Look very nice, what brand.
Thanks Gazza. Not branded as such. I used a local company (Medway Kent area) called Bulldog Garage Doors.
Every door is custom made inhouse. For an additional cost, they can provide any RAL colour you like.
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These models, have no external rails, so is the neater and most compact solution, not cheap but really worth it
Thanks Al – those look good and a nice, neat installation too. Seeing your install has made me wonder if we have enough clearance above the door opening and garage ceiling to fit the roller mechanism and motor assembly box. Something for the survey to check.
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The location of the gas supply pipe precluded the box being fitted above the door lintel and below the ceiling (as one would normally expect).
The Bulldog Doors surveyor measured up and said that if I was prepared to lose a little headroom, they could fit the box under the lintel, as I had adequate height for this.
I am just under 6’ tall in bare feet, and can walk in and out of the garage without stooping. Anyone much over 6’ would have to be a bit careful. I’m not, so no problem.
The surveyor may well be able to offer a solution!
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Ah ok. Interesting point about the gas pipe. We’ve got someone coming out next week regarding a new boiler, which may require a new gas pipe route so I’ll see if that’s going to cause any issues 
While you’re spending money, ditch the boiler and get a heat pump!!
We had a new garage door fitted in March. It’s not a roller but rather two doors that open out like French windows. It’s 40mm thick and insulated, and keeps the garage warmer in winter and cooler in summer. It’s really very good and much better than heaving a up and over around. Whether a roller can be as effective I don’t know.
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Surely a sectionised garage door would have far better potential for insulation..?
The sections allowing for thicker insulation, although instead of being ‘rolled up’ will need to rail inside some of the garage ceiling space.
Plus, IMO the sections look more aesthetically pleasing than roller doors.
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A heat pump is not off the cards yet, Nigel. We’ve got microbore piping so it might be A PITA to go down that route instead of another gas boiler. I’ll find out next week.
As I found out, neither the boiler installer, nor the energy company (in our case Octopus) can move the supply pipe.
I found out who it was in our case, and all I got was an uppity employee telling me Octopus should not have moved our meter.
We have a 1990s town house that is not well insulated, microbore pipework and relatively small radiators. Not, as I understand it, a favourable recipe for anything, let alone an ASHP
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The largest radiator in our house ran on microbore and it was fine with our oil fired boiler. Not only that but it was 8mm microbore rather than 10mm. Our heat pump installer said that if it had been 10mm they would have left it in, but that 8 wasn’t enough so they replaced it with regular 15mm.
Just wondering why having a fuse box in the garage would be a problem?
Would have thought it an advantage for very easy connection of door electrics to a dedicated MCB …or RCBO if that type of fusebox.
We’ve just done the same thing about two weeks ago with our existing Chamberlain door and mechanism which is about 25years old. We decided to replace with the same segmented roller design which not only looks good but is also secure and strong. Having owned a roller door in my business premises they do look neat but the central core motor can fail as it’s close to the outside elements, where as a sectional motor is away from the outside in a frame and the door panels are also well insulated. My tuppence.
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Because you can’t get into the garage easily without power if you only have a garage door into the garage, which is my situation.
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Thanks for clarifying, i suppose manual ways of opening is from the inside, and not the from the outside which could compromise security…
Perhaps fit a cat-flap and train the PPs to open the door from the inside (?) 
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How strange. Our fuse box is in the garage. We recently replaced it with a new one and it was then chosen for inspection by NAPIT. It passed fine, which wouldn’t be the case if the garage was a problem.
Do you have access to your garage (and fusebox) in the event of a power-cut?
This is the issue Paul has.
My garage would be okay, have a separate back door to use.
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Ah, I see. Yes, we have an external access door.
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Call me paranoid, but I would be a bit nervous about having a roller, or any electrically operated door, as the only way out of a building.
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Excellent point. Roller shutters can manually wind in the even of a power cut but they are quite slow on operation especially if there is a fire up your arse 