Home Improvement Blog
When choosing a garage door, as with any home improvement product, there will be aspects of its looks and maintenance which will sway your decision. While all Garador one-piece doors are manufactured using high strength reinforcing steel bracing to ensure rigidity and longevity, the material used on the surface face of your door needs to be carefully chosen to suite your requirements.
Steel garage doors offer a great combination of robust construction and excellent value for money. They are available in a wide range of attractable styles to suit modern or traditional homes. Our steel doors are supplied finished in white or brown as standard.
Timber garage doors combine the warmth and beauty of real wood and the very best of Garador garage door engineering. Supplied treated with a microporous neutralising base stain*, Garador timber doors are designed to be stained to suit your requirements, and require regular care and attention to retain their good looks. *except Cavendish, which is supplied untreated.
GRP (Glass Reinforced Polyester) garage doors offer the user a low maintenance finish combined with unrivalled aesthetics. With the choice of gloss white or authentic woodgrain finish in eight colour options, the range of popular designs with crisp, clean detailing will complement any house style. GRP garage doors need only the occasional wipe down to retain their quality finish.
Garador garage doors are available to fit most garage openings. All styles of door can be ordered in one-car size (typically between 2134mm (7’0”) and 2439 (8’0”) wide, and 1984 (6’6”) and 2136mm (7’0”) high), and the majority also come in double size (4269mm (14’0”) wide). In addition, many doors are available purpose-made to suit your requirements, up to 4269mm (14’0”) in width and 2439 (8’0”) in height. The choice of size for your door may be complicated by the construction of your garage, and we recommend that you consult us before making your final choice.
Garador offers three basic types of manual operation to choose from, as well as the optional luxury of radio remote-controlled opening. The most extensive range of designs is in the single one-piece up and over door, which is available with two options.
The Canopy Door which operates in vertical tracks on the door’s side-frame, and when fully opened, forms a canopy of about one-third of the door’s height above the opening.
The Retractable Door which is guided by horizontal tracks inside the garage, and recedes completely when fully opening.
Double Garage Doors are also guided by horizontal tracks inside the garage, and are designed to ensure that operation is as effortless and smooth as a single door.
The Sectional Door. Opened by a vertical lift action, guided by fixed vertical and horizontal tracks, the sectional door has the advantage of having no out-swing when opening or closing, allowing for close parking either side of the door. Ideal for use with larger vehicles, such as 4×4s and people carriers, sectional doors are also climate-sealed when installed.
Radio remote-controlled electric operation. All new Garador up & over sectional doors are capable of being electrically operated using our range of automatic operators. They are also suitable for retro-fitting to most existing garage door installations. See the separate section for details.