Garage door jobs in the Eastern Suburbs
The Eastern Suburbs run from the southern shore of the harbour to the ocean beaches and on to Botany Bay, usually taken as the Woollahra, Waverley and Randwick council areas. At the 2021 Census only 22.5% of homes there were separate houses, 18.5% were terraces, semis or townhouses and 57.8% were flats or apartments. So the job here might be a laneway garage, a strata car park door or a house.
Laneway garages and heritage controls
Woollahra Council's Paddington controls say garages first appeared just before World War I as single, plain buildings, and that double garage doors, roller shutters and carports became common in the late 1960s. Paddington's rear lanes are now often lined with garage doors and brick walls.
For rear lane garages in the Paddington Heritage Conservation Area, Woollahra's DCP lists timber or metal bi-fold doors, timber sliding doors, panel-lift doors or roller shutters. Roller shutters and panel-lift doors are allowed only inside a masonry surround, and every door gets a paint finish, with a dark colour recommended. Elsewhere, ask your council what applies before choosing.
Garage door repairs in the Eastern Suburbs
Near the ocean, salt does the damage. BlueScope says areas of steel not washed by rain should be hosed down at least every six months and more often where marine salt spray is common, and Steel-Line's warranty excludes installations within 800 metres of the sea.
Hail hits here too: the worst of the April 1999 hailstorm fell between Lilli Pilli and Darling Point. In an apartment block, a damaged shared door is for the owners corporation to repair, because it must look after common property.
Around the Eastern Suburbs
Harbour and ocean
From Rose Bay and Watsons Bay to Bondi, Coogee and Maroubra, many streets are a short walk from salt water. Wash the door's top edge, which the rain misses.
Storms
The tornadic supercell of December 2015 that gusted to 213 km/h at Kurnell also damaged the roof at Westfield Bondi Junction.
Strata changes
The NSW Government says only the owners corporation can approve changes to the outside of a strata property.
What we would do
In Paddington and similar streets, take a photo of the laneway and the neighbours' garages before you choose a door. It shows the door specialist the setting, and it helps when you check the heritage controls.