Garage roller doors 2024

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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!

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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!

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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?

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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?

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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.

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So long as he can pull up in/at this carpark: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3z2WUTHF3Adi9xpH6 I can lug it down the lane behind, where I live (altho I reckon he could easily drive that little forklift around the corner).

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dhutch said:

As per the second link, they appear to use a UK haulage company for the UK shipments.

That carpark looks grand as long as it's not full of cars at the time.

Unlikely, it burnt out in October last year and there have been difficulties with the insurance apparently, so nothing much happening any time soon

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Well, after a bit of back and forth, it seems Hormann don't fancy delivering to the carpark next door, apparently in case there's damage caused by my moving the crate to my house and a dispute of when/where/why damage. I guess this must be from their experience, but it's annoying. Looks like I'd have to go with paying for an install if I do want that door...

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The Three D Mucketeer said:

I had these fitted on my triple garage a few years ago , very nice and VERY expensive



Then I sold the house

Very swish
I can't fit that type as, while I keep the car in the garage, I keep a tonne of other stuff, too, and a lot of that lives along the walls.

In the meantime, my garage door fund has taken a £1300+ hit for me to go on a PalmerSport day
So this thread will be on the back-burner for a few months