Garador Horizon (White) Special Offer Up and Over garage door Steel Garador

Garador Horizon Steel Up and Over Garage Door (Special Offer)

The Garador Horizon is one of the most recognisable and dependable steel garage doors on UK homes. Built by Garador in Yeovil, Somerset, it features a traditional close boarded horizontal ribbed profile. The narrow horizontal ribs provide a clean textured look that visually broadens the appearance of single garage openings while adding continuous structural stiffness across the entire galvanised steel panel.

This limited special offer listing is dedicated strictly to our most popular standard single sizes, supplied in a factory applied low maintenance Traffic White (RAL 9016) polyester powder coat finish. It gives you genuine Garador engineering, factory assembled operating gear, and reliable mechanical security at exceptional value.

*Need a different colour, a double width, or a bespoke opening size? The Garador Horizon is also available across our wider online shop in a broad range of standard RAL colours, double door widths up to 14ft, and purpose made sizes built down to the millimetre.

Available Special Offer Sizes

This promotion covers the 18 most frequent UK single garage opening dimensions. Sizing refers to the nominal internal frame opening (daylight door panel width by height):

• Available Widths: 6ft 10in (2083mm), 7ft 0in (2134mm), 7ft 1in (2159mm), 7ft 5in (2261mm), 7ft 6in (2286mm), and 8ft 0in (2438mm)
• Available Heights: 6ft 4in (1930mm), 6ft 6in (1981mm), and 7ft 0in (2134mm)

Operating Mechanism: Canopy vs Retractable

Both gearing options are factory mounted directly to your door and frame, eliminating the hassle of building up complex linkages on site:

• Canopy Operating Gear: Uses a zinc coated overhead torsion spring and cast alloy drums mounted above the door leaf, with steel cables guiding the panel in vertical side tracks. When open, approximately one third of the door height extends forward past the brickwork to form an overhead canopy. Canopy gear leaves your garage ceiling completely clear of horizontal tracks, making it the best option for manual operation where ceiling rafters, high storage, or roof trusses must remain unobstructed.
  Nominal drive through clearance is 40mm less than opening width and 130mm less than opening height.
• Retractable Operating Gear: Uses side mounted multiple spring packs with protective finger trap covers and horizontal ceiling level tracks that run back into the garage. The entire door leaf glides inside when open, leaving no panel protruding outside. Retractable gear is the correct certified choice if you intend to add a remote controlled electric boom operator, and it features a secure parking detent to prevent uncontrolled closing.
  Nominal drive through clearance is 105mm less than opening width (due to side pivot arms) and 110mm less than opening height.

Factory Fitted White Steel Sub Frame Options

Every up and over door requires a fixing frame to mount to the masonry. Rather than fitting to an old timber frame that rots, twists, and needs regular painting, this door is supplied with a factory fitted galvanised steel sub frame option - powder coated in matching Traffic White:

• 60mm Frame Profile (Canopy Only): Slimmer side frame legs (60mm wide by 60mm deep) designed to minimise drive through loss when installing between narrow brick piers on canopy doors.
• 75mm Frame Profile (Canopy or Retractable): Heavy duty frame profile (75mm wide by 60mm deep) providing maximum rigidity and fixing strength. Required as standard on all retractable doors and optional on canopy models.
• Easy Installation: Because the frame arrives already bolted to the door leaf with springs, tracks, and side arms pre hung, the unit fits into the opening as one rigid assembly, guaranteeing square alignment straight off the lorry.

Standard 2 Point and Optional 4 Point Locking

Garador steel doors are engineered around robust physical security to resist forced leverage:

• Standard 2 Point Locking: Operated by an ergonomic black exterior handle and internal euro profile cylinder. Solid steel locking rods shoot sideways from the centre lock into the steel frame jambs, keeping the panel firmly anchored.
• Optional 4 Point Security Upgrade: You can upgrade your door with Garador 4 point locking. This extends steel rods and slam latches into all four corners of the door panel simultaneously, significantly increasing pry bar resistance against opportunistic burglary attempts.

Why Choose Garador?

• Engineered and Built in Britain: Manufactured in Yeovil, Somerset, ensuring fast parts availability, solid build tolerances, and proven UK customer support.
• Anti Drop Safety System: Integrated safety devices on canopy gear prevent the panel from falling unexpectedly in the rare event of a spring or cable break. Retractable doors use enclosed multi spring coils to eliminate finger trap hazards.

Order the Garador Horizon Steel Up and Over Door in Traffic White at our limited special offer price, supplied complete with an ergonomic black exterior handle and twin point locking as standard.

