Picking a roller door in Echuca
B&D says it invented the roller garage door, the Roll-A-Door, in 1956, and its range now runs from the standard Roll-A-Door to the Roll-A-Door Secure, the Neo and the Rollmasta. Other makers have their own lines, so ask which brands the door specialist fits.
Most roller doors are steel. Steel-Line makes its curtains from BlueScope Colorbond and Zincalume steel, and Gliderol uses BlueScope steel in a wide range of Colorbond colours. If you want something warmer to look at, B&D sells timber-look finishes on its roller doors under the name Timber Coat.
Roller door motors and remotes
ATA calls its Easy Roller Opener its flagship rolling door opener, B&D's roller door motor is the Power Drive, and Gliderol's Glidermatic Heavy Duty suits doors up to 12 square metres but needs 120mm of side room. Check the room beside your opening before you settle on a motor.
Steel-Line says its roller door opener can store up to 15 handset codes, and one key ring remote can work up to three garage doors or gates. That helps on a property with a shed and a driveway gate as well as the garage.
Safety features worth having
Every opener Steel-Line installs has an auto-reverse system as standard, and its optional Photo Eye beam reverses a closing door when something crosses it. Its auto-close timer works only when those beams are fitted.
B&D says that from 1 December 2020 a change to the standard made safety beams compulsory with the sale of any smart opener device, so if you want phone control, beams come with it.
Keep clear of a moving door
Steel-Line's door manual says never to stand, walk or drive under a moving door, and not to let children play 'beat the door', which it calls very dangerous. Keep remotes out of children's reach, and remember remote coin batteries are dangerous if swallowed.
Roller doors around Echuca
Victorian wiring rules
Energy Safe Victoria says even changing a power point isn't a DIY job. A new point for the motor goes through a Registered Electrical Contractor.
After the 2022 flood
If river water reached the door, wash the curtain down with clean water and have the motor checked before using it again.
Moama addresses
Over the Murray in Moama the job falls under NSW rules instead, so tell us which side of the river the house is on.
What we would do
If the door will share a remote with a gate or a second garage, say so when you describe the job. Matching the motor and remotes from the start is simpler than adding a separate system later.