Twin garage door conversion.

[Stevo1987]

I have a detached double garage with twin doors. Got someone coming round to give me a quote of converting to a single electric roller door. We have a side door as well. Modern garage i.e. I could get two cars in there but not too much space to spare. Anyone had his done? Cost, was it worth it? Pros and cons? The doors do need sorting. One I can't open and I have fixed them both several times in the past. I would be only putting my Z in there the other cars sit on the drive. Oh, and when I ht the button to open the new door I want the theme to Thunderbirds to play as the door goes up and I start the engine. Anyone got that working? :roll: :roll:

 

[mr wilks]

Used these to supply & fit my auto roll up garage door https://rollerdooruk.online/ extremely easy to deal with & couldn't fault service or costs .
Almost 2 years on no issues & would use them again .

 

[Stevo1987]

Used these to supply & fit my auto roll up garage door https://rollerdooruk.online/ extremely easy to deal with & couldn't fault service or costs .
Almost 2 years on no issues & would use them again .

Thanks Mr Wilks. Do you know what make of door you have? I have seen some by Hormann that fit the bill.

 

[Number5]

We had a Horman (double) garage door fitted in 1997 with a Marantec motor.
I've never had it serviced, but do occasionally spray some sillicon spray on the linkages, and its still working with no issues 23 years later.

Our was two singles, but luckily there was a single RSJ going across the entire width, so it was no trouble to take out the wooden centre post.

 

[Stevo1987]

We had a Horman (double) garage door fitted in 1997 with a Marantec motor.
I've never had it serviced, but do occasionally spray some sillicon spray on the linkages, and its still working with no issues 23 years later.

Our was two singles, but luckily there was a single RSJ going across the entire width, so it was no trouble to take out the woodencentre post.

Thanks 5. Ours has two separate RSJ's so they will have to put a single one in there which will bump up the cost a bit.

 

[scootr]

Ive got a double overhead garage door with the same opener for 20 years. Replaced the rollers and greazed the tracks once in a while and adjusted the opener once ... no big problems. I have 3 overheads and 2 roll ups. I do like the roll ups but they require a bit of headroom. These are all easier than swing doors.

 

[Johnbmwz4]

I got mine done just before lock down. Had 2 single up and overs and now have one large electric roller shutter door. I had a stone colomn between mine with 2 steels, resting on it, 1 for each door. Had to get large steel put in to span the whole length. My door opening is 4.9m and I have 2 cars in with a motorcycle in the middle. Bit tight getting in and out of cars but easily doable. The total cost of mine was £2700. Door was £2K fitted and the building works with the steel was £700. This may be a bit cheaper than getting a company to do the whole lot as it was a friend who did the building work.

 

[Number5]

Our neighbours have a roll up and they are a lot noisier than a sectional folding door. Especially in the early hours of the morning...

 

[Mr Tidy]

I've never understood why so many double garages were built with a central pillar and 2 doors.

I only ever had one double garage, and it was set at 90 degrees to the drive so getting a car in was such a PITA we probably only did it about twice! Still it was handy for the motorbikes. :lol:

 

[SiJar]

I have just had a quote to do the same last week:

Door £2600 fitted (Quote) Horman sectional Door 45mm insulation
Building work £3,000 (estimate)

Hope that helps

 

[Rockhopper]

Central column holds the roof up and supports the steel lintels spanning over the door openings. Remove the column and you'll need a much longer bit of steel which will probably be a deeper section which either reduces the headroom or increases the eaves height. Both undesirable things

 

[enuff_zed]

Are these roller doors insulated?
Thinking of doing something similar but 'someone' told me if I wanted it insulated it had to be a sectional one, not a roller?

 

[Rockhopper]

Are these roller doors insulated?
Thinking of doing something similar but 'someone' told me if I wanted it insulated it had to be a sectional one, not a roller?

