Automatic openersdomestic and commercial

Domestic openers — Merlin

For a house garage, a workshop or a domestic shed, a Merlin opener does everything most people need: remote operation, safety reversing, and smartphone control on the models that support it. It is a well-supported brand with parts and service available locally, which matters more than headline features when a unit needs attention in five years.

We size the opener to the door. A large double door or a tall caravan door needs more capable gear than a single garage door, and running an undersized motor is how you shorten its life.

• Remote handsets and wall controls
• Safety reversing on obstruction
• Smartphone control available on supported models
• Battery backup options so the door still opens in a power outage

Commercial and industrial — Grifco

Grifco operators are built for doors that cycle constantly — workshops, transport depots, packing sheds and industrial units. Where a domestic motor would be worn out inside a couple of years, a commercial operator is designed for that duty cycle, and can be specified with the control gear a workplace needs.

If your building is commercial, tell us how often the door will be used and how many people will operate it. That drives the specification more than the door size does.

Plan the power at design stage

An automatic opener needs a power point in the right place, at the right height, near the door. That is a five-minute conversation at design stage and an expensive retro-fit afterwards, especially in a shed with sheeted walls. When you tell us you want automation, we make sure the opener position is on the plan so your electrician runs the circuit once.