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Hormann 2004 Georgian design retractable plus door installed in Bradford

Hormann Georgian Up and Over Garage Door in White

The Brief

We were contacted by a customer who wanted to replace their existing manual up and over garage door. They were in the process of renovating the front of their concrete garage and wanted a new automatic door. Up and over garage doors come in two ‘flavours’ – canopy and retractable. Often older manual doors will be using canopy door gear. Canopy door gear is not as easy to automate and the mechanism required reduces the drive through height.

In this case, an automatic up and over door would mean replacing the existing canopy door with a retractable type mechanism. Unfortunately, retractable door gear reduces the drive through width slightly.

(For more information on canopy and retractable door gear see our full article here)

https://abigaragedoors.co.uk/garage-doors-canopy-retractable-door-gear/

Our Solution

Hormann retractable up and over doors are available with ‘retractable plus’ door gear. With retractable plus gear the pivot arms are positioned higher on the frame, above the height of most vehicle wing mirrors. This effectively eliminates any reduction in drive through width. Installing a Hormann retractable plus door allowed our customer to have the Georgian design they preferred with a fully automatic system.

Installation

As the customer was renovating the front of their garage, we needed to make sure that the installation fitted in with the customer’s schedule. We removed the old canopy door and timber frame, replacing it with the fully automatic Hormann retractable plus door.

For more information on our garage door services in Bradford visit our homepage.

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Absolutely fabulous! A beautiful garage door, fitted superbly, good communication and support, reasonable price. Highly recommend.
Cath Jespers
Cath Jespers
18:05 02 Sep 21
Sharon Normanton
Sharon Normanton
09:59 02 Sep 21
Excellent service from friendly and helpful sales staff, surveyors and fitters. The installation date was arranged well in advance and the fitters called in advance of arrival to check everything was okay. Installation was carried out efficiently and without fuss, with a good briefing on how the door works. The door itself is excellent quality and the price point was very competitive for such a quality product.Very happy and would highly recommend.
Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson
19:53 26 Aug 21
Helpful, great service and very happy with garage door, lovely chaps on day fitted it and company kept us up to date during the whole process from ordering to fitting. We are very happy
lizzy four bears
lizzy four bears
12:33 24 Aug 21
I would recommend this company as we are really pleased with the results. We had the roller door + side door fitted on our garage. There was a delay in the doors arriving, due to covid etc, but I was kept up to date with progress. The fitters arrived on time, they were good workers who explained how our electric roller door worked,they made sure we fully understood everything. Everything was left finished + no mess made. Thank you ABi garage doors.
Margaret
Margaret
10:37 19 Aug 21
Excellent service from initial contact and survey through to installation. All staff were friendly and helpful. The quality of the garage door is superb. The fitters worked to a very high standard - the finish was excellent. All waste was taken away and there was a follow up email to ensure I was satisfied with the work.
Rebecca Lund
Rebecca Lund
08:15 11 Aug 21
Decided to use ABi Doors for the installation of a new garage door due to their very positive reviews.Though the garage door took some time to arrive, this is understandable with the supply shortages and present climate. Recently had the door fitted and was left impressed by the attitude of the fitters, quality of the door and all round workmanship.Attention to detail and courteous throughout, whilst keeping the customer engaged. Would happily recommend.
Hassan _
Hassan _
14:01 09 Aug 21
Excellent service & I was a very needy pain but Grace was patient & very very helpful.Definitely recommend this company !!
Vicky Gough
Vicky Gough
16:59 23 Jul 21
Excellent Service from a five star company. After calling several other firms we chose these people because their staff were polite, knowledgeable and very helpful.On the day of the appointment to do the work fitting a new motor and mechanism their engineer was superb.We won't hesitate to use them again, as we have a lot of garage and unit doors.Well done to everyone concerned.John Getty, Chairman PDS Engineering, Nelson.
John Getty
John Getty
22:46 22 Jul 21
Excellent service - team that fitted the door were polite and completed the job efficiently and ensured that they left the garage clean and tidy. Highly recommended.
Paul howarth
Paul howarth
13:10 21 Jul 21
After a different company (no names no pack drill) came out and failed to do anything other than look confused at our none working Horrman doors I contacted ABI.In short - absolutely bloody brilliant!!No messing about, knew exactly what the problem was and fixed it in short order.Offered advice on ongoing maintenance. Polite, friendly, efficient - BRILLIANT. Can highly recommend ABI.
Magnus Roche
Magnus Roche
08:50 19 Jul 21
Had my garage door serviced recently. The technician found a serious fault that could have meant the door falling onto my car. He was very helpful, courteous and professional.
Mike Mooney
Mike Mooney
09:51 17 Jul 21
My garage door was stuck fast and the side door had no key, it was impossible to get into the garage at all. Chris arrived within the time allotted and drilled out the side door lock and fitted a new one, he then got through the garage to open the garage door which was stuck. He spent about an hour with us, he was polite and friendly and self-assured. The office staff were also very pleasant to deal with, they have answered all queries and issues via email and phone promptly and the company were a pleasure to work with. The cost was reasonable for the time and task involved.
Kamlesh Hunjan
Kamlesh Hunjan
21:40 13 Jul 21
My garage door mechanism broke and I'd had to release the spring tension to unwrap the wires in order to get the door closed one day, these were in a poor state and had clearly been slipping for some time. After a month or so of struggling to heave the door open I decided to get it fixed before I caused any further damage.Found ABi on Google after just a generic search for people in my area, had a quick look around the website and gave the number a call. Provided some information over the phone about the problem (mostly terms I'd seen when I googled how to fix it myself and figured it required a pro!). I was quoted a price and booked in for around a weeks time - it wasn't an emergency so didn't mind the wait, plus it speaks volumes for a company if they're in demand and busy.Got a call a couple of days later to say there was a cancellation appointment and was I available for someone to come that afternoon - which they did. The engineer took a look then dissapeared inside my garage for an hour or so. Banging, drilling and probably some light cursing later he emerged victorious.. "It almost beat me", but it hadn't and despite the complexities which are far beyond my comprehension I now had a working, very springy garage door mechanism.The price I was quoted over the phone was the price I paid, invoice came in the post and it was easy to phone up and pay by card.Thanks ABi..
Jordan Bentley
Jordan Bentley
12:52 13 Jul 21
From start to finish, the fitting of our lovely new garage door has been professional. The office staff were helpful and pleasant to deal with and the initial consultation and installation team were very efficient and did an excellent job of leaving us clean and tidy. Very impressed with this company and a refreshing change to have such fabulous customer service.
Yvonne Launder
Yvonne Launder
10:48 25 Jun 21
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