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Can anyone recommend me a good place to buy a new garage door ?
Would want it delivered
Up and over type
Good/excellent security
Not mega mega priced
Put a new roof on and new side door with added locks etc, just need a new door now
Edd
I have yet to see an up and over type door with good/excellent security to be honest.
I have yet to see an up and over type door with good/excellent security to be honest.
This.
But its not hard to make them quite reasonably secure using nothing more then a length of scaff pipe & two scaff hold clamps.
That's what I was thinking sport.
Think you dropped your key there Edd.
http://www.gardenideapicture.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Garden-Spade.jpg
Get a roller door IMO.
^ easy was around that, as I said previously.
16v Nova Kev
16-11-12, 06:25 PM
Meh. I have and electric roller shutter. No chunt getting there
I have yet to see an up and over type door with good/excellent security to be honest.
The one i have on my garage at my old place had a pin either side that came out when locking/shutting it, that was pretty secure, i caught some pikey hanging off it with a crowbar once lol
This.
But its not hard to make them quite reasonably secure using nothing more then a length of scaff pipe & two scaff hold clamps.
i will put extra security on it whatever i buy tbh
^ easy was around that, as I said previously.
Not on my council garage. /Said the same time I posted. lol
Meh. I have and electric roller shutter. No chunt getting there
IMO these are just as easy to get through as a normal up & over. Makes a bit of noise doing it, but still just as easy.
Get a roller door IMO.
mega bucks tho
Not on my council garage.
No I mean an easy way around stopping people using a spade or run/jump opening.
mega bucks tho
I know what you're saying like. I just think they're far superior in every way. Plus can be beefed up to make them even better.
The problem with Mikes method is the fact you then have to swing a 6' scaffy bar around next to your pride and joy whenever you want the door open!
after the attempted break in at my old place i just connected the door to the mains lol
never had any bother after that
No I mean an easy way around stopping people using a spade or run/jump opening.
I know what you mean. When the only access to the garage is through the main door though, your options are severely limited.
Not like when you have side door/house access.
I know what you're saying like. I just think they're far superior in every way. Plus can be beefed up to make them even better.
i couldn't fit a roller door anyway as there is no room to mount it due to the roof being low on the garage itself
The problem with Mikes method is the fact you then have to swing a 6' scaffy bar around next to your pride and joy whenever you want the door open!
Much rather that then wake up to an empty garage :thumb:
And other then this, you have not many cheap, effective options either.
Meat tin keys open them bags of sh1t.
I wouldnt bother.
get some steel ones made or wooden type.
I get ya Edd ^
If the garage is part of the house, I recommend having another PIR sensor fitted in there, so it is part of your house alarm - if you have one.
Can also have a shock sensor on the door, again part of the alarm.
Whatever door you have, I would be adding some thick angle iron to the sides and bottom, and padlocking it to the wall/ground personally.
tbh crime aint that bad round here, even less of it since i moved
the door i have is mega rusty, frame is crap, so just need something to replace it with
beefing it up will happen
i just cant find anywhere that doesn't either want 600+ for a door or looks like a pikey place to shop
Address please. :d
My garage is about 80' away from the front of the house at the bottom of garden, and faces onto a main road, so I don't give anyone a chance. lol
Tried Garador in Yeovil? Not sure if they do individual sales though
turbojolt
16-11-12, 07:47 PM
Ive got a electric up and over door and is so fooking slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, i would much rather have the standard up and over manual door with a padlocked metal bar and concrete posts for added security if i owned this house
Meat tin keys open them bags of sh1t.
I wouldnt bother.
get some steel ones made or wooden type.
what he said! its not hard to make steel doors, i'll do it if you pm me the sizes lol
mk1nova_rich
16-11-12, 08:43 PM
How about one of these... http://www.unionindustries.co.uk/doors/ramdoor.htm
Give us a ring for a quote lollol might be a bit pricey
make some wooden double doors. you can fit all the security you need. and as a bonus, you can open one side when running the engine up
Jon_nova1
16-11-12, 09:22 PM
never thought of putting an anchor point into the cement and putting a lock at the bottom of the garage? the only way in then is to get the garage of its hinges, or cut the lock
never thought of putting an anchor point into the cement and putting a lock at the bottom of the garage? the only way in then is to get the garage of its hinges, or cut the lock
my neighbour thought that too... till he locked his house keys inside his garage... it took me less than 10 seconds to get in without any signs of a break in...
fact 1. most locks & hasps are cheap & easy to break.
fact 2. most up & over doors are not secure either..
pottersrebel
16-11-12, 09:41 PM
i work for a big private house builder and we use up and over doors on a house selling for approx £300,000 we have a garage door that opens when locked with a good side to side shake, obv not fitted right but just goes to show how easy up and over doors are to open. imo you need a removable security post in front of the door but even that isnt fool proof.
make some wooden double doors. you can fit all the security you need. and as a bonus, you can open one side when running the engine up
This is what I have. Two huge heavy wooden doors, and inside, two thick joists that slot in above each other.
Stops the doors being pried open, torn off etc. Nothing is foolproof, but this is pretty good.
L33 LEG
17-11-12, 10:21 AM
i couldn't fit a roller door anyway as there is no room to mount it due to the roof being low on the garage itself
Exactly the same problem as i had with my garage, my old roller shutter broke and was really small. I got a new one off ebay (exactly the same as the £1k+ ones you get from most places) and i reversed the fittings and fitted it to the outside of my house. Looks really neat and definetly better than an up and over. The gseller said he wasnt sure if it would work the other way round but after screwing it back on the opposite side and a few other things it works perfectly.
A quick pic to show which i mean, think i paid £300 or so for it and iirc was collected from stoke area but they'll probably deliver.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/L33LEG/new%20house%20project/DSC00548.jpg
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