Replacing the door you have
If the door you are replacing is a tilt door, there are more options than another tilt. B&D says a tilt door swings forward as it opens, and it offers its Flex-A-Door as a replacement: a Roll-A-Door curtain on a curved track that sits behind the opening, so a car can park right up against it.
For most other openings the choice comes down to a roller door, which needs headroom for the roll, or a sectional door, which needs the ceiling clear for its tracks. The door specialist measures for both before quoting.
From the first call to a working door
The visit
The door business that takes the job contacts you to arrange a look and a quote, and tells you its business name when it gets in touch.
The quote
Ask for the door, any opener and any electrical work to be listed separately, and which maker's warranty applies to each.
Permits and registration
Ask whether your job needs a building permit. WA requires a registered building contractor only where a permit is needed, the work is worth $20,000 or more ($50,000 for a Class 10a garage, carport or shed) and the home is in the prescribed area of 122 local government areas.
Power for the opener
If there is no power point near the ceiling, a licensed electrical contractor puts one in and must give you an Electrical Safety Certificate within 28 days.
Keep the paperwork
Register the warranty if the maker asks, and note when the first service is due.
New builds and the 2025 code
New homes are built to the National Construction Code. The ABCB says Western Australia adopted NCC 2025 from 1 May 2026 with a 12 month transition, and the 2025 garage door clause applies AS/NZS 4505 to doors in openings up to 3 m high in wind regions B2, C and D.
Under NCC 2022, WA's own variation already reached into wind region B. On a new build, the wind classification on the plans is what sets the rating of the door.
New doors around Perth
Beachside homes
Steel-Line's warranty excludes installs within 800 metres of the sea, and Gliderol's 7 year curtain corrosion cover does not apply within 800 metres of a high salt concentration. Near the coast, read the warranty as closely as the brochure.
Bushfire prone lots
The City of Joondalup notes that bushfire building rules apply to new construction rather than existing homes. On a new build in a bushfire prone area, the BAL sets what the garage door has to meet.
Old tilt doors and children
B&D points out that its Flex-A-Door keeps its extension springs tucked away above head height, out of children's reach, unlike a tilt door.
What we would do
Get the opener quoted with the door rather than after it. B&D only gives its 10-year Total Confidence Warranty when its door and opener are bought and installed together, and doing both at once means the power point is sorted in the same visit.