Garage Doors in Harpenden
Automation, Supply, Fitting & Repairs
Harpenden has the widest spread of house types of anywhere we work, from the Victorian and Edwardian villas around the Common and Rothamsted to the 1930s avenues of Southdown and the modern houses on the eastern side towards Batford. All of them have garages, and the right door for one is the wrong door for the next.
It is also a town where a great deal of money goes into extending and renovating, and a new garage door is often the last piece of a project. We are used to matching a door to an architect's drawing rather than the other way round.
Local Knowledge
Period frontages and modern extensions
For the period houses, a steel door in white looks wrong and everyone knows it. Cedar Doors make solid timber doors to your opening, in a boarded or panelled style, that sit properly on a Victorian or Edwardian house. They automate: an up and over with a standard operator, a side hinged pair with a hinge kit. Some of the roads near the Common are within a conservation area, so check with the council before ordering if yours is.
For the extensions and the new builds the trend is clear: a flat panelled sectional door in anthracite grey or a dark timber effect, insulated, with the operator hidden inside. Hormann and Garador both make these well. We fit the Supramatic or the Auto M2 on the double width ones for the extra speed.
And for the many houses in between, a 1930s semi or a 1960s detached with a single up and over door that still works, automation is the cheap answer. A Hormann Promatic on the existing door is £360 plus VAT and £100 to fit, and it turns a door you have to get out of the car for into one you do not.
Repairs & Servicing
Garage Door Repairs in Harpenden
We are a family business with more than four decades of experience, and we will fix any problem with any garage door in Harpenden, 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 Harpenden
Repairs and servicing
Any make, any age, whoever fitted it. Most faults in Harpenden 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 Harpenden
There is no surcharge anywhere within 20 miles of Potters Bar, and that includes all of Harpenden.
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.
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