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n30_mkii

n30_mkii

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Ok so I've been looking to replace our front door and garage door as both are old and drafty. For the garage door I've seen some options and I think settled on the Hormann LPU42 sectional door with promatic operator. It felt much stronger and has better insulation than any of the roller door options we looked at. For the front door we're thinking of going with Solidor again as we had one in the past which was great on our old house.

For the Horman LPU42, has anyone got any longer term feedback about them? I'm thinking we might install a wall button inside the house which we can use to open it alongside the remotes. We won't be parking a car in the garage it's very much my workshop and storage space, it also has a side entrance door so likely won't keep the remote fobs on us all the time.

I can see solidor have had some bad reviews in the last couple of years. Our previous one was great with no issues, but wondered what people's thoughts on them these days are? Our local well regarded fitters locally are all still using them which I guess says something. The only downside is we were hoping for a modern glass with leading in it i.e. the abstract glass they offer, but they only have very limited options in the long rectangular frame top to bottom (amalfi style) which is a shame.
 
The only thing i'd say is question if you really need the garage door powered?

If you're not bringing cars in and out daily a well installed roller or sectional type door is very easy to open by hand and far quicker than a powered on. I have 2x roller doors on my garage and it takes less than 2 seconds to either lift or put them down, compared to a friends powered one which seems to take forever in comparison.
 
sovietspybob said:
If you're not bringing cars in and out daily a well installed roller or sectional type door is very easy to open by hand and far quicker than a powered on. I have 2x roller doors on my garage and it takes less than 2 seconds to either lift or put them down, compared to a friends powered one which seems to take forever in comparison.
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have an inherited manual gliderol 10yrs old - I too wouldn't want liability of electrical ones reliability/maintenance - but the manual ones take a fair bit of force to raise and lower in a controlled way,
in particular so it doesn't roll upwards to fast (nacking mechanism) and closing it is like an arm exercise for the gym.
(have done some maintenance on the tracks and nylon webbing that is the runner on the moving door)
 
jpaul said:
have an inherited manual gliderol 10yrs old - I too wouldn't want liability of electrical ones reliability/maintenance - but the manual ones take a fair bit of force to raise and lower in a controlled way,
in particular so it doesn't roll upwards to fast (nacking mechanism) and closing it is like an arm exercise for the gym.
(have done some maintenance on the tracks and nylon webbing that is the runner on the moving door)
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Yeah i have heard that from some people, mine must be really well balanced on its springs as my 6 year old daughter can do ours. When they were being installed the guys did say there's a real knack to doing it properly so they glide well in both directions with minimal effort.
 
Re the front door, here are some possible brands:

Endurance Doors
Hallmark Doors & Panels Ltd
Rockdoor
Solidor

I notice Endurance Doors has a 4.8 rating on Trustpilot. It would be worth checking the others to see if they're on Trustpilot.
 
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I have a motor on my up and over garage door and it was best thing I have done. Yes it is slower than manual but it doesn't bang shut or open.
I also have two wall switches which you just connect to the output on the main unit which means you can have one anywhere in your house if you run the wire.
Even if you are not putting your car away it is nice just pressing the fob or switch.
 
We got an Endurance front door and it’s superb - absolutely superb. We didn’t go cheap though. It’s important to have good installers - which thankfully we did.

Garage door is a Novoferm roller door (automatic) and again it’s brilliant.
 
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n30_mkii said:
Ok so I've been looking to replace our front door and garage door as both are old and drafty. For the garage door I've seen some options and I think settled on the Hormann LPU42 sectional door with promatic operator. It felt much stronger and has better insulation than any of the roller door options we looked at. For the front door we're thinking of going with Solidor again as we had one in the past which was great on our old house.

For the Horman LPU42, has anyone got any longer term feedback about them? I'm thinking we might install a wall button inside the house which we can use to open it alongside the remotes. We won't be parking a car in the garage it's very much my workshop and storage space, it also has a side entrance door so likely won't keep the remote fobs on us all the time.

I can see solidor have had some bad reviews in the last couple of years. Our previous one was great with no issues, but wondered what people's thoughts on them these days are? Our local well regarded fitters locally are all still using them which I guess says something. The only downside is we were hoping for a modern glass with leading in it i.e. the abstract glass they offer, but they only have very limited options in the long rectangular frame top to bottom (amalfi style) which is a shame.
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I have a Hormann sectional insulated door with promatic - I'll check which model.
I use it everyday to put the car away and it was installed on the detached garage a food few years before I moved in ( 9 years ago) and it's been very reliable.
 
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