Insulated Garage Doors - any feedback

ZermattV

Lifer
Aberdeenshire
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.
 
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
 
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 :thumbsup:
 
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.
 
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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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.
 
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.
 
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 !
 
ZermattV said:
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
 
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 :lol:
 
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.
 
Dewi said:
ZermattV said:
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

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
 
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.
 
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 .
 
Even if it only gets down to 12c, you're still likely to be losing heat from the room above - just at a slower rate - and, every time you open the garage door you're filling it up with cold air that has to be warmed again

I'd look at adding insulation to the ceiling of the garage - 25mm (min) of Celotex or Kingspan, joints sealed/taped, and then an extra layer of plasterboard over the top - as it's a garage I wouldn't worry about skimming the plasterboard afterwards, just fill the joints and paint

Cheap job if you DIY
 
I did the same, but added in addition the suspended tiles system underneath it to hide the plasterboard.

 
I apologize for bump an old topic from the dead, just have a few interesting observations from personal experience, maybe someone will need this information in the future.I apologize for bump an old topic from the dead, just have a few interesting observations from personal experience, maybe someone will need this information in the future.
This is the way to go. New garage door that is insulated and airtight. The make very good aluminum doors that are insulated as well. No way to ever get a shitty door as airtight - I've tried and failed.

I have a shitty door that came with a small amount of white styfoam insulation garage door insulation kit and while I should have replaced it because that would have been much easier I've spent way to much time insulating it - but it is kind of fun. Over the top of the oem vinyl backed styrofoam I added 1/2 of reflective foam cut to size and glued in with insulation glue. I taped it as best I could but because of moisture building up at the seams not all of the tape has held - still it does create a seal albeit imperfect. I used rubber seals with glue backing between all the sections - they are easy to install with the door halfway open and they make a huge difference.

Lastly I am currently putting reflective fiberglass over the top of it all to give it a chance at meeting firecode and to cover the seams. It is not airtight at the edges of course but the glass lays down pretty good and I'll add some expansion insulation to tighten it up the best I can. I'm using self taping sheet metal screws with big rubber washers on them plus tape to make sure I don't have a problem with this stuff falling off. It is r6.7 when properly installed so I assume I'll grab at least a portion of that on top of the foamboard on top of the styrofoam + walls blown full of cellulose + attic insulated to between r-30 and r-40 depending on the spot = pretty darn warm in my attached garage even without running the heater.
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