garage doors, does anyone have experience with hormann or
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got a double garage which i want to replace the doors with hormann or carteck electric sectional doors. had a few quotes and its hard to get sense out of some of the firms they all seem to know each other and have plenty to say about each other.
horman are suppose to be good, carteck are suppose to be slightly better.
does anyone have any fitted, any issues etc
thanks
horman are suppose to be good, carteck are suppose to be slightly better.
does anyone have any fitted, any issues etc
thanks
Iirc Hörmann just make the gear, not the doors, but I may have misremembered. I used a local company who fitted Hörmann kit and it has been brilliant, my dad also had their kit and it worked flawlessly for years.
I seem to recall that Hörmann's stuff tends to be centre operated while another similar company has the mechanism to one side but I can't remember their name - not the other na,e you mention.
If you live in the SE, we used these guys.
http://www.hayesdoorcentreltd.co.uk
I seem to recall that Hörmann's stuff tends to be centre operated while another similar company has the mechanism to one side but I can't remember their name - not the other na,e you mention.
If you live in the SE, we used these guys.
http://www.hayesdoorcentreltd.co.uk
I've got a Hormann double garage door fitted-it's the largest width available (around 16 ft I think). It's centre mounted, double skinned and I've had it fitted for around 18 months now with no issues whatsoever. Total cost to remove central pillar, fit a RSJ and have the door fitted was in the region of about £2,900. I'm in South Wales so not sure what effect that will have on prices. It took 1 1/2 days to fit.
thanks all, i have the two garage doors with a centre pillar but was quoted 4.5k to remove it.... yeah right so i actually only need one to be electric for the car, the other door very rarley gets used so potentially i coudl save a bit by just having one thats electric...
quotes at the moment are around 3k. the trouble is one company said that they will remove the wooden door frames and install hormann powder coated steel frames to match the doors, all the other companys said that they would clad the wooden frames in upvc so it sits flush with the doors. the frame thats there is in good condition but not sure as i still havent had the quote in writing and one of the other firms said its a tactic by that frm that they come round, quote the qorld but doesnt put it in the writing which has put me off them, when i phoned to say can i have a written quotation the guy said what do you need me to put down in writing as it will be the same as we have already discussed. so as you can see not really keen now. lol
who would have thought garage doors would have been some much trouble.
quotes at the moment are around 3k. the trouble is one company said that they will remove the wooden door frames and install hormann powder coated steel frames to match the doors, all the other companys said that they would clad the wooden frames in upvc so it sits flush with the doors. the frame thats there is in good condition but not sure as i still havent had the quote in writing and one of the other firms said its a tactic by that frm that they come round, quote the qorld but doesnt put it in the writing which has put me off them, when i phoned to say can i have a written quotation the guy said what do you need me to put down in writing as it will be the same as we have already discussed. so as you can see not really keen now. lol
who would have thought garage doors would have been some much trouble.
stolt said:
i still havent had the quote in writing and one of the other firms said its a tactic by that frm that they come round, quote the qorld but doesnt put it in the writing which has put me off them, when i phoned to say can i have a written quotation the guy said what do you need me to put down in writing as it will be the same as we have already discussed. so as you can see not really keen now
You could write them a letter to place your order and confirm the price in that. If they don't accept then you know it was a scam.Simpo Two said:
You could write them a letter to place your order and confirm the price in that. If they don't accept then you know it was a scam.
yeah it just puts me off when people operate that way, all the others have submitted written quotations and it makes me wonder knowing how expensive steel is that they can fit a full steel frame around the garage door instead of clad the original wooden one for what amounts to £300 more expensive..NiceCupOfTea said:
That seems a really steep price. I am sure it only cost 1500 for the door, mechanism, frame, installation, everything (it was a new garage with a hole in the wall basically!). This was only 4 years ago...
how did you find hayes, price wish and fitting, going to ask them to quote and will say the inquiry came by way of reccomendation.thanks
I think I rang them because they were very local to me and I got a good vibe from them when I went in. I think they were a family outfit. Didn't meet the fitters as I was at work and my builder dealt with them but they did a great job and did a bit of adaption as needed. Had no problems with the installation at all.
NiceCupOfTea said:
I think I rang them because they were very local to me and I got a good vibe from them when I went in. I think they were a family outfit. Didn't meet the fitters as I was at work and my builder dealt with them but they did a great job and did a bit of adaption as needed. Had no problems with the installation at all.
ok good to know, ive sent a contact inquiry off to them to see if they fancy coming to essex to give me a quote. like you say the vibe is all important, something i havent got from the companys that have been here so far. did you have sectional doors fitted, and electric?There was a thread a few months with more reasonable prices and there is a PHer (in the second post) who does garage doors. I've got a feeling there are other Phers in this business too.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
There is some discussuion about my Clopay door, but it does everything I can think of that a garage door should do! There's no frame at all with mine, the door seals against rubber strips at the sides screwed to the brick and top and has a rubber tube on its bottom edge.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
There is some discussuion about my Clopay door, but it does everything I can think of that a garage door should do! There's no frame at all with mine, the door seals against rubber strips at the sides screwed to the brick and top and has a rubber tube on its bottom edge.
Edited by Deva Link on Sunday 24th February 15:59
Deva Link said:
There was a thread a few months with more reasonable prices and there is a PHer (in the second post) who does garage doors. I've got a feeling there are other Phers in this business too.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
There is some discussuion about my Clopay door, but it does everything I can think of that a garage door should do! There's no frame at all with mine, the door seals against rubber strips at the sides screwed to the brick and top and has a rubber tube on its bottom edge.
thanks for that, will have a read...probably my mistake i searched for hormann which was a bit specific...http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
There is some discussuion about my Clopay door, but it does everything I can think of that a garage door should do! There's no frame at all with mine, the door seals against rubber strips at the sides screwed to the brick and top and has a rubber tube on its bottom edge.
Edited by Deva Link on Sunday 24th February 15:59
I recently had one single (2.5m) and one double (5m) Hormann insulated sectional door installed on my garage. Two frames, fully automated, woodgrain finish etc etc.
Quality is spot-on. Operation is silent and faultless. Total price was a little over £4k, but £700-odd of this was for extra framework to true the levels (uprights were out of plumb 4" top to bottom)
If you're anywhere near the South, I can give you name of the suppliers.
Quality is spot-on. Operation is silent and faultless. Total price was a little over £4k, but £700-odd of this was for extra framework to true the levels (uprights were out of plumb 4" top to bottom)
If you're anywhere near the South, I can give you name of the suppliers.
stolt said:
NiceCupOfTea said:
I think I rang them because they were very local to me and I got a good vibe from them when I went in. I think they were a family outfit. Didn't meet the fitters as I was at work and my builder dealt with them but they did a great job and did a bit of adaption as needed. Had no problems with the installation at all.
ok good to know, ive sent a contact inquiry off to them to see if they fancy coming to essex to give me a quote. like you say the vibe is all important, something i havent got from the companys that have been here so far. did you have sectional doors fitted, and electric?I have a Hormann door fitted its oversize single as it fits the width of the garage which again fits the width of the property.
Fitted 6 years ago and still operates superbly cost around £1200 fitted by snodland branch of gda:
http://www.upandover.co.uk/originalsites/gda/natio...
Fitted 6 years ago and still operates superbly cost around £1200 fitted by snodland branch of gda:
http://www.upandover.co.uk/originalsites/gda/natio...
Edited by mad4amanda on Monday 25th February 09:13
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