The door leaf is fully factory powder coated on both sides in Traffic White (RAL 9016). This provides a hard wearing, low maintenance finish that requires no initial decorating. If you ever wish to paint the door a bespoke colour in the future, this factory polyester coating serves as an ideal smooth primer base.

Operating Mechanism Options

This door is available with your choice of two factory fitted mechanical lifting systems, supplied ready to fix directly to an existing sound timber frame:

• Canopy Operating Gear: Counterbalanced by an overhead torsion spring with vertical side tracks. As the door opens, one third of the leaf forms an external canopy. It leaves your entire garage ceiling space clear of horizontal tracks and preserves your maximum clear drive through width at wing mirror height. Primarily designed for manual hand operation.
• Retractable Operating Gear: Uses side mounted multiple tension springs and horizontal ceiling level tracks that guide the entire door leaf safely inside the garage. Retractable gear provides exceptionally light manual travel and is the required, certified choice if you plan to add a remote controlled electric operator.

Optional Factory Fitted Steel Sub Fixing Frame

While you can hang the door to a treated timber frame, we strongly recommend choosing the optional factory fitted Garador steel box section sub frame:

• Fast and Accurate Installation: The steel sub frame arrives already bolted to the door leaf with springs, side arms, and tracks pre aligned from the factory. You simply position the entire rigid assembly into the opening, square it up, and secure it.
• Zero Timber Maintenance: Eliminates timber goalposts that absorb moisture, rot at the base, split, and require regular repainting.
• Greater Security: The tight steel to steel rebate leaves minimal pry gaps, significantly reducing leverage points for forced entry compared to timber frames.
• Profile Choices: Available in a 60mm frame profile (for canopy doors) to maximise drive through width between narrow brick piers, or a heavy duty 75mm frame profile (standard for retractable doors and optional on canopy).

Canopy mechanism with steel frame

Retractable mechanism with steel frame

Optional 4 Point Security Locking Upgrade

Standard locking uses solid steel rods engaging into the side frame legs. You can choose to upgrade to Garador 4 Point Locking, which extends additional rods and latches into all four corners of the door panel simultaneously. This locks both top and bottom corners firmly to the steel frame, providing exceptional physical resistance against crowbar and lever attacks.

Optional GaraMatic Electric Automation

If you choose the retractable mechanism, you can add a genuine Garador ceiling mounted operator:

• GaraMatic 9: Includes two 4 button hand transmitters with 868 MHz encrypted frequency, 20cm per second opening speed, and energy efficient LED lighting.
• GaraMatic 10: Features higher torque, opening speeds up to 25cm per second, integrated Bluetooth smartphone connectivity, and two chrome tipped transmitters.
• Canopy Automation: If automating a canopy door, select the optional Garador Canopy Bow Arm Converter to link the door panel correctly to the electric motor boom.

Operating Mechanism Options

Canopy Operating Gear (Manual Specialist)
Canopy gear travels within vertical tracks flush to the frame and is counterbalanced by an overhead zinc coated torsion spring and cast alloy drums mounted above the door leaf. In the open position, approximately one third of the door height extends forward past the frame to form a canopy over the driveway.

• Maximum Usable Width: Because tracks do not intrude into the opening, canopy gear preserves your maximum drive through clearance at wing mirror height. Nominal drive through clearance is 40mm less than opening width and 130mm less than opening height.
• Ceiling Clearance: Leaves your garage ceiling completely clear of horizontal tracks, making it the best choice where high shelving, rafters, or roof trusses must remain unobstructed.
• Anti Drop Safety: Fitted with an integrated anti drop safety mechanism that prevents the door from falling in the unlikely event of a spring or cable break.
• Single Canopy Doors Include: Zinc coated torsion counterbalance spring, cast alloy drums, 2 point rod locking, ergonomic black handle, and internal euro cylinder lock.

Retractable Operating Gear (Automation Ready)
Retractable gear retracts the door leaf completely inside the garage along horizontal overhead tracks supported by wall or ceiling suspension brackets. When open, no part of the door panel protrudes outside the building.

• Automation Specialist: Connects directly to an electric boom operator towing arm with no extra brackets required.
• Drive Through Clearance: The lifting side pivot arms sit between the frame legs at vehicle wing mirror height. Nominal drive through clearance is 105mm less than opening width, and 110mm less than opening height.
• Safety and Construction: Features enclosed multi spring cassettes and pivot arm covers to eliminate finger trap risks, plus a secure parking detent to stop uncontrolled closing. Retractable single door panels are constructed without a rear back brace.
• Single Retractable Doors Include: Multiple spring side packs, overhead tracks, 2 point rod locking, ergonomic exterior handle, and euro cylinder lock.

