Subscribe now and choose from over 30 free gifts worth up to £49 - Plus get £25 to spend in our shop
Can anyone recommend a good, secure side-hinged garage door please? I won't be storing a car in there but a few bikes and would like to get something that has multiple locks and good insulation. I've seen a few recommendations online for Carteck, but no idea on prices.
Does anyone have any recommendations and also any idea of price for a standard single garage door? Thanks 🙂
No advice, sorry, but watching with interest as have wonder about replacing the up and over door on the garage in my new house to a double (possibly asymmetric) to allow easy pedestrian entry (hopefully only for those with the key).
Another recommendation for Carteck I'm afraid - not cheap but very nice. This our order:
Carteck 40mm thick twin walled and insulated side hinged garage door set with pre-installed goalpost fixing frame and threshold. High quality stainless steel lever/lever handles, mortice lock with keys (active leaf), flush shoot bolts top and bottom (inactive leaf) and telescopic door stays included. All round rubber seals. Made to measure.
Model : Horizontal Solid
Finish : Smooth
Colour : White
Size (exact external frame size) : 2225mm wide x 2110mm high
Split and hinged: 2/3 1/3 (approx.) split and right hand leaf leading when viewed from outside
3 no. type I rectangular windows (610mm x 270mm); 2 windows in 2/3 leaf; 1 window in 1/3 leaf; windows arranged horizontally*; panes in satin finish
Heavy duty raised aluminium threshold. Bottom of door leaves close into a soft rubber lined rebate for improved security and draught proofing
Delivery
Supply only price = £1500 inc VAT
Our door
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Ours just has the standard top and bottom bolts but seems pretty good - there is a more secure option if I remember correctly.
Fitted it myself as the fitters wanted about £350 and it wasn't difficult. Asymetric doors work really well for us as this isn't actually a garage, more of a utility room and we rarely need both doors open. It replaced a 35 year old glass fibre up and over sectional door.
Fitting a side hinged door was the most useful home improvement I've done. Access is so easy, no more braining my self on a slightly dropper up and over.
Fairly easy to fit with a helping hand.
Security is way better than previous, as always the weak point is the Euro lock. Can't remember the brand of the top of my head but it was a mid range UK made one, no insulation.
Another recommendation for Carteck I’m afraid – not cheap but very nice. This our order:
That's great, thanks. I'm not looking for windows so that may bring the price down, although looking for black with vertical sections so that'll probably bring it back up lol. Can I ask where you ordered from please? And do you think it's secure enough? I don't need it massively secure as I had a bog standard door for about 7 years with normal shed bolts on the inside, and didn't have any issues. Fancy something a bit better this time though.
Windows didn't make much of a difference to the price and are quite nice to have (frosted so not really a security issue). I used Arridge Garage Doors.
I had good service from Lathams on a single security door. Looks like they do side hinged double garage doors too
https://www.lathamssteeldoors.co.uk/security-garage-doors/