Garage doors and flooding in Richmond
VICSES lists Richmond among the locations at risk in the Yarra City Council area, which has a history of riverine and flash flooding, including a significant flood in February 2011.
After heavy rain, look at the bottom of the door and the floor behind it. If water reached the opener, stop using it and say so when you book: Merlin warns that water can do a motor irreversible damage.
Garage door installation in Richmond
Start with the space above and beside the opening. B&D says a roller door takes about 450mm of headroom over the opening with its opener at the side, while a sectional door needs around 350mm and runs back along the ceiling. Steel-Line adds that a garage with a lower ceiling may suit a tilt door better.
Then the paperwork. Garage doors are not one of the single trades Consumer Affairs Victoria exempts, so on a job above $10,000 the builder must be registered with the Building and Plumbing Commission and the contract must be in writing.
Garage door repair in Richmond
A roller door that won't stay up, rolls up loosely, slams shut or makes the motor strain is out of balance, Steel-Line says, and needs its tension set by a professional. Its warning is blunt: do not try to tension a roller door yourself.
Around Richmond
Bushfire rules
Yarra is one of the municipal areas the state lists with no designated bushfire prone areas.
Power for an opener
For new electrical work, Energy Safe Victoria says you engage a Registered Electrical Contractor, who sends the licensed electrician.
What we would do
Before you choose a new door, measure the headroom above the opening and the side room on each side, and send those numbers with your request. They often settle roller, sectional or tilt before any question of style comes up.