You can get insulated roller doors.

https://www.garagedoorsonline.co.uk/shop/Roller+door+-+insulated

 

[enuff_zed]

Are these roller doors insulated?
Thinking of doing something similar but 'someone' told me if I wanted it insulated it had to be a sectional one, not a roller?

You can get insulated roller doors.

https://www.garagedoorsonline.co.uk/shop/Roller+door+-+insulated

Cheers, so for me then it looks to be down to personal preference.

 

[pvr]

As part of the business, we manufactur the smart home equipment for garage doors and gates which some companies provide as an OEM solution now. Some members here have it as well and have seen many doors throughout the years. With the IFTTT functionality you can play Thunderbirds

Rollerdoors are as insulated as sectional ones, so that is not a differential. Reason for one over another is generally the head room you have available and the side space for the track. Sectional use 85 mm guides at the sides, with rollerdoors you can get away with slightly less (but takes +/- 300 mm headroom space for the full size slats, or about 200 mm with the thinner slats). I have roller doors in one garage as I am doing the detailing there and want to be able to have the door open without a sectional door blocking all the lights from the ceiling. For another garage I am putting now sectional doors as I don't have the headroom for a rollerdoor either.

 

[enuff_zed]

As part of the business, we manufactur the smart home equipment for garage doors and gates which some companies provide as an OEM solution now. Some members here have it as well and have seen many doors throughout the years. With the IFTTT functionality you can play Thunderbirds

Rollerdoors are as insulated as sectional ones, so that is not a differential. Reason for one over another is generally the head room you have available and the side space for the track. Sectional use 85 mm guides at the sides, with rollerdoors you can get away with slightly less (but takes +/- 300 mm headroom space for the full size slats, or about 200 mm with the thinner slats). I have roller doors in one garage as I am doing the detailing there and want to be able to have the door open without a sectional door blocking all the lights from the ceiling. For another garage I am putting now sectional doors as I don't have the headroom for a rollerdoor either.

Ah ha! That's good info. I have enough space and it'll only be the Z in there so can afford to lose a little bit of headroom. The lighting is a very good point. So in my case, an insulated roller would be the best I reckon. Forget Thunderbirds though, for me it would have to be the Dambusters, but without all the water pouring out

In fact, I remember many years back, the very last episode of Z-Cars ended with a roller door lowering at the front of the police station. Now that music would be very apt....................trouble is, no way do I want everyone thinking I'm an Everton fan

 

[pvr]

I don't know, opening the door triggers a fountain to pour all the water around the garage from the roof with the appropriate music going :lol: Trust you don't have neighbours

With the rollerdoors, the noise level is determined by the quality of the slats (they are half rounded). The better the quality, the less the noise. However, the bigger the door - the bigger the noise

On a large double door, the bottom slat has to be solid though as otherwise it buckles

 

[Darkangelv2]

I added my own automation to the motor using a Belkin Wemo Maker for £25 (eBay). Means i have a button on the wall, can tell Alexa/Google to open/close the garage and (via IFTTT) a button on my iPhone widget screen. One of the best things i did to the garage!

You have got me thinking about theme music now though......

 

[enuff_zed]

I don't know, opening the door triggers a fountain to pour all the water around the garage from the roof with the appropriate music going :lol: Trust you don't have neighbours

Hmmm, biggest problem could be announcing the code word for breaching the dam!!!! :wink:
(For those not in the know, it was the name of Guy Gibson's dog)

Oh, and as I can't even fart in my own kitchen without the neighbours' dogs yapping for the next half hour, the noisier the door, the better!!

 

[Crazy Harry]

I don't know, opening the door triggers a fountain to pour all the water around the garage from the roof with the appropriate music going :lol: Trust you don't have neighbours

Hmmm, biggest problem could be announcing the code word for breaching the dam!!!! :wink:
(For those not in the know, it was the name of Guy Gibson's dog)

Oh, and as I can't even fart in my own kitchen without the neighbours' dogs yapping for the next half hour, the noisier the door, the better!!
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