—but maybe I’m a bit old-fashioned^^