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[Andy B]

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Just had an email quotation, remote controlled electric roller door. £1,600 pfffffff....siiiiigh.

Better get your name down on the OT list then 

[chrisgixer]

Think I'll fix the old one.

(WHEN it breaks again)

[05omegav6]

The one I linked to only needs an inch either side

[chrisgixer]

90mm I thought, looking at the chart. 125mm for a double.

Or bring the brackets in, but make the fixing wider. Narrows the opening, but who cares...?

[05omegav6]

Replace the existing frame with 4"x4" posts

[TheBoy]

Don't believe anyone who claims to be able to get a ceiling mounted opener to work with them.

Little bro has, but they are a pain to set up, and the additional arm hangs low enough to cause scalp damage.

[TheBoy]

TB's garage has two or three bricks extra width either side of the door for instance. Mine has a 3 inch wooden frame, then half a brick. Not much room for gubbins on the end.

Its no wider, nothing was wider than the door frame. Height, esp if you want to electrify it, could be an issue.

[Marks DTM Calib]

The trouble with a roller shutter is that you have a large roller section at the top of the assembly so head room, particularly in domestic installs, is compromised.

[chrisgixer]

The height the roller door opens too may be very similar to the height of the up and over canopy door.

The difference being the new door will only be an inch wide strip across the opening I have to duck under. Where as the existing door is a 6 foot square area right over where I use the garage most. At the opening working on cars. I spend the entire time stooped over. ...it's not even useful when it rains as its wood and leaks through the slats.

[Gaffers]

I quite like the American roller doors which follow a track on the ceiling.  Easy to automate and no more problems with head clearance than a canopy type.

Are they available in the UK?

[tunnie]

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Just had an email quotation, remote controlled electric roller door. £1,600 pfffffff....siiiiigh.

Better get your name down on the OT list then 

£1.6k 

Sod that. It's only a door 

[Marks DTM Calib]

I quite like the American roller doors which follow a track on the ceiling.  Easy to automate and no more problems with head clearance than a canopy type.

Are they available in the UK?

Yes, they are 'up n over doors' from memory.

They do result in 2.2m of your ceiling being covered with the door open so can obscure lights in that area.

But yes, they are probably the better solution in reality.

[Gaffers]

I quite like the American roller doors which follow a track on the ceiling.  Easy to automate and no more problems with head clearance than a canopy type.

Are they available in the UK?

Yes, they are 'up n over doors' from memory.

They do result in 2.2m of your ceiling being covered with the door open so can obscure lights in that area.

But yes, they are probably the better solution in reality.

I recall many of the ones I have seen have a light included in the motor body to help with that, but yes you are right, that's a lot of ceiling to cover.

[Kevin Wood]

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Just had an email quotation, remote controlled electric roller door. £1,600 pfffffff....siiiiigh.

Better get your name down on the OT list then 

£1.6k 

Sod that. It's only a door 

I don't doubt that you could by the door and DIY fit it in a couple of hours for half that.

[Kevin Wood]

The trouble with a roller shutter is that you have a large roller section at the top of the assembly so head room, particularly in domestic installs, is compromised.

Yes, it does depend on having the height above the door frame. If you do have that height, though, it takes up less usable space than any other solution, IMHO.