Polytite™

Available through Rivett, Polytite Door Systems use strong, lightweight triple-walled polycarbonate panels for easy operation, naturally-lit spaces, and reduced heating costs, while resisting impact and harsh weather across service, industrial, commercial, and residential installations.

Polytite P175 translucent polycarbonate overhead door

P175

Polytite Door Systems are made with triple-walled polycarbonate panels that are strong yet lightweight, providing easy operation with minimum stress on hardware components. The translucent panels provide a naturally-lit, inviting work environment and help reduce winter heating costs through the effects of solar heat gain. The panels are also extremely impact-resistant and can withstand long-term exposure to extreme elements such as sun, wind, rain and snow without cracking or splitting. Particularly suited for service garages but ideal for all types of industrial, agricultural, commercial, institutional and residential overhead door installations where an attractive, light-transmitting, strong, lightweight door is desired.

Polytite Door Systems

The P175 in full – the panel, the framing that carries it, the hardware it is hung on and the coverage it is sold with.

Section Details

The external side of the polycarbonate is protected with a coextruded layer warranting resistance to atmospheric agents and U.V. rays.

P175 Cross Section

P175 / P175T Section Dimensions

  • Section thickness: 1 3/4″ (45mm)
  • Section height: 21″ & 24″ (533mm & 610mm)

Opening Widths

  • Basic windload: 8′-0″ – 16′-2″ (2438mm – 4877mm)
  • 15 psf design: 8′-0″ – 24′-2″ (2438mm – 7366mm)
  • Custom door width: Up to 30′-2″ (9195mm)

Polycarbonate Paneling

  • Thickness: 5/8″ (16mm)
  • Structure: Triple-walled
  • Weight: 0.553 lbs/sq ft (2.69 kg/sq m)
  • R-Factor: 2.500 ft2 hF/Btu
  • U-Factor: 2.271 W/m2K
  • Fire reaction: ASTM E84-01 flame spread and smoke developed: Class A
  • Solar heat gain coefficient: Clear 75; Bronze 57; White 63
  • Stock colours: Clear, Dark Bronze, Western Bronze
  • Optional colours: Green, Blue, White

Section Framing

Fabricated from 6063-T6 aluminum alloy extrusions, 0.063″ (1.6mm) thick and 0.090″ (2.18mm) thick at hardware mounting locations.

  • End stiles: 2 1/2″ (64mm) wide aluminum; double end stiles for doors over 16′-2″ (4928mm) wide
  • Centre stiles: 3″ (76mm) wide aluminum
  • Pair of meeting rails: 4 1/2″ (114mm) high aluminum
  • Top rail: 2 3/16″ (56mm) or 2 9/16″ (65mm) high aluminum
  • Stock colours: Clear Anodized, Bronze, White

Optional Thermatite Multi-Ribbed (MR) Bottom Section (P175T)

Insulated sections fabricated from pre-painted, hot dipped galvanized steel sheet with a rigid polyurethane insulation core, CFC and HCFC free; face sheet stucco embossed and rib reinforced.

  • R-Factor: 16.000 ft2 hF/Btu
  • U-Factor: 0.355 W/m2K

Warranty Coverage

  • Polytite panels: 10 years against breakage, excessive yellowing and loss of light transmission
  • Materials and workmanship: 1 year

*Detailed specifications, including CAD files and LEED credit information, are available on request — ask us for the configuration you are specifying.

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49 years of local knowledge across Ontario. Each location is staffed with product
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Whitby, Main Office & Showroom

All services: doors, hardware, garage doors, fabrication

111 Industrial Drive, Unit 1
Whitby, ON L1N 5Z9

1 (905) 668-4455

Mon – Thu 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Friday 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Whitby, Overhead Doors Division

Residential & commercial overhead doors, service dispatch

105 Industrial Drive, Unit 6
Whitby, ON L1N 5Z9

1 (905) 668-4455

Mon – Thu 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Friday 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Kingston, Eastern Ontario

Doors & architectural hardware

620 Cataraqui Woods Drive
Kingston, ON K7P 1T8

1 (613) 389-5218

Mon – Thu 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Friday 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Do not see your area listed? Call 1 (905) 668-4455 (Whitby) or 1 (613) 389-5218 (Kingston). We regularly serve projects beyond these boundaries.

  • Canadian Door Institute
  • Door and Hardware Institute
  • Whitby Chamber of Commerce
  • Durham Construction Association
  • Kingston Construction Association

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