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Choosing The Right Garage Door for You
What Material Do I Want the Door to be Made of?
When choosing a garage door as with any home improvement product, there will be aspects of its looks and maintenance which will influence your decision.
Steel Garage Doors
These metal doors offer a great combination of robust construction and excellent value for money. They are available in a wide range of attractive styles to suit modern or traditional homes. They are available pre-finished in various colours or can be supplied primed ready for painting by the home owner. More...
ABS Garage Doors
ABS is the same material that car bumpers are made from, this construction offers great impact resistance and low maintenance. More...
Timber Garage Doors
Wooden Garage Doors bring the natural beauty of wood to your home and are supplied treated with a base stain for further staining to suit your requirements. Timber doors require regular care and attention to retain their appearance. More...
GRP Garage Doors
Fibreglass garage doors offer the user a low maintenance finish combined with an attractive appearance. With the choice of gloss white or authentic woodgrain the range of GRP garage doors will compliment any style of home. GRP garage doors only require the occasional wipe down to retain their quality finish. More...
Aluminium Doors
Aluminium is used in electric Roller Door, Round-the Corner Doors and Front Entrance Door construction offering lightweight, corrossion resistant qualities. More...
What Size Do I Need?
Up and Over garage doors are available in both standard single and double sizes and made to measure. Single doors (for 1 vehicle) are typically between 2134mm (7'0") and 2438mm (8'0") wide, and 1981mm (6'6") and 2134mm (7'0") high. The majority of styles also come in double sizes (2 vehicles) 4267mm (14'0") wide.
If the size you require is more than the maximum available in Up & Over doors, sectional doors & roller doors doors offer greater size ranges.
Made to measure doors can be manufactured to 5486mm (18'0") wide and 2438mm (8'0") high.
What Openining Mechanism do I Need?
Canopy (Trackless) Mechanism
The Canopy Up & Over Garage Door operates in vertical tracks on the door's frame. When fully opened, it forms a canopy above the opening of about one third of the door's height. This is the cheapest option, is for single doors only and is not recommended for automation. More...
Retractable (Slideaway) Mechanism
Retractable Up & Over Garage Doors are guided by horizontal tracks inside the garage, the door recedes completely when fully opened. These are ideal for automation. More...
Sectional Garage Door Mechanism
Sectional garage doors are available up to 6500mm wide and are opened by a vertical lift action, guided by fixed vertical and horizontal tracks. The sectional garage door has the advantage of no outward swing when opening or closing. This allows for parking right up to either side of the door. It is ideal for use with larger vehicles such as 4x4's and people carriers. Sectional doors can be insulated and are also weather sealed when installed providing excellent heat retention within the garage. More...
Roller Doors
Roller garage doors are ideal for short driveways and oversized vehicles as they are opened with a vertical lift action. The insulated, corrosion resistant aluminium panels offer excellent security. Roller doors are made to measure and come in a variety of colours and finishes. More...
Round-the-Corner Doors
Round-the-corner garage doors have virtually no width restrictions and are made to measure. Available in timber and aluminium, they can be automated or manually operated and are suitable for large openings and curved buildings. Round-the Corner doors are ideal for architect led projects and the refurbishment and conservation of listed or traditional buildings. These sliding garage doors can be made from quality treated timber, aluminium or insulated steel. Both the bespoke wooden and metal garage doors can be customised for a wide variety of installations from domestic garages and multi-user underground car parks, to stables, boathouses and even light aircraft hangars. Depending on material these doors can be up to 5 metres high and can be made from various timbers such as superior spruce, hemlock, larch, oak and sapele. All these timber options are hand selected to be virtually knot free and can be factory stain or paint finished. Alternatvely doors can be made from alumiunium with various finishes.
Side Hinged Doors
These traditional pairs of garage doors are ideal if you are unable to accommodate other types of tracked door mechanism within your garage and for you to achieve a classic look to your home. They are available in Steel, GRP, ABS, or Timber for openings up to 2438mm (8ft) wide.
Pedestrian access into your garage is easy and convenient with a side hung garage door. These doors can easily be automated using an overhead operator and adaptor kit or by using bespoke hydraulic opening arms.
Automation
All Up & Over, Roller, Sectional and Side Hung Garage Doors can be automated using a range of automatic operators. Our range of automatic operators are also suitable for retro-fitting to most existing garage doors. More...
