Garage doors. This shouldn't be so difficult

[saveasteading]

We will be installing a roller door to convert the smaller shed to a garage.

All the web searches seem to result in spurious generic ads pretending to be local but with no contact addresses.

They all seem to rely on me filling out a form and they will then arrange an "engineer" visit.

We have no existing garage to inspect.

I tried one and got lots of emails about having arranged a visit but nobody came.

I suspect these are all agencies selling on the contact. I don't like that.

 

I have contacted a maker who has been great and so could have it made and delivered at a decent price. I am fairly confident we could install it.

 

I met an impressive supply and fix company at an exhibition ( from Sunderland, but said Kent was no problem) but have lost the details.

 

Any experiences or suggestions please?

 

BTW I have had hundreds of industrial loading doors fitted so know the principles. But garage doors seems to be a very different (and a bit shady) market.

 

We can make the frame to suit and I'm thinking 8 x 2 timber will be easiest for a goalpost opening.

[Kelvin]

Because I had a similar experience I decided to fit a commercial Hormann door and motor. I went with an insulated sectional door and the WA300 S4 shaft operator (which can operate a roller door too) I called Hormann directly they gave me a list of installers. My assumption here is with it being commercial and designed for multiple actuations per day it should last a long time. We shall see. The other advantage of this motor and system is it allowed the door to open and follow the pitch of the roof. Obviously not a concern with a roller door. 

[nod]

We fitted a roller doors on our previous build 

Very simple to fit Electrics are colour coded 

The only difficult thing that we found was feed the roller door in 

While Im a strapping 6”4 and 15.5 stone My wife is 5”6 and 8 stone We managed But could have done with another pair of hands 

[saveasteading]

@nod where did you get the door? Was it one complete kit, and well thought through?

 

I've had a quote of £1,200 + vat, delivered. It's 3m wide which is more than the standard.

As an industrial door, in plain galvanised slats it would be £400 cheaper.

Edited 6 hours ago by saveasteading

[markc]

I used garage doors online and bought a sectional insulated door from Teckentrup, had to fit myself but it’s a good door and garage doors online were really good.

[nod]

1 hour ago, saveasteading said:

@nod where did you get the door? Was it one complete kit, and well thought through?

 

I've had a quote of £1,200 + vat, delivered. It's 3m wide which is more than the standard.

As an industrial door, in plain galvanised slats it would be £400 cheaper.

It was from garage doors online It wasn’t a real colour so an extra 150 

£825 all in 6 years ago 3.7 wide x2000

Full kit everything there 

It took wife and myself 3 hours to fit 

 

We built a garage for my know it all neighbor He bought and fitted his himself and had all sorts of problems As he fitted the Motor on the wrong side which made it upside down 

Quick fix Took us four hours as he wouldn’t listen 

They ask you which side you are fitting the motor as it’s built into the bar

It’s one of those things that one d you fitted one it’s a doddle 

One unit 

two runners 

slat door 

electric box 

 

[saveasteading]

Such useful responses thanks. The @nod one is like I want.

I've gone on the Garage Doors Online website. There is an immediate difference between them and most others.

Information on the products.

They have an address.

Their enquiry form is interactive and there was an immediate quote for supply.

Unfortunately that quote is nearly double what I've had before. But then they are an intermediary and have a web presence to pay for.

 

@nod are the laths insulated? Was it the model flagged as diy friendly?

 

And i can't resist this, sorry:

 

How durable is it in use? 

Because " He who's laths last, laughs longest."