Case Study – Lakes Doors

Case Study: Sectional Garage Doors Wilmslow, Cheshire

admin — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:24:13 +0000

A recent installation of two Garador sectional garage doors Wilmslow, Cheshire.

Brief: Garage Doors Wilmslow

We are undertaking a major renovation and extension of a house in Wilmslow, Cheshire for a client and require two garage doors. Whilst insulation is not critical as there are no rooms above the garage. The garage is integral to the house so the door should be at least draught proof. The garage doors will be automated. This particular client is very concerned with safety, so would like the doors to be as safe as possible. The property is in a Tudor style and we are looking something which will sit comfortably on the house without specifically trying to match.

Products Used:

The garage doors chosen to fit this brief were Garador Linear Medium sectional garage doors. The client felt that this design with the woodgrain finish sat well with the rest of the house without trying be be anything they were not. These door are available with two levels of insulation – Standard and Premium. Standard insulation is 20mm thick at the thinnest point, Premium 42mm, both doors have the same level of weather sealing. As there are no rooms above the garage Standard insulation was sufficient for this project.

Finally the garage door operators chosen were the Garador Garamatic 20. The Garamatic 20 has a very powerful 1000n motor which comes as standard and also safety photocells. Photocells strike an infra red beam across the garage opening, if this beam is broken when the door is closing the door will stop and reverse. They have no effect on the opening of the doors.

Lakes Garage Doors

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Case Study: Extra Large Sectional Garage Door Kirkby Stephen, Lake District

admin — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:11:07 +0000

A recent installation of an extra large sectional garage door in the Lake District. This door was 6 metres wide but we have installed similar doors up to 8 metres wide,

Brief:

We are building a large new garage at my property in the Lake District and I need to be able to easily get 2 big cars in and out. I thought that an extra large sectional garage door might be suitable. We have seen a Novoferm Satin Grey sectional door at one of your other jobs and would like something the same or very similar. The door will obviously need to be automatic and I would also like 4 handsets.

Products used:

Due to the size of the opening being nearly 6 meters we were unable to fit the Novoferm sectional door requested as the largest door they do is 5.5 metres wide. Fortunately we were able to use instead the Garador extra large sectional door. The Garador Titan Metallic finish is near identical to the Novoferm Satin Grey finish . The style of door the customer chose is Linear Medium. Due to the size of the door we used a Novoferm Novomatic 803 S operator which is designed for very heavy doors and intensive use.

Extra Large Sectional Garage Door

It was found that for this job that the Garador Sectional was the best in this case. However, there were other makes of extra large sectional garage doors we could have used. Carteck make a similar sectional door which is available up to 8 metres wide. To achieve this, they utilise their industrial door running gear for the domestic garage door sections. In addition, they use the industrial door motor of their sister company Techentrup.

Lakes Garage Doors

Lakes Doors have an extensive portfolio of different garage doors from different manufacturers. We can fulfil your garage door needs however unusual. See our range and get in touch.