Roll-up garage doors, also known as rolling steel or coiling doors, are a space-saving and durable solution commonly used in commercial and industrial settings, though they’re also suitable for residential garages with limited ceiling space. These doors consist of narrow horizontal slats that roll up into a compact coil above the opening, allowing for maximum clearance and efficient use of space. Built for strength and security, roll-up doors are typically made from heavy-duty steel or aluminum and are designed to withstand frequent use and harsh environments. They require minimal maintenance and offer excellent resistance to weather, fire, and tampering, making them ideal for high-traffic or high-security areas.
Roller garage doors are one of the most popular replacement garage door types installed within the UK.
Although they may all look the same, do ask a lot of questions when it comes to the basic build, components, security and safety features, as well as the guarantee periods and make sure it is clear to you what you are potentially buying. There are a lot of low quality, even illegal roller garage doors sold on the UK market, which have been purely manufactured down to the lowest possible specification and price, but they will potentially waste your money and need replacing within a very short period of time.
Roller garage doors fall into two basic categories – Steel single skin and double skin aluminium and this steel roller garage door type is perfectly suited for a lower security budget application, especially if you only want a manually operated door.
A basic single skin steel roller shutter garage door is a great option for when you are either on a budget or there is little requirement for any performance from the garage door.
The real beauty of this roller door is its simplicity and lightweight design and components keeping the safety of the door guaranteed and every door is compliant with all the latest regulations concerning a door of this type. With the electric motor option you automatically get a safety reverse based on resistance from an obstruction. There is no requirement for complicated infra red beams or bottom edge detection systems as the external motor drive uses a whole different method for obstacle detection.
Just another insulated electric roller door you might ask? What is different? High quality aluminium double wall slat curtain for insulation and noise reduction. Choice of high quality trend colours, of the moment.
Electric operation – But how is it controlled? Simple. A simple, internal wall mounted push button or external mounted key switch, or both. Save money on remote controls and safety systems when you only use your garage as another room and not for your car. Button operation makes sense for anyone with an integral garage who is mainly entering the garage on foot..
The electric operated insulated aluminium roller door is one of the most popular types of garage doors in the UK as they can fit into most garages, regardless of size and shape, although most roller doors are single sizes generally with the sectional door preferred for larger garages.
Single width garage sizes are generally between about 2.2m and 2.6m wide and around 2m – 2.2m high and the doors are always made to measure to the millimetre.
The insulated aluminium roller doors are made to measure as standard on the width and the height for optimising the garage opening. Visit our extensive showroom and see more than 10 different types of roller shutters doors, all working to show the specific differences.
Control your roller garage door from your smartphone!
What is a ‘Smart’ garage door? In its basic specification it will generally be an electrically operated, aluminium, foam-filled and double-skinned roller door that uses a control panel and receiver system connected via a smart home system. This is connected to a broadband router in your home. This will then enable the use of a free app on your smartphone or tablet to control the roller door from anywhere in the world.
When you do not have the headroom in your garage but you want a garage door with exceptional security, durability and strength, then we offer the superb Vortex roller garage door. Whilst it is not an insulated roller garage door, it is a high performance, high specification garage door, even when judged against other door types.
With a 40-50% smaller size roll and hood cover than traditional roller garage doors, and a patented lath design to manage this small roll size, it offers incredible performance as a door. The box cover size is only 165mm x 165mm at any width.
