we are looking at replacing the metal garage door, as its looking very tired, and is out of shape, not very water tight, draughty, and probably not very secure etc etc,

i have been looking at these on ebay,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUTOROLL-ELECTRIC-INSULATED-ROLLER-SHUTTER-GARAGE-DOOR-/120613454825?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Doors_LE&hash=item1c151f43e9

and prices range from £400 -£700 depending on who manufactures them etc

has anyone used/seen/fitted or had an dealings, before i jump in and buy one

Regards

Steve

I have an electric garage door.
It is in panels and doesn't roll up so it takes up a lot of air space like a conventional one.
If I was buying again it would be between the ones you are looking at and the ones I've got.
My ones are apparantly much quieter, but I have not heard new posh roller ones!
Because of all the joints I would guess they are not as insulating as panel ones (with insulation).
In general I would say electric doors are superb if you use your garage for your daily car. If you only open it occasionally for a sunday car then still get one if you can afford it!
My garage has a door into the living room so I went for insulation and quiet motor etc. The garage is also large, so, in the winter and the rain, with our kids it is invaluable as your car is always warm and ready (relatively) and you can just drive straight in out of rain, and I would never do without it again.
But if my garage was detached and used for storing boxes I wouldn't bother!

You can save quite a bit of cash with a manual shutter door compared with the electric ones. Bit less bling but still much less of a pain than an up and over.

I had a autoroll and a rollon door and both really really secure and warm compaired to up and over. i payed £550 for a 7ft door, 2 remotes and sensor after bargining with them. and then next company matched there price at new house

You can get cloning remotes on Ebay for a fraction of OEM ones too.

A fellow electrician that I know (by the name of Fred) was called out recently to a house with an integral garage.
A new , electric, roller shutter door had been installed, but the IDIOT installers had failed to realise that the house electrical consumer unit was in the garage and had a 30ma RCD covering all the household circuits.
When 'Fred' got there, there was no power at any outlet, anywhere in the house!
Can anybody see the problem yet?

How do you get into the garage to restore the

A fellow electrician that I know (by the name of Fred) was called out recently to a house with an integral garage.
A new , electric, roller shutter door had been installed, but the IDIOT installers had failed to realise that the house electrical consumer unit was in the garage and had a 30ma RCD covering all the household circuits.
When 'Fred' got there, there was no power at any outlet, anywhere in the house!
Can anybody see the problem yet?

How do you get into the garage to restore the power?

Try to find a linky
brand door, by far the best quality with good motors.

Not the cheapest but worth the extra, don't pay for fitting diy, they are very easy to fit.

For a single door up to 8' you should be able to find one for about £800 or less.

Its the only roller door our company will install.

As far as previous comments re: unable to open door during power fail, all doors are fitted with a manual wind, either internally if access is possible or externally via a lockable access point.
hth

Roger

I do have an internal door, hall to garage, so overide facility is not req
my locost lives in there, and as its not been on the road for a coupe of years, due "reasons"

But it is now roadworthy and awaits its MOT soon

I have a Horman sectional door that is electric. It goes up out of the way leaving the door hole open without anything in the way. Its double skinned insulated and has rubber seals all the way round so theres no draught and it keeps the noise down.

It was around £550 about 3 years ago and the best thing I've done to the garage.

I have 2 of the 4 section roll up doors, panels are 2" thick and lined in foam, our garage is not heated and the bedrooms are above.
The garage is well enough insulated that the only time the temp in the garage goes below freezing is when we have -25 to 30 C outside temps.
When fully open there is full height opening. The Canadian standard for single garage door is 9' wide 7' high.

I bought a Gliderol electric roller garage door for around £500 and fitted it myself. If I recall I found it on a site that did not state the brand (presumably because they were undercutting the RSP) but I recognised the photo as the stock Gliderol photo and then confirmed when I bought. Can't remember the name of the site though :-(

i bought a electric roller door off ebay and collected from manchester. then drove home with it on my roof of my 1 year old BMW 5 series (yes on the roof) lol

anyway i fitted myself and all went ok.

Was £299.99

roller is better if you have the height to put the roll about the door.


dave j

I have just (about half an hour ago) taken delivery of a 7ft 6inch electric roller door. Cost me £582 including VAT and delivery from these people. They do various types of doors but the one I opted for was the aluminium, insulated door with 77mm laths.

Had a look at the door in their showroom and I was well impressed with the quality and operation. Just got to fit it now...............

Phil

[Edited on 16-9-10 by Hellfire]