I had one fitted 15 years ago by Compton but wasn’t happy with how low the motor was (under the trusses) so I ended up altering it so the rail and motor are now in the trusses .
I have had no issues with the automation side of it in 15 years used at least twice a day
Ive got a new electric roller door,a friend of mine fits them & charges £875 for door with 2 remotes & fully fitted plus the door is insulated if you have a integral garage which helps in winter.
Is it a retractable or canopy door? Retractable door runs along guides into the garage when opening. It needs to be a retractable to get electric opening.
I cannot see the details from the pic but you may need to think about a personnel door in case of power cuts or electrical failure. In my case the fuse box was in the garage so a seperate door was essential.
Our door is also a roller type and because the garage has a mezzanine floor it had to be compact.
I also gained a bit on width as it didnt need all the metal work of an up and over door, gained about 2 inches in width which allowed a Golf to go in the garage with the mirrors fully out.
I cannot see the details from the pic but you may need to think about a personnel door in case of power cuts or electrical failure. In my case the fuse box was in the garage so a seperate door was essential.
Our door is also a roller type and because the garage has a mezzanine floor it had to be compact.
I also gained a bit on width as it didnt need all the metal work of an up and over door, gained about 2 inches in width which allowed a Golf to go in the garage with the mirrors fully out.
I have just had two new SWS Securoglide Compact roller doors fiited and although I have a side door I fitted a UPS. This will power both doors up and down quite a few times. I tried it 4/5 times and it didn't flatten the battery.
Maybe the technology has improved but check on the locking mechanism.
A friend had one fitted and he was disappointed, that to operate it by remote, the door couldn't actually be locked shut.
When closed by remote, the door could still be opened manually.
Just had a heavy duty motor fitted for just over £400. Door is 15' wide. Needed an additional circuit breaker in the garage and didn't want a UPS so put in an emergency key.
I got a Horman electric garage door with two remotes for less than £1k installed. The door was made to fit so the big frame was removed giving me extra width and height. It's also a lot warmer in there now and no damp.
It was about three years ago so to be honest it would probably be more now. I would definitely recommend Hormann though. The installer put in inside the brickwork instead of outside so the less than 25mm of frame meaning I got the full width. A lot more height too. I'm not sure I'm allowed to recommend the company. Not sure if the rules.
I used a local garage door company to fit two motors to our up and over doors when we bought our house. They cost about £600 for both of them. Work perfectly and get lots of use.
Re the power going out, they fitted a thing so under those circumstances you can release the motor and push the door open...I imagine you could get one. Weve had it happen once in the last 2 years and it was good we had the option! Wouldn't work on roller though.
I bought a roller shutter door, it needed to be a slimline model because I have limited space above the door due to a mezzanine floor in the garage.
The fuse box is just inside the garage. I had a personnel door but had been fixed to stop burglar access, that door was also replaced.
This was about 4 years ago. In that time I have had four or five occaisions where the master trip has gone and I have had to go into the garage through the personel door. There was also a power cut in the area, the trip wasnt affected and if it had lasted more than an hour then I may have had to wind up the garage door from the inside of the garage.
Cost was £1200 for the door and £750 for the personnel door.
Plus points are:
It looks better,
Needs no paint although mine gets dusty along the bottom third of the door,
The garage is much warmer,
I gained an inch on the width of the door,
Its very covenient in bad weather to simply press a button rather than having to get out of the car.
I would have thought that the value of the house may have increased a little, or at least make it easier to sell
Security is better, no obvious means of access, I had a break in with the old up and over door, the thief simpy pushed a screwdriver into the latch on the top frame.
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