Insulated Garage Doors - any feedback

[ZermattV]

Anyone got any experience of sealed insulated garage doors - thinking of giving the man Cave a make over and as one of the main bedrooms in the house is directly above the garage we'd like to improve the temperature in the garage . seen a few systems on line but was wondering if anyone had noticed an appreciable difference.

[Number5]

I believe Horman are one of the best makes available. (German too to match the Zed!)

Ive had a double skinned,insulated Horman door for approx 10 years and its been faultless

[shortfuse 2]

I have a roller insulated door last 5 years very good but only 22mm thick .best doors for what you require is a sectional electric door 40mm thick ideal for what you require

[ZermattV]

Yep it was a Hormann 40mm sectional insulated door I was considering

[DumfriesDik]

Funnily enough I am looking into garage doors. I like the look of the electric Novoferm insulated (77mm double aluminium skin) roller doors. About £850 fro a 7ft x 10ft from Andersons.

[Adam D]

Have you considered some lined curtains to help trap heat and cut down draughts not sure what type my roller door is but never seems to get that cold (adjoins with the house which helps)


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[Number5]

Ive had a Horman insulated sectional double door for about 7 years now and the Marantec motor has been faultless for 13 years. (Wife forgot to open the original door before driving into the garage back in 2007 !)

Both been excellent kit.

[TonyP]

Hormann insulated door here, fitted in 2000, never been seviced & has been faultless, both motor & door.

As for the question re insulation. i'm afraid I cant help too much as the double door (replacing two rickety singles) was installed within a few months of moving into the property, however I will say that our garage is adjoined to the property (not integral) & when we access the garage from inside the house that even in the depths of winter it doesnt feel overly cold or draughty.

[ZermattV]

Great news - Hormann doors ordered last night - added advantage is an increased width of 100mm on the 7x7 door - making the rear of the new car a little easier to get in !

[Dewi]

Great news - Hormann doors ordered last night - added advantage is an increased width of 100mm on the 7x7 door - making the rear of the new car a little easier to get in !

I'm just starting on the process of garage door "shopping" at the moment, the 30 year old up and overs are way past their best, so time for new and was considering roller or sectional doors. If you can come back and leave us some feedback when they're done that would be great. There will be two 7ft plus wide doors to buy - could get expensive

[wegras]

First thing we did after moving in,a pair of roller doors ....brilliant
Only regret not considering removing the central pillar and fitting one fullwidth
Had that in previous house and it made a huge difference in flexibility of use and getting in

[ZermattV]

Yep will do - order time is 4-6 weeks so it will be mid December before we have any feedback - I can reuse the motors from the existing system so this has helped to reduce the costs. Like yourself it's two 7 foot doors.

[TonyP]

[quote="Dewi"][quote="ZermattV"]Great news - Hormann doors ordered last night - added advantage is an increased width of 100mm on the 7x7 door - making the rear of the new car a little easier to get in ![/quote]

I'm just starting on the process of garage door "shopping" at the moment, the 30 year old up and overs are way past their best, so time for new and was considering roller or sectional doors. If you can come back and leave us some feedback when they're done that would be great. There will be two 7ft plus wide doors to buy - could get expensive[/quote]

I replaced two single doors with one big double door, so much more flexibility on parking options, the cost of the building works can be partly offset with the lesser cost of a double door & only one motor to buy etc.

Mine involved a builder to make up the piers to the right width & then teplacing two catnics with a custom RSJ etc, never looked back.

Tony

[Dewi]

Yes, I had thought of one large single door to replace the two we have now but I'm not sure if the central pillar is structural - ie helping to hold the roof up. Another concern is that I work in the garage a lot and sometimes have one door open and the other one closed for security - the motorbike lives behind the closed one. We get a lot of Gypos around here so we have to be a bit careful with what they see, apart from the bike and the car there's quite a lot of tools in there. At the moment the up and overs have shoot bolts on all 4 corners of both doors, essentially locking them into the frames.

[ZermattV]

Well we've had these fitted a month and what an almighty difference they have made - being sad i have been measuring the garage temperature and it hasn't dropped below 12 degC since we have fitted these- the much improved seal and insulation means the heat from the garage located boiler has been trapped in there.

The upshot is that the bedroom above the garage remains much warmer and we dont' notice the difference between this room and others in the house. We went for Hormann as the original doors were made by them and we could reuse the motors - very very impressed . Well worth the investment .