Garage doors in Aldershot

Wolverine Garage Doors repairs and fits garage doors across Aldershot and the GU11 and GU12 postcodes. We repair most makes and models, including doors fitted by other companies, and we supply doors from Hörmann, Garador, Ryterna and Teckentrup. Every installation and every repair carries our 5 year parts and labour guarantee.

Where we work in and around Aldershot

We cover the town centre and the neighbourhoods around it, including North Town and the new Wellesley neighbourhood, along with Ash, Ash Vale and Tongham across the Surrey border. Farnborough and Camberley have their own pages, as do Sandhurst and Basingstoke further afield.

Aldershot homes and the doors that suit them

Aldershot grew quickly after the Army set up its permanent camp here in 1854, so the streets closest to the centre include many Victorian and Edwardian houses. Their garages were added later, if at all, and openings in older properties are rarely square, so we measure before we quote. Wellesley, on former Aldershot Garrison land, has outline permission for up to 3,850 new homes. Where a newer home has an integral garage, the door is effectively part of the house wall, so an insulated door with a 20 to 42mm foam core makes sense. On older estates, many single garages still have a steel up-and-over door.

Our suggestions follow the garage rather than the postcode. If you want to park close to the door and keep the drive clear, a sectional or roller door opens straight up; the roller needs around 300mm of headroom, or about 205mm for a compact model. If the garage is a store or workshop, a side-hinged pair lets you open one leaf at a time and needs no headroom. If budget leads, a new up-and-over is the simplest swap. Most of these can be automated.

Garage door repairs in Aldershot: cables, locks and openers

Springs, cables, rollers, tracks and electric openers are the usual culprits. A lift cable that has snapped, frayed or gone slack can leave one side of the door sitting lower than the other. If you see that, stop using the door, keep people clear, and do not try to straighten it or pull the manual release: the springs and cables can still be under tension. Where a spring has failed as well, the spring and cable are replaced together, and springs are always replaced in pairs so the tension matches. Our snapped cable guide explains what is safe to do while you wait.

We also repair locks, fitting replacement locks with new keys, and re-pair remote controls when they are lost or replaced. Electric openers that fail, run without moving the door or work only some of the time can be diagnosed and repaired, including Hörmann SupraMatic, LiftMaster and Somfy units. A door that is stuck open or will not lock is a security problem as well as a fault, so tell us when you call. Typical costs are listed in the repairs section on this page.

What a survey in Aldershot involves

For a new door, the survey is free and there is no obligation. We measure the opening properly, check headroom, side room and fixing points, and talk through how you use the garage. We bring colour and finish samples to see against your brickwork in daylight, then give you three written supplied-and-fitted prices including VAT: a budget, mid and premium option for the same opening. No deposit is taken on the day, and removal and disposal of the old door is included in every quote. If your existing door might be worth repairing instead, we will tell you honestly.