A door that opens
every time you press the button.
Sectional, roller, up and over and side hinged. Fitted across Essex and east London by two people who have done nothing else since 2009.
Doors we fit
Sectional.
Panels that fold up and back along the ceiling. Nothing swings out, so you can park right up to it.
Roller.
Rolls into a box above the opening. Takes the least room of any door.
Up and over.
One panel that tilts. The cheapest to buy and the simplest to repair.
Side hinged.
Two doors on hinges, like a shed. Good if the garage is also a workshop you walk into.
What a door costs
Prices include removal and disposal of the old door, two remotes and setting the limits. VAT included, no survey fee.
When it has stopped working
Broken spring.
The door suddenly weighs seventy kilos. Usually 180 to 240 GBP for a pair.
Cable off the drum.
The door hangs crooked and jams. Usually 120 to 160 GBP.
Motor failure.
The door is fine, the opener is not. Usually 220 to 390 GBP depending on the unit.
Off its track.
Nearly always a bent roller or a knock from a car. Usually 140 GBP.
A garage door spring holds enough tension to lift seventy kilos, and it releases all of it at once when it goes. Every year people lose fingers trying to change one with a pair of mole grips and a YouTube video. There is no part of this job we would tell you to attempt yourself, and that is the only thing on this website we will be dramatic about.
In the price
- Removal of the old door
- Disposal and the tip run
- New frame if the old one is rotten
- Two remotes and setting the limits
- Making good around the opening
Costs extra
- A new lintel if the opening needs structural work
- Electrical supply if there is no socket in the garage
- Widening the opening
- A third remote or a keypad
“Spring went on a Sunday with the car locked inside. He came out that afternoon and did not charge a weekend rate.”
If the door will not open and the car is behind it, ring. We keep two slots a day free for that.
01245 555 0188