Garage Doors in Elstree
Automation, Supply, Fitting & Repairs
Elstree is the village on the hill above Borehamwood, and although the two share a council and a postcode, the housing could not be more different. Borehamwood has its own page. This one is for the village: Barham Avenue, Allum Lane, Deacons Hill, the roads off the High Street, and the houses out towards Aldenham Reservoir.
Those are big houses on big plots, many of them rebuilt in the last twenty years, and the garage doors on them are expected to be automatic, quiet and reliable. We look after a good many of them.
Local Knowledge
Rebuilt houses, wide doors, and keeping them running
The rebuilding is the thing to know about Elstree. A great many of the original 1930s houses have been replaced or extended beyond recognition, and the garages that came with them are now double width, integral, and fitted with sectional doors. Those doors are heavy, they are wide, and they need an operator with the power to move them at a decent speed. We fit the Hormann Supramatic or the Garador Auto M2 on doors like this, not the standard unit.
The original houses that remain tend to have a detached garage set back from the road, often with a timber door that has done fifty years. Cedar Doors make a solid timber replacement to the exact opening, and it automates with a hinge kit if it is a side hinged pair. Where the owner would rather not maintain timber, a wood effect steel or glass fibre door gets close from the kerb.
Long drives and gated entrances mean the handset is used from further away than usual. If your remote has to be pointed at the door from the gate to work, that is a receiver or aerial issue we can sort, not something to live with.
Repairs & Servicing
Garage Door Repairs in Elstree
We are a family business with more than four decades of experience, and we will fix any problem with any garage door in Elstree, quickly and with confidence. Stuck, will not close, remote dead, spring gone: ring us. Most calls are answered by Barry himself, and if it needs a visit you will be told straight away and we will get to you quickly.
We service and repair every make, including doors we did not fit. An annual service is the surest way to keep a door on a busy driveway from ever letting you down, and if you would rather we simply came and sorted it than talked you through it, say so and we will.
What We Do
Our Services in Elstree
Repairs and servicing
Any make, any age, whoever fitted it. Most faults in Elstree are sorted on the phone first; a visit only when it is needed. We advise a service once a year.
Automating an existing door
If your current door is sound, this is the cheapest route. Hormann Promatic from £360 + VAT, fitting £100. Two handsets and a wall button included.
New door supplied and fitted
Steel, glass fibre or timber, up and over, sectional or roller. Doors from £540 + VAT, single fitting £100.
Old door removal and new frames
We take the old door and its hardware away, £30 + VAT for a single. New steel or timber frames where the original has rotted, from £120 + VAT.
Supply only for DIY
Fitting it yourself? We give an improved discount on supply only orders for doors and automation equipment.
No travel charge in Elstree
There is no surcharge anywhere within 20 miles of Potters Bar, and that includes all of Elstree.
To quote accurately we need your opening size. That is the wood to wood width and the ground to wood height, measured inside the frame. Send those over with a photo and we will come back with a full price, usually within 1 working day.
Nearby Areas We Cover
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No travel charge, no obligation, and an honest answer about whether your existing door can be automated or repaired before you spend anything.