[Closed] Garage doors

Is it wood or alloy? The alloy ones are flimsy and it's easy to force them. We have a wood up-and-over door and it's amazingly robust so I've fitted bolts top and bottom and reckon it would take a lot of effort to break open.

It's sealed at the sides with strips of plastic and I've stapled a strip of vinyl to the bottom to seal the gap underneath.

Hormann sectional are excellent.
Come in various flavours and supposedly have better security too.
The guide rails are not intrusive really, it's only really the same as having the up and over opened so you work around it.

Hormann sectional here, internal guides are fine. 4cm thick insulated sections, closes nice and tight so secure and no draughts in the garage 🙂

Hormann sectional here. The guides take up about the same amount of headroom as the up and over door did (when up) but they go back a bit further. Maybe 70cm or so. Not a huge deal.

They do come in various flavours, but when I was buying anything other than wide section white wood effect was about three times the price of it. Shame, as I could easily have got carried away with options 🙂

Current door is alloy, I think even I could break in within a minute or so! Had a quote for a Hormann for approx £1600,fully inclusive Inc electrics.

I see what your saying about the guide rails but at the moment when the door is shut I can fully use the space whereas with sectional the headspace is always compromised.

Just fitted a side hinged cartech steel insulated door yesterday. Basically like a big set of patio doors, with 2 skins of powdercoated steel with 40mm of insulation in between. Frame is all metal too obviously. Feel quality in use, means I can hang bikes on the wall behind the inactive side (the side that opens second that I will rarely use). Also means its dead quick and easy to use. The Garage door is now a second front door where muddy dogs, bike riders and kids can go. Also means I can open just half to door with out showing everyone what's in there! Disadvantage is that you need space on the drive to open the doors.

the moment when the door is shut I can fully use the space

Surely if you do that everything gets knocked over when you open the door? You could do that with a sectional door if you wanted! The rails don't take up a huge amount of space Imo.

I only open my door enough to duck under. Requires an extra button press but it stops the bikes beng in plain view.

Why not go side-hinged? If you're only storing bikes then you get full use of the space behind one door.

wasn't there a similar thread a short while ago on this? Worthwhile searching out

[quote=bash said]
I see what your saying about the guide rails but at the moment when the door is shut I can fully use the space

For what ? 🙂

allthepies - Member
bash said »
I see what your saying about the guide rails but at the moment when the door is shut I can fully use the space
For what ?

Storing a large wardrobe there at the moment waiting for family to collect it, but it does mean I can't open the door. Yeah you have a point, will get a couple more quotes before placing an order, asked about the part open as really don't want everything to be on show.

We fit hormann with faac running gear.

I rarely open my sectional door fully (oooerrr) for the same reason, don't want the garage contents on general display. Just a quick blip on the remote stops the opener, that's a standard feature.

Another benefit of a side-hinged door.

Just had a roller door fitted after losing both bikes to theft, its much more secure ( although nothings totally secure) but the biggest surprise was the extra storage due to not needing space for the up n over to move.
£900 quid fitted

wrightyson - Member
We fit hormann with faac running gear

Any idea on a rough price installed? Single garage but door would be made to measure.

Excuse the barging in, but I was going to start a similar thread. A friend asked me where to get a garage door from. He's having a very wide double garage built adjacent to a grade 2 listed building dating from the 17th century. The planners are insisting that the door(s) match the existing doors and windows so he's assuming a bespoke wooden job. It needs to be secure and good quality. Location near Stafford. All suggestions welcome, thanks.

Brick it up and put a standard exterior grade door in it's place.

Oak doors will be expensive but stronger than alloy, I reckon.

Lucus, what was the rough price and do your hinges look susceptible to attack?
I've been thinking about getting a side door for ages, as only my bikes and bin go in and out regularly, but the local supplier seemingly use normal hinges, that you could seemingly knock the pins out of.

We had a secueroglide roller door fitted recently - about 1600 quid.

Secure - insulated slats - roller on inside of garage walls - lots more available room now compared to the up-and-over door before.

http://www.thegaragedoorcentre.co.uk/seceurogliderollershuttergaragedoorsoverview.php

same color as this one :

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I too have an integral garage with limited headroom. I'm having a securoglide excel fitted on Friday. Initially I wanted a sectional but the guide rail space requirement ate up a huge amount of space so decided against.

No garage door fitters looking for a lucrative job?

Can't afford to stick a new garage door in at the moment, so to give my alloy up and over door a bit more security I've run a chain accross the top of it (on the inside). It's fixed on one side, and I pass it through an eyelet on the opposite wall and padlock it to itself. While it's not perfect, it does stop any wannabe thief from bending the top half of the door. The bottom of the door has two deadlocks.

lucas - I'm looking at exactly the same door. Happy with it, then? Did you go for the extra security locks?

Any chance of a pic? Not sure about which finish to go for.

email in profile if it's easier.

Cheers!