DIY Electric Roller Garage Doors

[Quags]

I'm considering fitting a couple of these to my garage at home. Been quoted £1300 for both, fitting looks pretty straight forward, just need to get suitable electric to that area.

https://www.autodor.co.uk/garage-doors

Has anyone fitted these themselves or ones like them? Be interested to know.

[Composite Guru]

I'm thinking of doing mine. interested to see how you get on.

[eps]

It depends on your DIY skills. I would double and triple check the minimum dimensions they quote - there's a sheet on the DIY page that you linked to.. Make extra, extra sure you have enough room, etc..

You might need a spare pair of hands + eyes if doing it for the first time. Read and re-read the instructions.

I fitted 2x retractable garage doors, with electric motors - wasn't too difficult, but there was a bit of faffing around to get them working 100% of the time.

[Quags]

Excellent, will do thank you.

I'm pretty handy DIY wise, but need to measure everything in detail as per their guide.

[RobXjcoupe]

Quags said:

Excellent, will do thank you.

I'm pretty handy DIY wise, but need to measure everything in detail as per their guide.

I used a company called Rollerdor and diy fit. They wasn’t hard to fit. Just need a second pair of hands to lift the main unit in place. The Mrs helped me so not that heavy

[Belle427]

Pretty straightforward, the heavier duty type can be very difficult to lift as I found out a few
years ago!

[anonymous-user]

RobXjcoupe said:

I used a company called Rollerdor and diy fit. They wasn’t hard to fit. Just need a second pair of hands to lift the main unit in place. The Mrs helped me so not that heavy

When did you fit them and have you had any faults? Cheers

[RobXjcoupe]

mgsontour said:

RobXjcoupe said:

I used a company called Rollerdor and diy fit. They wasn’t hard to fit. Just need a second pair of hands to lift the main unit in place. The Mrs helped me so not that heavy

When did you fit them and have you had any faults? Cheers

Roughly 13months old and they work perfectly from the remote or the push buttons in the garage

[Pheo]

I wonder if I can fit one to my old concrete sectional garage. Got an estate car no and it gets a bit old moving the car every time you want to get in the garage!

[uk66fastback]

RobXjcoupe said:

mgsontour said:

RobXjcoupe said:

I used a company called Rollerdor and diy fit. They wasn’t hard to fit. Just need a second pair of hands to lift the main unit in place. The Mrs helped me so not that heavy

When did you fit them and have you had any faults? Cheers

Roughly 13months old and they work perfectly from the remote or the push buttons in the garage

I used Rollerdor as well and fitted it myself. Pretty straightforward once you’ve been through the instructions a couple of times. It works okay still, nearly a year on ... I think it was about £700 ...

[defblade]

Anyone fitted the one touch close safety edge thing? Worth the money?

And has anyone made a floor recess for it to drop into to make it more secure against lifting?

[uk66fastback]

defblade said:

Anyone fitted the one touch close safety edge thing? Worth the money?

And has anyone made a floor recess for it to drop into to make it more secure against lifting?

No and no.

First one I thought was it worth the cost? Not really. The kids are all grown up now and live in their own homes so unlikely to wander under it - the cat is 19 and never leaves the settee much. The likelihood of ever leaving anything under it is pretty small ...

If a garage was being built from scratch then that's a good idea, but not worth the hassle of doing it to one that is already constructed in my view.

All imo.

[RobXjcoupe]

uk66fastback said:

defblade said:

Anyone fitted the one touch close safety edge thing? Worth the money?

And has anyone made a floor recess for it to drop into to make it more secure against lifting?

No and no.

First one I thought was it worth the cost? Not really. The kids are all grown up now and live in their own homes so unlikely to wander under it - the cat is 19 and never leaves the settee much. The likelihood of ever leaving anything under it is pretty small ...

If a garage was being built from scratch then that's a good idea, but not worth the hassle of doing it to one that is already constructed in my view.

All imo.

The downward operation can be set so as it works as a deadman switch but as mentioned before the doors don’t move that quickly to cut the cat in half

[uk66fastback]

That is how mine is set.

[V8RX7]

defblade said:

Anyone fitted the one touch close safety edge thing? Worth the money?

Yes

It's a simple box you screw to the bottom of the door with I'd guess a microwave sensor inside.

Just a single screw to adjust sensitivity

[defblade]

TBH, it's not the safety side of it I'm wondering about (no small children/cats/etc), just the time saving/convenience of one-touch close!

[eliot]

I diy fitted a 5m double and a std single. The single i did on my own, the double needed a mate to help spool the door over the runners due to size and weight.
Ideally you need something wide to stand on to bring your body closer to the top runner to make life a bit easier.

[laracer]

I have fitted two Auto Roll (www.auto-roll.com) double garage doors over the last 10 years. They were the cheapest available at the time (last one fitted 3 years ago) and the quality was as good as more expensive ones that I looked at. They were easy to fit (if you are reasonably handy) and you only really need a second body to lift the roller up.
The key to it is to get your measurements right, if you can measure and mount the door on the inside of the opening - it gives you a bit more leeway.
The first one I fitted had a "magic eye" system that worked well, the latest one has a "sensitive" rubber strip - this also works well - personally I wouldn't order one without this protection.
Both doors were/are completely reliable - the only thing to keep in mind is that there are batteries fitted to the sensitive strip (it's a wi-fi system) and they last about 3 years - the door only partially closes when they are done (it can be hand cranked down) - 2 minute job to replace.

[Belle427]

laracer said:

I have fitted two Auto Roll (www.auto-roll.com) double garage doors over the last 10 years. They were the cheapest available at the time (last one fitted 3 years ago) and the quality was as good as more expensive ones that I looked at. They were easy to fit (if you are reasonably handy) and you only really need a second body to lift the roller up.
The key to it is to get your measurements right, if you can measure and mount the door on the inside of the opening - it gives you a bit more leeway.
The first one I fitted had a "magic eye" system that worked well, the latest one has a "sensitive" rubber strip - this also works well - personally I wouldn't order one without this protection.
Both doors were/are completely reliable - the only thing to keep in mind is that there are batteries fitted to the sensitive strip (it's a wi-fi system) and they last about 3 years - the door only partially closes when they are done (it can be hand cranked down) - 2 minute job to replace.

I too was happy with my Autoroll, was the cheapest at the time on their ebay shop.
Made them mistake of buying a commercial style roller shutter which was far too heavy.

[VvrooomM]

Cheap rollers flex easily. They can be pushed in and up enough to get a small person under or a car jack and then you're in. Buy cheap buy twice!!