Greetings all,

Finally managed to buy myself a house with a garage!

Build your own sports car for £400,000 and race it! Thanks Ron!

The garage door has twin wooden doors but the bottom 24" or so are completely rotten so I'm looking for replacement. Not sure on best type of door to go for though.

- Parents had a metal 'up and over' type which is good but the open door blocks the light from the ceiling lights.
- MiL has a side sliding wooden door. Great but you loose a doors width of shelf space along the walls.
- An elderly neighbour has a roller shutter door which rolls up into a box above the opening. Its electric too and cost 1200ish installed. The roller runs down inside 2 'u' channels which I guess is reasonably secure. No idea how difficult it is to 'force' open.

I like the idea of the roller- maybe the electric opening isnt 100% necessary!


Any recommendations on other/better'options.?

Thanks,
James

I went for a sectional garage door in the end..

This kinda thing..

LINKY

[Edited on 10/9/13 by Litemoth]

Problem with up and over OR roller shutter is your opening whole width, unless you have a personal access door too.
Sideways sliding does not need to cut off shelf space, simply put a false wall in front and let it slide into cavity.

RD

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Originally posted by Litemoth
I went for a sectional garage door in the end..

This kinda thing..

LINKY

[Edited on 10/9/13 by Litemoth]

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I have an up and over, hate it.

My father has an electric roller door, he loves it.

When pennies permit mine will be replaced, they also cut down on drafts, I have two methods of access.

[Edited on 10/9/13 by mark chandler]

or crazy idea. replace the wooden doors for.......................................... wooden doors :-) they only rotted at the bottom because the previous owner failed to paint them.

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Originally posted by ashg
or crazy idea. replace the wooden doors for.......................................... wooden doors :-) they only rotted at the bottom because the previous owner failed to paint them.

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Previous house had an up-and over you lose loads of space and when the cables break it's a real pain.
Much prefer the current roller door (though it came with the new house - I wouldn't have bought an electric one)

I'd go with the regular opening doors (or the steel ones as mcerd1 has) for a single garage. For a double it's roller all the way for me.


[Edited on 10/9/13 by iank]

I'm looking to replace my old sectional door with a manual roller door. Not a massive cost difference from what I've seen and I really like the idea of being able to use the space where the sectional door mechanism is.

I got rid of my broken up and over door and made some wooded ones, tanalised 2x4 with marine ply fillers. The ggreat advantage is that when they are open, you can make a cover which clips onto to extend your working area by 3 feet, just roll the seven back and you have room to use the vice etc without getting the car wet

Similar to what's already been suggested a 'framed, ledged and braced' door made from inch square tubing with T&G boarding tek screwed to the frame or screwed from the inside if the boards are a decent thickness. Construction would be quick and cost low.

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or crazy idea. replace the wooden doors for.......................................... wooden doors :-) they only rotted at the bottom because the previous owner failed to paint them.

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Originally posted by James

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or crazy idea. replace the wooden doors for.......................................... wooden doors :-) they only rotted at the bottom because the previous owner failed to paint them.

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Actually, mainly i think, because there's a garden tap inside the garage that's leaking and the doors have sat in a puddle for years!

But then the previous owner was 94 so I guess she found plumbing harder!


really like the idea of the electric roller doors (good from the kit car and gf's motobike ) but actually, Mark's idea with using the 2 openers as supports for roof extension is great too. Further thought needed I guess!

Thanks all!
James

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My insulated electric roller door cost me £550 or so delivered as it was ex-showroom. Otherwise, it''s perfect. Daft free, easy to fit, easier with two people, and I can open it with a push of a button which is nice. Mine came from here. Being ex-stock/clearance you may have to wait to find what you need though.

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Originally posted by DIY Si
My insulated electric roller door cost me £550 or so delivered as it was ex-showroom. Otherwise, it''s perfect. Daft free, easy to fit, easier with two people, and I can open it with a push of a button which is nice. Mine came from here. Being ex-stock/clearance you may have to wait to find what you need though.

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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
I got rid of my broken up and over door and made some wooded ones, tanalised 2x4 with marine ply fillers. The ggreat advantage is that when they are open, you can make a cover which clips onto to extend your working area by 3 feet, just roll the seven back and you have room to use the vice etc without getting the car wet

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Not sure what you did in the end, but I fitted a single skin manual metal up n' over door to mine. I forget the total cost with fitting and disposal of the old sectional, but me being me it wouldn't have been much or I wouldn't have done it. Works well, wife and kids can use it and it has a good lock mechanism too. Takes up less space inside than the sectional door did and forms a small canopy to the outside when open - keeps the rain out when I'm in there.

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Originally posted by DIY Si
My insulated electric roller door cost me £550 or so delivered as it was ex-showroom. Otherwise, it''s perfect. Daft free, easy to fit, easier with two people, and I can open it with a push of a button which is nice. Mine came from here. Being ex-stock/clearance you may have to wait to find what you need though.

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