Roller Garage Doors

No Hidden Extras! 

All our electric roller garage doors include the following as STANDARD:

* Electric Operation with leading brand motor drives
* Minimum of 5 year guarantee and up to 10 years
* Made to measure sizes as standard
* Choice of high quality finished colours and laminates
* Emergency manual override in case of power failure
* Highest quality aluminium double skinned insulated curtain
* Anti fall back system incorporated for compliance
* Fully compliant and tested with certified documentation.
* Removal of old existing door and removal from site included

The simple answer here is high quality components and a proper locking system to hold the curtain closed firmly. Unfortunately the majority of domestic roller garage doors can be opened quite easily and quietly because they are literally like a curtain just hanging down off a barrel, meaning a simple lift from the bottom is all that is required to break in.

Properly designed and 'manufactured' doors will not only have high quality curtain guides to resist attack, German made curtain slats for strength and a proper system to hold the slats together as one curtain, but they will also have some form of locking system at the top around the barrel. The best example of this is in the Seceuroglide door developed from years of development and experience in previously manufacturing security shutters for doors and windows. The curtain is held closed by several reinforced solid sections fixing the curtain to the barrel. The curtain is also held down after closing by a steel bar which sits under a solid block either side, preventing the curtain being lifted by force.

Further confidence comes from products developed for security, the Seceuroglide Excel comes with an LPS1175 SR1 rating after independent testing for its effectiveness under a controlled attack over a set period of time. We offer other products with the same, or higher ratings too.

Make sure when you are buying any roller garage door you understand fully how the door locks when closed, because so many simply do not…

All our roller garage doors are made to measure as standard at no extra cost to ensure the best use of the garage aperture. They have the most moving parts of any type of garage door and therefore the quality and strength of every component is extremely important to ensure longevity and a safe and reliable operation for years to come. Too many roller garage doors are simply pushed on their low prices and obviously the low price is achieved by sub standard components, despite most roller doors looking very similar at first glance.

The easiest way to see a high quality roller shutter garage door is to compare a one year old cheap roller door to a good quality one. The cheap door, if it is still working, will visibly have many more scratches and potentially even creases in the low grade curtain. Cheap paint finish, low grade slat construction and a cheap barrel rolling system putting more stress on the curtain and therefore damaging it. Avoid...

Always best to go for the 77mm slats where possible as they are also considerably thicker and stronger. 100mm slats are available on specialist roller doors and also the single skin but very strong high security doors we offer have specialist varying size curtain slats

Most significantly, a roller door demands minimal space requirements. The vertical operation allows owners to optimise the length of their garage and driveway, as well as to park right up to the door with no obstructions when it is used. The opening mechanism also means you can safely park tall vehicles, like 4x4's, close to the door without obstructing the opening and closing of the door. 

The small size of the door's curtain roll means the door can be installed in locations that may have limited or obstructed headroom - a solution that other door types cannot offer. If you have an awkwardly placed meter, fuse box or internal door that may block garage door mechanisms, then a roller shutter door may be the answer.

The average curtain roll size is around 300mm-350mm in diameter, although this may be larger depending on the installation position and the material chosen for the curtain. We offer special models with a compact design using either smaller slats or patented variable size slats. We cna offer you a dor with a headroom requiremnt of only 165mm x 165mm!!

Most roller shutter doors are made to order, and can therefore be ordered to your exact specifications, whatever the size. Plus, unlike other door types, they can be fitted behind, inbetween OR in front of the opening!

The 77mm double skinned aluminium slat is the option most roller doors are made from, but again there are huge differences in the overall quality and therefore the strength and integrity when assmbled as a curtain. Quality of paint finish or foil laminating is also important.

Generally these slats are 19mm thick and the curtain roll within the hood and endplates is 300mm x 300mm on a standard height garage. This stronger slat means you can have door widths of up to around 5.5m wide and 3m high

The slat itself is insulated with a CFC free foam core adding strength too, but as a whole a complete door most brands do not offer a stated 'U' value as they are not tested in the traditional way and cannot be because of the small gaps which occur on any door like this.

We also offer a 100mm slat with a commercial background which does offer a stated and tested U value but has an even larger headroom requirement of around 450mm plus.

The concept of a smart home is now a very real and valuable investment and the costs have plummeted since the early days of smart controls. We can ensure that your new roller garage door is either smart home ready or include smart technology in the first place to provide control via your smartphone or tablet for a start. Using either Somfy technology of the Hormann smart controls you can always know the position of your garage door, control the operation and add additional hardware to provide video or other data from your garage, including intrusion out of normal hours, humidity sensors, lighting controls connected with the door and partial opening for parcel deliveries. Other items are also available but the journey simply starts with the integration of the control box for the roller door. Future proof your electric garage door…