Garage door price?

[OBBob]

Hi All

Does anyone know the ball park prices for a roller door and a panel lift garage door (standard single car size)? Do they include installation or is it a DIY job? Thanks.

[Ashwood]

I got a couple of quotes for a double width panel lift door including installation & door opener and they came up to about $2.5K. You can get it at Ebay for just below $900 for the door & below $300 for the opener, but you do your own install. I would NOT recommend doing it though unless you've done it before. This is one job which I would say "pay the contractor, it's well worth it". If you want to DIY, go with the roller door, NOT the panel door. I suspect also the ebay one is an older/reject model, as the joint mechanisms are inferior to those I've seen subsequently in a friends' place.

[OBBob]

Yeah I'm tending to think it's not somthing I want to do! OK ... so probably a couple grand for a single.

[Barry_White]

Hi All

Does anyone know the ball park prices for a roller door and a panel lift garage door (standard single car size)? Do they include installation or is it a DIY job? Thanks.

Bob lost track of prices but here is a detailed procedure for installing a Panelift door.

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=16034&highlight=Roller+Door

It's not rocket science and can be accomplished by any one with a few tools.

[Ashwood]

OBBob, if you really want to try a panelift door yourself, make sure the door is custom sized to your opening (esp. height as it's something you may think has leeway ... you may end up having the top panel bend in 45 degrees if too tall) and make sure you have adequate ceiling height above the horizontal portion of the track .. otherwise you'll have a problem with not enough spacing for the panels & motor gears/rod, eg. if your ceiling beams and joists are in the way. Also, there are panels and there are panels. A new well made one has better joints where the panels meet.

And if you still face problems, I guess it's time to ask Barry for help.

[want2learn]

OBBob, if you really want to try a panelift door yourself, make sure the door is custom sized to your opening (esp. height as it's something you may think has leeway ... you may end up having the top panel bend in 45 degrees if too tall) and make sure you have adequate ceiling height above the horizontal portion of the track .. otherwise you'll have a problem with not enough spacing for the panels & motor gears/rod, eg. if your ceiling beams and joists are in the way. Also, there are panels and there are panels. A new well made one has better joints where the panels meet.

And if you still face problems, I guess it's time to ask Barry for help.

Very good points ashwood. I recently converted my carport into a brick garage. It was when the time came to measure up the panel lift door that we realise we should of raised the roof a few brick levels higher. I took the original height and didn't account for a 300mm clearance needed for the tracks. It comes down to mm when your wanting a 4wd to fit with roof racks etc.

Anyway i got my double size panel lift door (5mx2m) and single roller door on the back with the largest merlin motor and 3 controls for $2519 installed from Quicklift doors.

[Ashwood]

That's a good price for what you get. I'll remember Quicklift if I need to do garage doors again. Cheers.