Garage roller doors 2024

[defblade]

Been doing some research for possibly changing my old up-and-over to a roller (preferred to sectional as I'm tall and would like to ditch the rails).

Older threads on here had a helpful installer who recommended Seceuroglide, and that Hormann were more expensive for no particular advantage.
I couldn't see anything very recent so thought I'd ask again!

He certainly put me off the various £900-1500 no-name quotes I've been getting, and there seems to be no way to tell what's half decent and what's not down that end of the market - they all have the same specs on paper.

So today I went to the local agent of Seceuroglide and Hormann... they said they were moving away from SG as they were seeing early failures of the sensor strip, and instead now recommend Aluroll's Sercureroll, which I don't remember seeing any comments about. Installed prices on the order of £1800 for SG and £2k for the Aluroll.

I also asked about the Hormann Rollmatic which I like the look of - an external motor and generally the whole thing done a bit differently - looks much easier to work on/repair in the future, if needed. That was £2400 installed...



OTOH, I'm pretty handy and fairly sure I could do an install myself (with a hand from my friend down the road). As my current door is fitted internally, I'd have to assume the opening is pretty square; electrics are there already and I can't see any great problems. It looks like I could save roughly £500 on the install costs... but I'm not sure if that's false economy given it's an expensive bit of kit if I get anything wrong, or there is some problem I haven't foreseen. On the supply-only sites, it seems Hormann are now a little cheaper than SG.
There are also other "names" there, a little cheaper but not huge amounts in it.


So has anyone got any pointers?
Any way to find/identify a good cheaper door - if such a thing exists?!
And is DIY likely to be worth the saving?

(I'm in Carmarthenshire, south/west Wales, before anyone asks)
Thanks in advance!

[Actual]

I recently used this company and I am really pleased with the door and the operation is just sweet.

https://www.thegaragedoorcentre.co.uk/rollershutte...

I had the SWS Seceuroglide Roller Door Aluminium

They knew what they were doing and fitted in a few hours and took the old motorised up and over away.

[dhutch]

How much is a new sensor strip, feels like it should be a reasonable easy and inexpensive part to change?

[Actual]

Screwfix have 864 garage doors in their catalogue and 216 are roller type.

[HotJambalaya]

I vaguely remember reading you can buy motors to automate existing up and over doors, though they have to be more powerful. Might be worth looking into if your existing door is in decent shape

[dhutch]

Actual said:

Screwfix have 864 garage doors in their catalogue and 216 are roller type.

My previous house had an insulated Gliderol roller door, cheap and cheerful, unpowered but worked reliability for the 7 years I was using and abusing it.

"Continuous sheet curtain roller door"
https://www.gliderol.co.uk/product/gliderol-roller...

[defblade]

HotJambalaya said:

I vaguely remember reading you can buy motors to automate existing up and over doors, though they have to be more powerful. Might be worth looking into if your existing door is in decent shape

Tried that. Old door basically square/straight/etc, but just a little too slack for the motor to close it completely.
(Anyone want a cheap Chamberlain kit? Fitted and removed, barely used )

dhutch said:

My previous house had an insulated Gliderol roller door, cheap and cheerful, unpowered but worked reliability for the 7 years I was using and abusing it.

Definitely want powered, or there's no point... trying to spend less time getting wet putting the car in and out!

[Actual]

defblade said:

Definitely want powered, or there's no point... trying to spend less time getting wet putting the car in and out!

Wow, sorry I thought that all the Screwfix garage doors were powered. Now looking at those prices for powered my installers did the job for a very reasonable labour charge.

[chippy348]

From a different thread on here arridge garage doors were recommended

https://arridgegaragedoors.co.uk/aluroll-insulated...

I needed 7 of them and went with Aluroll with the Somfy control, budget was not a issue per-say but i could not see the benefit of the Horman, + i wanted to open and close them from my phone from anywhere in the world and Somfy did this.

I did fit them myself and was straightforward BUT i think i would pay someone to fit them as there are a few things that can catch you out.

The other thing is depending on your set up, face fix is easier to fit and opting for the wider guild rails is better.

[defblade]

chippy348 said:

I did fit them myself and was straightforward BUT i think i would pay someone to fit them as there are a few things that can catch you out.

Such as, please?

[mikeiow]

Just FYI….when we had some major work done around 16 years ago, our architect suggested Hormann as the Rolls Royce of doors…but proposed Novoferm as a cheaper alternative he felt was just as good.
They have worked absolutely fine ever since.

[Tailender Investor]

I fitted an Aluroll Secureroll when I replaced my garage door. Installed myself and took about a day for two of us including removing the old door.

I ordered from here https://easyfitgaragedoor.co.uk/roller-garage-door...

