Doorfit - Keeping You Safe At Browhills

Security is always important if you are a home or business owner. Knowing what is available and how best to achive the desired out come can often be confusing as there are so many products available on the market. A number of organisations and businesses have come together to help.




Doorfit are just one of the partner agencies who were asked by West Midlands Police to provide displays within the Community Safe House in Walsall, West Midlands. Located next to the police station this safe house has been fitted with a range of items that have specifically been designed to enhance the security of any property.



The Doorfit team fitted a up and over garage door, from Garador's Guardian Range approved by Secured by Design, along with an ironmongery display board, to the property. This board featured an array of security devices ideal for both home and bsiness use.



All features within the house, including the up and over doors, were upgraded to the very latest standards, allowing members of the public to see and experience just what’s available today for their homes.  This included doors, windows, locks, alarms and secure external bike racks, all of which carry the police-approved Secured by Design standard.

This facility has the honour of being the first of its kind in the country, and the reported benefits of the Safe House are extensive.  Members of the public are invited to visit the facility at any time, where an officer will be present to answer any questions and discuss what’s been fitted in the property.  This makes it the ideal place for the public to get reliable crime prevention input, information and advice, straight from the police, as well as it being a superb demonstration of how to keep homes safe from burglars.

As Doofit are a highly repected supplier and installer of garage doors across Birmingham and surrounding areas, our experiened team will be more than happy to help you with any queries you may have. Why not visit our site today and see how Doorfit can help make your home or business more secure.

Garage Doors - New CE Legislations

From July 2013 the CE marking for metal and timber garage door products is due to change. From next year the Construction Products Directive (CPD) is set to be replaced by the Construction Products Regulation (CPR), and under this regulation, all products will be legally required to be CE marked.

In the future it will be mandatory for all manufacturers and installers to CE mark.  This is to make sure that all companies are compliant by making sure all products meet industry standards and it is a viable defence against legal claims should accidents occur.

The DHF have produced a best practice guide to help members understand the new legislation and what is required by them when it comes to providing and installing CE marked products.

As members of the DHF, Doorfit are committed to supplying and installing all products in line with the high standards and legislation set out by the CPD, and, when the time comes, the CPR.  That way, you can be confident that when you come to Doorfit for your automatic garage door, you know you’re dealing with a professional company whose products and installation services fully comply with the high standards and legislation outlined by the CPD.

For more information, or to discuss your garage door requirements, please don’t hesitate to give us a call. 

Sexy garage doors

Sexy garage doors ?http://www.doorfit.co.uk/

Ok, so who said up and over garage doors couldn’t be sexy?

A garage door generally takes up a large portion of the front view on a property so choosing the right design is critical. For years the garage door manufacturers have churned out the same designs, the horizontal or vertical ribbed and the square panelled georgians are what we currently see in abundance. Having a wider choice of home improvement products has given us all the opportunity to be different from our neighbours, but what about the garage door I hear you ask !!

We now have the answer, The Garador Design Range. These doors offer a modern take on the garage door giving a minimalistic appearance that suits modern buildings as well as traditional homes.
We also offer a matching FrontGuard front doors to really give any property that WOW factor.

A complete range is available with various window and colour options, for a brochure email us enquiries@doorfit.co.uk , call us on 0121 523 4171 or visit our website www.doorfit.co.uk

Garage Door Types

The following are descriptions and uses for the various garage door types.

Up and Over Garage Doors

Up and over garage doors are the most common and popular type of garage door in use today.

As the name implies they open upwards and then tilt over to they are perpendicular to the roof of the garage.

There are a few different configurations available including standard canopy up and over garage doors and retractable garage doors.

The differences being the canopy door protrudes from the garage (about a third of its size) whereas retractable doors slide back into the roof of the garage.

Retractable doors are easier to convert to an automated mechanism but they have more of an impact on the drive through width. Canopy doors are much easier to install than retractable doors and provide better drive through width.

These differences may seem subtle but they can be very important when it comes to choosing the right door for your garage.

All types of up and over garage doors are typically available in timber, steel, fibreglass and ABS plastic configurations with a variety of styles such as panelled and ribbed finishes.

Side Hinged Garage Doors

Side hinged garage doors are a simple design in use for many years and has become more popular over the past few years with demand increasing considerably.

Side hinged garage doors are traditionally made from wood, and were relatively inexpensive. They also had the benefit of not causing any problems regarding headroom as they open outwards in a saloon door style.

Side hinged garage doors are particularly popular for garages used for storage purposes or as utility spaces as opposed to parking your car. This is because the doors can be opened independently making pedestrian access easier without having to open the whole front of the garage. Some manufacturers enhance this more by offering one and two third opening options to make pedestrian access even easier.

Modern side hinged garage doors are available in timber, steel, ABS Plastic and Glass Enforced Polyester (GRP) in a variety of designs.

Roller Shutter Doors

Roller shutters are made from several individual horizontal slats, typically constructed from steel or aluminium, are fastened together and then a mechanism allows them to roll up and down on a barrel

The benefit of a roller shutter door is that they allow for maximum headroom and width when it comes to drive through space and are usually motorised for ease of opening. The downside is they usually need to be made to measure and manual roller doors are rare. They are also more popular for industrial and commercial use, though they have seen a recent surge in popularity in the home market.

Roller shutters are fairly standard in design but the slats are available in many differing styles and designs to best suit your needs including severs colours and finishes such as a wood grain effect.

Sectional Garage Doors

Sectional garage doors are becoming one of the most popular garage door types in the UK and already have a huge presence in the US.

Sectional garage doors are similar to both up and over garage doors and roller shutters, offering a large amount of versatility and drive through space.

The garage door is split into several large horizontal sections, usually four or five, making them similar to roller shutters, however these sections do into roll around a barrel (indeed they are too large for that) but instead slide up and into the garage on tracks similar to up and over garage doors however as they follow a track, which are fitted inside the door frame, they have allow maximum headroom and wide for drive through purposes.

They come in manual and automated versions and the manual sectional garage doors can be converted to automatic easily enough.

As the track is not in line with the door frame but behind it, it means the shape of the door frame is of no matter when it comes to sectional garage doors.

Sectional garage doors come in a wide range of finishes and materials such as steel, fiberglass and wood paneled, and due to their versatility size is not an issue when it comes to any paneling or finishes.

For more information on the types of garage doors available or for professional fitting of garage doors, contact Doorfit on 0800 2888 155. We have a wide range of garage doors in stock.