Tip-Up and Up-and-Over Garage Doors in Centurion

• One-piece steel or timber panel
• Counterbalance spring mechanism
• Motorisable with the right operator

A tip-up garage door swings out and up in one panel, running back into the roof space on a simple frame. It is the door on a great many older Centurion houses, particularly through Lyttelton Manor, Valhalla, Zwartkop, Clubview and Doringkloof, and it is still a sensible product where the geometry suits it.

Tip-up garage doors we supply in Centurion

• Steel tip-up doors in the traditional ribbed and panelled profiles.
• Aluminium tip-up doors where a lighter panel is wanted.
• Timber tip-up doors where the house calls for it.
• Single and double widths, on new or existing frames.

Where a tip-up door works and where it does not

It needs clear space in front of the opening, because the panel swings out before it lifts. If a car parks close to the door, or the driveway falls away from the garage, a sectional or roll-up door is the better answer. We will say so rather than fit a door that fouls a vehicle every morning.

Replacing an old tip-up door

Most tip-up doors we replace in Centurion have gone out of balance, rusted at the bottom edge, or had the frame move with the building. Where the frame is sound we fit a new panel to it, which is the cheapest route by a distance. Where it is not, the frame is replaced with the door and we say so up front.

Frames on ground that has settled

A tip-up door depends entirely on its frame being square and its pivots being level. On a property where the structure has moved, replacing the panel alone will not fix a door that is binding. We check the frame for square before quoting, because a new panel on a twisted frame is money wasted.

Balance and safe operation

A tip-up door is held by tension on each side, and the balance is the whole safety story. An out-of-balance tip-up door is heavy to lift and can come down hard. We replace the tension components in matched pairs and set the balance so the door stays where you leave it.

Motorising a tip-up garage door

Tip-up doors can be automated with a rail-mounted operator and the correct arm, but only once the balance is right. Automating a heavy tip-up door is how operators get destroyed. We check the door by hand before quoting the motor.

Maintenance for tip-up doors

Tension components, pivots and frame fixings, checked annually. The failure that matters usually gives warning in how the door feels for weeks beforehand.

What a tip-up garage door costs in Centurion

Usually the least expensive garage door for a given opening. Priced on width, panel material, finish, whether the frame is being replaced, and whether it is automated.