Sub Frame Options: Timber or Factory Fitted Steel

Garador doors require a fixing sub frame to mount to the garage brickwork. The door panel is supplied as standard to fit to an existing, sound timber sub frame. You can also choose an optional factory fitted white steel sub frame:

• 60mm Steel Frame Profile (Canopy Only): Slimmer frame legs (60mm wide by 60mm deep) designed to minimise drive through width loss when installing between brick piers on canopy doors.
• 75mm Steel Frame Profile (Canopy or Retractable): Heavy duty frame profile (75mm wide by 60mm deep) providing maximum rigidity and fixing strength. Required on all retractable doors and optional on canopy models.
• Factory Pre Assembled: When ordered with a steel frame, the door leaf, springs, and tracks arrive pre fitted directly to the frame, ensuring true square alignment and saving substantial time on site.

Locking and Security

• Standard 2 Point Locking: Solid steel rods shoot out from the central euro profile cylinder into the side frame jambs, providing dependable mechanical protection.
• Optional 4 Point Corner Locking: You can upgrade your door to Garador 4 point locking. This adds additional steel rods and latches to engage all four corners of the door panel simultaneously, giving maximum physical resistance against pry bar attack.

Electric Automation: GaraMatic 9 and GaraMatic 10

Garador doors can be automated using genuine Garador GaraMatic ceiling mounted electric operators. Both models feature automatic mechanical latching inside the boom rail to prevent forced lifting, automatic safety obstacle reversal, soft start and soft stop to reduce spring wear, and low standby power consumption under 1 watt.

• GaraMatic 9: A fast, dependable operator delivering 600N pull and push force (750N peak force) with a travel speed up to 20cm per second. Features an energy saving 10 LED courtesy light and includes two 4 button micro hand transmitters operating on secure 868 MHz bi directional radio frequency to prevent signal cloning.
• GaraMatic 10: A more powerful operator delivering 650N pull and push force (800N peak force) and a faster opening speed up to 25cm per second. Features an adjustable 20 LED courtesy light, integrated Bluetooth receiver for smartphone operation via the Garador BlueSecur app, and two chrome tipped 4 button hand transmitters.

Automating Retractable Doors vs Canopy Doors:

• Retractable Doors: Connect directly to the GaraMatic boom towing arm straight out of the box with no extra parts needed.
• Canopy Doors (Bow Arm Converter): Automating a canopy door requires an optional Garador Canopy Bow Arm Converter. The converter attaches to the top of the door leaf and translates the horizontal pull of the GaraMatic trolley into the correct vertical and tilting geometry needed to lift a canopy panel. Fitting a bow arm converter reduces your drive through height by roughly 120mm to 150mm.

Installation Instructions are provided with every door.

Basic Installation Guidance: Fitting Positions & Requirements

Fitting a Garador steel up and over door is straightforward, especially when ordered with the factory fitted steel sub frame. Before unpacking and fixing, there are two primary installation positions to consider based on your garage layout:

• Fitting Behind the Opening (Internal Face Fit): The fixing frame attaches flat to the inside face of the brick piers and lintel. This is always our recommended method where headroom and side room permit, because it preserves 100% of your structural drive through opening. You need at least 60mm to 75mm of flat pier face on both sides and 60mm to 75mm of headroom above the lintel inside.
• Fitting Between the Opening (In-Between Fit): The frame fits directly between the brick jambs and under the lintel. Use this method if your garage has flush internal walls with no return piers. Remember that the frame legs and head sit within the aperture, reducing clear drive through width by roughly 120mm to 150mm total. Always ensure your brick opening is around 10mm wider and 5mm higher than the overall frame to allow for square packing and sealant.

Key Considerations for Canopy Operating Gear

Canopy doors are compact and simple to fit because the mechanism is self contained to the front frame:

• Vertical Track Alignment: The side tracks fix directly inside the frame legs. It is essential that both frame legs are checked with a long spirit level to ensure they are plumb and parallel. If the frame is pinched or twisted, the cables will not track evenly on the alloy drums.
• Top Torsion Spring Clearance: The torsion spring and bracket assembly sit above the door panel on the head frame. Ensure there are no low pipes, gas meters, or timber joists fouling the spring area.
• No Rear Tracks Required: Once the frame and vertical tracks are secured to the masonry, the door is mechanically complete. There are no overhead ceiling tracks to hang, leaving the rest of your garage space untouched.

