Converting the space above your garage can increase the value of your property by up to 20%. In terms of ‘adding value’ it is often one of the most cost effective solutions, as a lot of the structural work is already there and you usually don’t need to dig any new foundations. The mark of a property is often judged in bedrooms and increasing the count from three to four can often provide surprising jumps in value, particularly if it involves adding another en suit bathroom at the same time. Read More…
ABi Doors has recently provided two, fully glazed, Hörmann ALR67 Thermo industrial sectional doors for the brand new Albert’s Schloss bar in Manchester.
Billed as a ‘Bier Palace & Cook Haus’ and situated in the heart of Manchester’s Peter Street, the Grade II listed building has recently received a £3.5 million conversion by the recently formed Mission Mars group. A dream team whose ranks include Joel Wilkinson and Adelaide Winter of the Trof Group and Revolution Bar founders Roy Ellis and Neil Macleod. Read More…
A garage door is usually the largest and heaviest moving part of any home and as with any large moving object there are a number of potential risks and hazards associated with it. Safety legislation and garage door technology has, however, come a long way in recent years and most of the risks have been effectively minimised. Read More…
Not all electric garage doors are made equal and unfortunately there can be big differences in the security features offered, not only between manufacturers but even between the types of garage door that an automation system is installed on. Read More…
Electric garage doors, or to use their proper name, electrically operated automatic garage doors, first started to appear in America in the 1930’s but it wasn’t until after the second world war that electric garage doors were becoming commercially available. By the 1970’s garage door automation systems were looking something like the products we would recognise today. Read More…
