Generally for all up and over garage doors the order sizes refer to the dimensions of the inside of the fixing sub frame which can be a steel or timber frame.
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Insulated garage doors will obviously give you a warmer garage if they are installed and specified correctly in the first place.
By their very nature insulated doors are always twin walled in construction and therefore also offer higher levels of panel strength whether in steel or aluminium. It is quite often the strength of the door panels which is more important and the insulation is a bonus. Panel strength also equates to higher security against attempted forced entry.
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Certain garage doors only are offered in the complete RAL colour range and at the present time these are only the sectional garage doors from Hormann, Carteck, Garador, Gliderol and Novoferm and even then there will be certain colours that may not be available for various reasons but most will.
The new range of Insulated Side Hinged doors from Carteck also offer almost any RAL colour as options
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Obviously a lot depends on your structural opening and internal dimensions as well as your preference for colour, electric operation and many other factors but if put on the spot to give a quick answer we would say the sectional garage door does tick more boxes than the roller garage door. For a detailed explanation of both doors as a comparison see our ‘sectional vs roller door’ page.
One thing is very true with roller doors that is not quite such an issue with sectional doors and that is the old saying ‘Buy cheap and buy twice’. A cheap roller shutter door is not worth bothering with and you would be better off with a good quality up and over with a 10 year guarantee. When we say ‘cheap’ there are some very good prices on offer for the Gliderol single skin steel roller door and that is a no frills excellent roller garage door that would always be a better buy than a low quality aluminium roller door, there is a lower limit on these type of doors where they are best avoided. (more…)
If you have a steel sub frame you are most likely to have an up and over garage door as your existing door and you cannot re-use this frame with a new door. This is because the dimensions, spring mechanism, weatherstrips and general fixing points will all be different for a new door. (more…)
Generally the answer is no, sizes shown do not include the sub frame as most ordering sizes shown for the up and over and sectional doors tend to refer to the inside frame dimensions.
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when you measure for either a replacement door or a door for a new garage you may not yet have decided on the type of garage door you want and where it is going to actually fit. If this is the case then you are best to measure everything including inside garage dimensions so you can discuss all possibilities, pros and cons. (more…)
The series A and AA Gliderol single skin steel roller doors are ordered differently to most other roller garage doors in that you follow a simple set of rules which are made easier as this door cannot be installed inbetween a garage opening - you always have to install the guides and support brackets behind a structural opening. (more…)
The ordering sizes for all the Seceuroglide insulated roller doors are the ‘Overall Width’ of the door curtain plus the side guides chosen. For example if you want a door opening size of 2250mm as this is your brickwork width and you are installing behind the piers, you add to this size the guides which are 75mm on a standard door so the ‘Overall Width’ becomes 2250 + 75 +75 = 2400mm. (more…)
All the doors and other products on our website that have the option to be ordered as a made to order size will be processed in the normal way when you go through our checkout but we will send you an additional email confirmation to make sure you have understood the sizing and ordering references. Once you confirm this email we will process the order immediately.
This process has prevented many door being ordered with a misunderstanding of the order sizes related to the actual opening or overall sizes of some of the doors available