GDO Classic Mid Vertical (32 Colour Options) Up and Over Steel GDO

GDO Classic Mid Vertical Rib Up and Over Garage Door

A versatile design for any UK home

The GDO Classic Mid Vertical up and over garage door offers a fresh, balanced take on a timeless design. By using slightly wider vertical ribbing rather than traditional tightly packed lines, this door delivers a clean, smart appearance without looking overly busy.

Vertical lines are incredibly adaptable and naturally complement the proportions of almost any UK house style. Whether you live in a period property, a traditional 1930s semi, or a modern new build, the vertical layout draws the eye upward and blends effortlessly with brickwork, render, and cladding. Manufactured in the UK from high quality galvanised steel, it provides a strong, secure, and weather resistant boundary for your garage that requires minimal maintenance.

Key features and benefits

32 factory finished colours

Make your home stand out or blend in perfectly. White, Black, and Anthracite Grey are available as standard, alongside 29 additional factory finished colours for a small surcharge. This huge variety allows you to match your new garage door exactly to your front door, window frames, or overall exterior aesthetic without the hassle of painting it yourself.

Standard UK sizes

Built to fit the most popular garage opening dimensions found across the UK, this door is an excellent, cost effective replacement choice that slots easily into standard garage spaces.

Canopy or retractable gear

Choose the operating mechanism that fits how you use your garage. Canopy gear is the easiest manual option, offering maximum drive through width and smooth hand operation. Retractable gear is the essential choice if you want to automate the door with an electric motor, allowing the panel to slide fully back into the garage on horizontal tracks for reliable, automated opening.

Factory fitted steel sub frame

For the best possible fit and finish, we strongly recommend ordering this door with the factory fitted steel sub frame. Trying to fit a new door to an old, twisted timber frame can lead to drafts, poor operation, and compromised security. With the steel sub frame option, the door, mechanism, and frame are delivered as one complete unit, ready to easily offer into your structural opening and fix securely into place.

Important sizing information

Please note that standard size up and over doors are ordered using the internal daylight opening dimensions of the fixing framework, not the overall size of the door panel or the outside of the frame. The door must be installed with either a timber or steel sub frame. Always check the 'Measure' tab for exact details on how to calculate your dimensions correctly before ordering.
 

Remote Control Electric Operator Specifications:

A 800 XL Next-Generation Garage Door Operator, including 2x hand-held Transmitters - SUITABLE FOR RETRACTABLE DOORS ONLY
·         Max. gate width/gate height: 6,000 mm / 2,500 mm
·         Max. gate weight: 140 kg
·         Max. pulling and pushing force: 800 N
·         Max. carriage speed: 180 mm/s

·         Motor with a high level of self-locking and active counter-pressure in the event of an attempted break-in at any point

INTELLIGENCE

The GDO up and over garage doors are available in a range of standard and purpose made sizes and the first option to decide upon is whether to use canopy or retractable operating gear.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages and generally you have canopy gear is you only every want a manual door and retractable if you want to add an electric operator to the door.

Canopy mechanism with steel frame

Retractable mechanism with steel frame

The Canopy gear has a preassembled torsion spring above the door panel which lifts the door panel via a cable either side and once opened the door panel sticks out about a third and hence the name ‘canopy’

Retractable operating gear has arms either side lifting the door panel both assisted by tension springs. The motion of the retractable door is far more direct which means it does swing out more but ends up fully retracted inside the garage on the horizontal rails the door slides along. Fitting an electric operator to a retractable garage door is very easy indeed as long as you have the headroom and length to take the operator and its boom. 

Colour Finish
Choose from 34 standard powdercoat finished colours with the standard white at no extra charge (RAL9016)
Door panel is finished inside and out in the same colour chosen 

Handle Option
We offer a standard black handle with euro profile cylinder locking or the option of no handle at all and no hole drilled either when you are putting an electric operator onto the door.
(Most other up and over door brands are not able to offer the door without the handle hole drilled)

Factory Fitted Steel Sub Frame
This is an option we recommend as you receive a door with the frame already fitted and ready to fit into the garage aperture. The frame is a box section steel finished in either white or any of the other colours offered.
It is a 50mm wide frame all round the door on all the steel up and over doors so for the OVERALL dimensions simply add 100 mm to the ordering width and 50mm to the ordering height. 

4 point locking
We offer the option to have 4 points of internal locking rather than the standard 2 point locking making the door considerably harder to break into by force.

All doors have a strong sub-chassis with bracing plates to ensure rigidity of the door panel.

The Up and Over doors feature a simple but effective cable operated latches that are engaged and disengaged with the locking handle.

Canopy Gear is spring assisted and provides a simple and effective solution for doors up to 8ft wide.

Retractable doors run on smooth polymer rollers in suspended tracks and are perfect for remote control operation. Please note that the Retractable doors do not have a back brace.

Installation Instructions are provided with every door.

1.Warranty Period.

A warranty covering the safe and reliable operation of the garage door for a period of 10 years from the date of purchase is given to the original purchaser.
The purchaser is given a 2 year warranty for all springs; tracks; rollers; and hinges for normal use, whereby normal use constitutes no more than 5 operations (open/close) per day. We recommend that they are inspected annually by a competent engineer. The warranty period for replacement parts is 6 months or for the remainder of the warranty period.

2. Requirements.
Warranty is valid in the country where the garage door was purchased.
The product must have been purchased through one of our authorised partners and a barcode and receipt of purchase provided.
The warranty only covers damage to the garage door.

3. Performance.
During the warranty period we will rectify defects to the Fort product that can be proved to be material or manufacturing faults. At our discretion we will either exchange; repair; or reduce the price. We will not accept any costs for dismantling; installation; or delivery.
The warranty does not cover damage caused by:
Improper transport and fitting.
Repairs by non-qualified or non competent individuals.
External influences such as fire, water, alkaline solutions, acid, bird droppings or abnormal atmospheric pollution.
The use of non Fort Doors parts without the approval of the manufacturer.

Additional Information
It is a fundamental condition of this guarantee that the product has been installed, maintained and serviced correctly and is used solely for the purpose for which it was designed.
Incorrect installation, maintenance and service will invalidate this warranty.
The door must be kept in a clean condition and free from impact damage.

GDO Pull Handles S/S Care and Maintenance
GDO garage doors come with pull handles to the front panel as standard.
The pull handles are made using grade 304 Stainless steel for use externally and internally in heavily sanitised areas such as kitchens and washrooms. 
Like all steel, failure to keep the item clean can cause surface blemishes and what looks like a major product failure and rusting.
You will often find marks appearing in the winter when the roads have been gritted, salt on the surface are all steel products arch enemy.
If your pull bars develop small blemished areas during December, January and February in particular then you should wash them off using cold water and washing up liquid, you can use a cream cleaner like CIF rubbed lightly to remove the blemishes.
If you have them appear it means you have salt on the surface and need to increase the frequency of the door washdown.
Please remember all stainless steel can blemish even knives and forks in a dishwasher because salt is used as a scrubbing agent, wiping blemishes off with a cloth is standard practice and you should treat the door bars the same, clean and wipe regularly. 
If you live close to the sea or estuary you should apply a light oil after washing once a month to keep the item clean and fresh. 

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