Garage door work in Coffs Harbour
Whether it is a new double door for a new house, a roller door for the shed or a repair to a door that has started grinding, the job starts the same way: tell us what it is and roughly where you are.
Two local things are worth thinking about before you choose a new door. Parts of Coffs Harbour flood quickly after heavy rain, and parts of the city are mapped as bush fire prone land.
Flash flooding below the escarpment
The NSW State Flood Plan says communities built on and just below steep escarpments, such as at Coffs Harbour, are at risk of flash flooding. It adds that flash floods also come when drains are overwhelmed and roads turn into rivers.
For a garage at the bottom of a sloping driveway, that water arrives at the door first. Ask about the bottom seal and where the opener will sit, since B&D's manual says an opener needs a dry spot protected from the weather.
Fire maps and the 2019 fires
The Liberation Trail fire, listed in both the Clarence Valley and Coffs Harbour council areas, burnt 148,000 hectares from early November 2019 and destroyed 169 homes, 85 of them at Nymboida on 8 November.
City of Coffs Harbour prepares the bush fire prone land map, and the RFS Commissioner signs it off. If your address is on it, the home's bushfire attack level matters for a new door. CSIRO puts BAL-12.5 at radiant heat up to 12.5 kW/m2, rising through BAL-19, BAL-29 and BAL-40 to BAL-FZ, where flames from the fire front are likely to reach the house.
Openers, wiring and NSW advertising rules
Electrical wiring counts as specialist work in NSW, and the law bars anyone from advertising it without a current contractor licence. Licensed trades have to show the licensee's name and licence number in their ads, so a business offering to put in a power point for your opener should show both.
Around Coffs Harbour
Homes under the hills
If water has come down your street before, say so: it changes how the door specialist thinks about seals and where the motor goes.
Checking the fire map
The RFS online tool, your council or the Section 10.7 planning certificate will show whether your block is bush fire prone.
Near the water
If you live within 800 metres of the sea, Steel-Line's door warranty does not apply, so ask each maker how their cover works at your address.
Before you ask for quotes
- Check the Section 10.7 certificate for bush fire prone land
- Note whether the driveway slopes down to the garage
- Know whether you want a roller door, a sectional door or advice on both
- Look for a power point on the garage ceiling
What we would do
Ask anyone offering to do the opener wiring for their NSW licence number, then look it up on Service NSW's licence check before work starts. It takes a minute, and it is the one part of a door job that must be licensed here.