Key Considerations for Retractable Operating Gear

Retractable doors require proper rear track installation to run smoothly and stay balanced:

• Horizontal Overhead Tracks: The tracks run straight back into the garage at ceiling level. These tracks must be set completely level, square to the front frame, and securely suspended from ceiling joists or side walls using the supplied adjustable steel hanging brackets.
• Checking Diagonal Geometry: Before tightening your rear track ceiling fixings, measure diagonally from the top left front corner of the frame to the rear right track end, and vice versa. The two diagonal measurements must be identical to guarantee the door does not twist or bind during travel.
• Obstacle Clearance: Ensure the internal garage ceiling is clear of light fittings, roof trusses, or loft access hatches along the full travel path of the door panel and horizontal tracks.

Essential Pre-Fitting Checks

• Level Floor Threshold: A flat, level concrete threshold across the entire opening is essential. If the floor slopes significantly, the bottom weatherseal will not sit flush, causing light gaps and draughts at the lower corners.
• Pre-Framed Assembly: When ordered with a steel frame, the door arrives as a single rigid unit. Keep the transit braces and locking catches engaged while lifting the frame into position so the assembly remains true and square until the main frame fixings are secured.

Garador Steel Up & Over Garage Doors – Manufacturer Warranty Details

When you purchase a Garador steel Up & Over garage door through Garage Doors Online, your door is backed by Garador’s official manufacturer warranty, ensuring long term reliability and peace of mind.

Summary of Warranty Periods

• 10 Year Limited Warranty: Covers the safe and reliable operation of the complete steel door leaf, the factory steel sub fixing frame (where supplied), and the primary mechanical chassis structure against manufacturing or material failure.
• 5 Year Guarantee on Operating Components: Covers the counterbalance springs, wire cables, track rollers, hinges, and guide rollers under normal domestic use (defined as up to 5 door open and close operations per day).
• 5 Year Operator Warranty (GaraMatic Motors): If supplied with an electric GaraMatic operator, the mechanical motor drive, boom rail, and internal electronic control board are covered for 5 years.
• 2 Year Radio & Accessory Warranty: Covers remote control hand transmitters, radio receivers, external wall consoles, keypads, and safety accessories.
• 6 Month Replacement Parts Cover: Genuine replacement parts fitted under warranty carry a 6 month guarantee or the remainder of the original warranty term, whichever is longer.

Warranty Conditions

For your warranty to remain fully valid:

• The door and any automated equipment must be installed, aligned, and adjusted in strict accordance with Garador’s official installation and user instructions.
• The product must be used purely for domestic purposes and operated within its specified design limits.
• All mechanical pivots, bearings, rollers, and latches must be inspected periodically and kept clean and lightly lubricated.
• Painted polyester finishes should be washed down periodically with warm water and a non abrasive sponge to remove atmospheric road dirt and salt deposits.
• Any accidental chips or surface scratches must be touched up promptly using suitable touch up paint to prevent oxidisation or corrosion spreading.
• Repairs or adjustments must be carried out using only genuine Garador replacement parts.

*Warranty cover applies to the original purchaser at the registered delivery and installation address and is non transferable.

Standard Exclusions

The manufacturer warranty does not cover:

• Normal wear and tear beyond specified guarantee cycles.
• Consumable items such as handset batteries, fuses, and internal light bulbs.
• Cosmetic transit or site damage (such as scratches, scuffs, or dents) occurring after delivery or during third party installation.
• Damage caused by external chemical influences, fire, flood, standing water, road salt, or abnormal environmental conditions.
• Installations in aggressive coastal or high humidity marine environments (within 3 miles of the sea) unless an appropriate specialist coastal specification was approved prior to purchase.
• Dismantling, re-installation, or courier carriage costs incurred during a claim.

Making a Warranty Claim

In the unlikely event of a defect, please have the following information ready:

• Your original Garage Doors Online order number or invoice.
• The product serial number (located on the silver data plate on the rear edge of the door leaf).
• A clear description and photographs showing the door issue and overall opening.

Please send these details to Garage Doors Online customer support, and we will liaise directly with Garador technical services on your behalf.

Garador Horizon Measuring & Sizing Dimensions (Special Offer Sizes)

Use the chart below to check your opening dimensions and overall frame sizes. All dimensions are listed in millimetres (width x height).

*Fitting note: If fitting between the brickwork reveal, your structural opening should be roughly 10mm wider and 5mm higher than the overall frame size to allow for fitting tolerance and out of square brickwork. When fitting behind the reveal onto internal piers, the frame fixes flat against the inside face of the garage.

 *No fitting clearance allowed. If door is fitted between the brickwork a minimum of 10mm clearance over the width and 5mm over the height should be added to the overall frame size when selecting the door.

Canopy Gear



Retractable Gear