Up & over garage door replacement

[DC]

Not DIY as such as I'll get someone to do it, but what would the panel recommend to replace an aging U&O door with a roll up type, any particular brands? The more secure the better obviously.

Cheers

[Chris Hogg]

I have a Hormann sectional door. It's somewhere between an U&O and a roll up, in that it does open U&O, but is sectional, so goes up a bit like a roll-top desk top

. Some years ago we had to replace an old U&O door in a then recently purchased property, but as we had a long Ford Mondeo Estate that only just fitted into the garage with literally only a couple of inches to spare, a conventional one-piece U&O door wouldn't close, as it hit the top of the rear of the Mondeo as it came down. The Hormann sectional door solved that. (It would have been OK if I reversed into the garage, but I prefer to drive in forwards).

A proper roll-up requires significant space above the door to accommodate the 'roll' when the door is open.

[Mark Allread]

+1

and the other garage has a roll up door as its too high an opening for the sectional type.

Hormann are very good and neither types have caused any problems in the years we have had them. I prefer the sectional type as it opens and closes more quickly than the roll up style.

[Bob Minchin]

I'd avoid the ones where the winding motor is in the centre of the drum. There have been a few posts over the years about the difficulty these present when the motor/gearbox fails as you cant always unwind the door from the drum for access. The more industrial ones with a worm gearbox and motor mounted on one end lend themselves to easier maintenance.

[F]

Me too, excellent!

[Another John]

Having seen this discussion a couple of times in recent years, I will also be going with what Chris and others have "next time".

I've had a remote controlled roll-up door for about 4 years now, and the advantages over the old U&O door are fantastic. However I bought "cheap", (about ?800 IIRC) and the door is fairly fragile -- or rather its fixings are. It has a very poor obstruction detector, and it doesn't switch off if it meets any obstruction; so it breaks its plastic fastenings. (Done it twice.)

So yes: go expensive and (as so often :-( ) go German.

John

[charles]

I have an up & over door installed for my marley garage in about 1980. SMBO was finding it hard to operate so we've had a motorised drive added about 3 years ago. Works a treat (yes, it's German)

[DC]

Thanks for all the input. I'm going German. Any fitters to recommend? East Midlands.

Cheers