This has prompted me to order a fire extinguisher as I’m doing lots of welding on the garage.
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Yes, it’s mainly the fire up your arse thing I’d be worried about!
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My 36 year old garage door is the ubiquitous metal up and overhead type which has a lockable handle on the outside but when locked cannot be opened from the inside. So this issue is not only subject to electric doors.
Maybe it’s unusual to have a ‘enclosed’ garage with just the one big door, and not an additional little secondary door that either leads out in the garden or into an auxiliary room and through to the house.
Anyway, intend to have an upgrade soon and on my wish list 
Hormann D-Ribbed Silkgrain LPU42 Insulated Sectional Garage Door
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Roller garage doors are a terrible idea.
Who wants garage doors without windows. 
We have a similar insulated Hormann. Never malfunctioned and the house is significantly warmer in winter. Security is better too…
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That could be an interesting option, Debs. I like the look of that door.
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Cor blimey, a question that I can offer some input to! When I purchased my current property as a new build, I had a conversation with the builder about the garage as it looked promising to use for table tennis. As well as being a good size it had reasonable height for table tennis and I mentioned that the structure of traditional up and over door would take some of that ceiling height advantage away. The builder suggested, and installed a 16 foot wide Hormann roller door. Although I never installed the table tennis table I kind of like the door. After 11.5 years it has had some issues, and twice had a chewed up cable replaced. Initial teething problems with the control unit were sorted (under warranty) by a company that specialise in Hormann doors, as the the original installer could not resolve the issue. So, perhaps, reliability may be a slight issue, but if I had to replace it I would probably still go for another roller.
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We had a sectional, insulated door fitted to a new garage about 5 years ago in our previous house. We looked at a wicket door and were very impressed with the construction. In the end, our rear access meant we didn’t need the door and so we saved the cost. We went with Garador and had a RAL colour to match the aluminium car port.
As @james_n will recall, our old house was very near his so it would be easy to walk by and have a look! We used a local company whose details I would be happy to pass on and the fact it could be made to the width and height we wanted was a real bonus. A sectional door doesn’t need space in front of it and this can be helpful depending on your circumstances.
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Thanks @ppmitch and @By-Tor. Useful info, thank you. Just getting quotes for a new boiler and heating system upgrades, so garage door will follow after that. @By-Tor , if you can pass on details of your local installer then that would be appreciated. I hope you’re enjoying your new house.
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One thing that happened to me with roller doors was when it rained grit got splashed up from the drive (either sand from block paving or just dirt from stone driveway) and then when doors went up and down the grit put scratches in the paint/powder coat. Worth washing them down to clear grit off every few months IMHO.
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That’s a good point - our door does get grit splashed up from the block paving when we get really heavy rain (much more common these days).
Not the installer, but all of the significant work on the door (e.g. when the cables were replaced) completed by Garage Doors Lancashire, was Garage Doors (Northern) Ltd, which is based in Preston.
Yes, I had this too, but in my case this was because my original drive was self binding gravel and it was not good at all. The drive was always dusty and gritty and had many problems. Now replaced with a bound resin drive.
I just replied to this, but reply is attached to my original comment.
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We had these installed earlier this year, insulated side opening doors. There is nothing electrical to go wrong and they are light as a feather to open. Because they have a threshold they are sealed all round. There is a room above the garage and it’s made a nice difference. The main motivation to spend the money was when we had our heat pump and solar installed, as the garage contains the hot water tank and the batteries. We wanted it to be both warmer and more secure. An added benefit is that they close silently.
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Hi @james_n
New house is great thanks and in the spirit of this thread, it came with two garages - double the fun!
Our original build was carried out by Wolverine Garage Doors in Berkshire. I can’t recall the cost but they were a good mix of quality and price.
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Super - thanks for that. Looks like they are still going so I will give them a call.
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