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Why make the switch from manual to electric?
Fitted by our team, or delivered to yours.
If you're within 50 miles of Sunderland, you can have your door fitted by our own installation team, the same people who built it. They'll take away your old door, fit the new one, and have you operational in a morning. No subcontractors, no strangers, no chasing anyone afterwards if something needs adjusting.
Covering Sunderland, Newcastle, Gateshead, Durham, Teesside and surrounding areas.
If you're outside our fitting area, or you'd prefer to use your own installer or fit it yourself, your door is delivered directly to you. Our roller doors are designed for straightforward face-fix installation. A competent DIYer with a helper can have one up in a few hours following our installation guide.
If you can't find the answer to your question, give us a call, we're happy to help
Yes, a standard 240v socket within reach of the motor. Most garages already have one. If yours doesn’t, an electrician can add a socket for roughly £100–£150, and it’s worth sorting before your installation date so there’s no delay on the day.
You can still use your garage. Every door includes an internal manual override, you open it by hand from inside when there’s no power. If your garage has no other access point, an external manual override key switch is available as an optional extra, letting you open the door from outside.
Long enough that it’s unlikely to be the thing you replace first. The tube motors we specify are rated for tens of thousands of cycles, at twice-daily use, that covers decades. In practice, the first thing to go on any electric garage door is the battery in the remote handset, not the motor itself.
Sometimes, but retrofitting a motor onto an existing door often costs close to what a new purpose-built electric door would, and the result is less reliable. Call us and we’ll give you an honest answer based on what you’ve got. Sometimes it makes sense, often it doesn’t.
More secure than most manual alternatives. The auto-lock engages the moment the curtain closes, there’s no bolt to forget. The remote signal changes with every use, so it can’t be intercepted or cloned. And the curtain itself is aluminium, resistant to the kind of levering attacks that work on weaker panel-style doors.
Almost certainly not. Swapping an existing garage door for a roller, even changing the type, is permitted development in the UK. The only exceptions are listed buildings and conservation areas, where it’s worth checking with your local planning authority before ordering.
Your measurements are verified by an engineer before anything goes into production, expect a call within one working day of ordering. From that confirmation, your door is typically manufactured and delivered within 7–14 working days. Most customers have their new door within two weeks of placing an order.
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