I’ve been quite happy with it. Works just as it should and had no issues.

[The Three D Mucketeer]

I had Alluguard roller doors fitted 3 years ago , very pleased with them . Although a few teething issues.... SOMFY linear motors with RTS control.
Subsequently ALLUGUARD have been taken over by SWS in Lancaster

https://alluguard.co.uk/contact

https://www.sws.co.uk/about/our-history/

SOMFY TAHOMA control system allows integration with my NICE GATE control and integration with ALEXA for voice control, the addition of a few open/close sensors allows me to see the state of doors in SMARTTHINGS.

Edited by The Three D Mucketeer on Thursday 28th March 10:02

[Rollin]

I've had and Alluguard one too for about 5 years. It's been faultless.
Looking at some of the suggestions above, a lot appear to be the same shutter from different resellers.
I was told the Somfy motor was important for reliability.
I had it installed, but DIY seems quite straightforward as long as you have enough room for the shutter box

[Neil_Sc]

I installed a Hormann Rollmatic myself in the last 6 months.

I went with the Hormann because of the quality of the product, but what I really liked was, the thinking they had put into the installation.

All of the other doors I found have you wrestling the roller curtain into place, which I just thought would be a recipe for scratching the paint.

With the Hormann, you install the cover at the top and the rails at the sides, the motor comes next, you then attach some fabric straps to the curtain and the motor itself pulls the roller curtain from the shipping container, up and into the mechanism.

This makes installation much easier in my opinion and greatly reduces the chances of scratches or any other disasters.

The installation went smoothly and I am very happy with the door.

[Neil_Sc]

One other point, not sure if they are all like this.

The door was delivered by Hormann themselves and they had a forklift offload which made life so simple.

[defblade]

Neil_Sc said:

The door was delivered by Hormann themselves and they had a forklift offload which made life so simple.

I do like so many details on the Hormann, especially for DIY.
I'm investigating delivery at the moment... needs parking for a "very large double trailered artic" which would get down our cul-de-sac, but probably not back out... There's a pub car park just over the road on the main road though, so should be manageable even if they dump it there and we have to carry the bits around ourselves? Can't be that heavy overall... looks like the roll comes on a pallet which I'm guessing would be the heaviest single lump, with the pallet likely weighing more than the roll?

[Jader1973]

I had to get a new door and motor last year.

Bloke quoted, door made, 4 weeks later he turns up with it on a trailer, old door off and new one on in a couple of hours. A$3,500.

Why do it yourself? They are big and heavy, and of you drop it you could bugger it, or worse hurt yourself. Plus they need levelled, new tracks etc etc.

Just pay someone to do it for you.

[Neil_Sc]

defblade said:

I do like so many details on the Hormann, especially for DIY.
I'm investigating delivery at the moment... needs parking for a "very large double trailered artic" which would get down our cul-de-sac, but probably not back out... There's a pub car park just over the road on the main road though, so should be manageable even if they dump it there and we have to carry the bits around ourselves? Can't be that heavy overall... looks like the roll comes on a pallet which I'm guessing would be the heaviest single lump, with the pallet likely weighing more than the roll?

So the Hormann delivery truck is literally the biggest truck you have ever seen, but having said that, the forklift they have on the back is a proper bit of kit. Infact they may be able to park outside of your cul-de-sac and then drive it up on the forklift. I did get a call from Hormann before the day of the delivery.

The container wasn't too heavy, but it came as one single container, they use 3 x 2 bits of pine wood to make a crate and its wrapped up securely in that.

I did move the container myself, if you get a few of those wooden dollies you get on offer from Aldi / Lidl, or any DIY shed, they can carry 250kg, a couple of those with a bit of timber support and it'll move it just fine.

My door is 2.4 m wide by 2m high and I'd guess the total weight was around 30 to 40 kg, nothing too outrageous. The shipping bits of wood probably 5 kg.

[defblade]

Neil_Sc said:

So the Hormann delivery truck is literally the biggest truck you have ever seen, but having said that, the forklift they have on the back is a proper bit of kit. Infact they may be able to park outside of your cul-de-sac and then drive it up on the forklift. I did get a call from Hormann before the day of the delivery.

The container wasn't too heavy, but it came as one single container, they use 3 x 2 bits of pine wood to make a crate and its wrapped up securely in that.

I did move the container myself, if you get a few of those wooden dollies you get on offer from Aldi / Lidl, or any DIY shed, they can carry 250kg, a couple of those with a bit of timber support and it'll move it just fine.

My door is 2.4 m wide by 2m high and I'd guess the total weight was around 30 to 40 kg, nothing too outrageous. The shipping bits of wood probably 5 kg.

That's very helpful, thanks Sounds perfectly do-able, either way.