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Upminster is a town of generous 1930s plots, long driveways and garages that were built for a much smaller car. We replace those tired up-and-over and manual doors with made-to-measure automatic roller doors that open straight up from the car, so you can pull right to the garage instead of stopping short of a door that has to swing clear first. Free on-site survey, fixed written quote, fitted by our own team from Sible Hedingham.
Roller garage doors suit Upminster for two reasons that pull in opposite directions. The original 1930s garages are narrow and short on headroom, so they need a door made to the opening rather than a stock size, and the curtain rolling into a compact top box keeps the full height and the whole ceiling. On the longer drives, nothing swinging out means you can park right up to the door.
Every RollRite roller door is made to measure using foam-filled aluminium slats with an insulated core, which gives thermal performance, strength and quiet electric operation. That matters on a detached garage set well back from the house, where noise carries across a quiet garden. Manual override is included on every door for power cuts, and the motor runs from a standard 13-amp socket.
Two slat profiles cover the town. The 55mm profile handles standard single openings up to 2.6 metres wide, which is most of the interwar housing, while the 77mm profile takes the wider and integral garages in the later housing, up to about 5 metres. Either can be supplied as a full electric package with remote control operation and a safety edge, or as an entry package with external key switch operation and manual override.
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The 55mm slat profile is designed for standard single garage openings up to 2.6 metres wide, which covers the detached and side-attached garages on the interwar streets. A 12.5mm high-density foam core balances insulation, durability and smooth, quiet operation, and the slim top box is what makes a low 1930s opening workable.
The 77mm slat profile uses thicker 18mm insulated aluminium slats for wider or more exposed openings up to about 5 metres. In Upminster it is the profile for the later housing around the town, where integral and double-width garages are common, and for the widest detached garages on the bigger interwar plots. A 5 metre door is typically around £3,000 inc VAT, fully fitted.
We visit your property, take precise measurements and give you a fixed written quote with no obligation.
Upminster sits on the eastern edge of Greater London in the London Borough of Havering. It was historically part of Essex and is still Essex in everyday use, which catches people out when it comes to paperwork: planning here is handled by Havering rather than by an Essex district council. Upminster station is the eastern terminus of the District line and is also on the c2c line into Fenchurch Street, and the two lines together are what made this a commuter town.
Two old buildings still anchor the place. Upminster Windmill, an early nineteenth century smock mill, and the Upminster Tithe Barn are the town's best known survivals from before the railway arrived. Everything else is suburban and on a generous scale: large 1930s semis and detached houses with wide frontages, long driveways and mature gardens, laid out as the railway brought commuters out from London. Hornchurch and Romford are the neighbouring Havering towns.
RollRite serve homeowners across Upminster and the wider Essex area with professional roller garage doors in Essex. Whether you live in a period property or a modern development, our made-to-measure doors are built to fit any opening.
The garden-suburb layout shows up in the garages. They are frequently detached and set well back at the end of a long drive, or attached to the side of the house under a separate pitched roof, which is a very different job from an integral garage in a modern box. The catch is that many of those 1930s garages were built for a much smaller car, so the opening is narrow and the headroom is limited. This is the classic made-to-measure case rather than a stock size, and it is why we measure before we quote rather than after.
The long driveway is the point most worth making here. People assume a long drive means a swing-out up-and-over door is fine, and it is not: the door still has to swing clear before it opens, so the car still has to sit back from it, and on a wet day you still get out to lift it. A roller door opens straight up from the car. If your existing door is the original, our guide to replacing an old up-and-over with an electric roller door covers what changes and what stays.
The later housing around the town is the other half of the work, with integral and double-width garages where the 77mm profile comes into its own on spans up to about 5 metres. On colour, a softer shade or a woodgrain finish usually sits better on a 1930s frontage than a bright modern one, and if the property is listed or inside a conservation area the check goes to the London Borough of Havering rather than to an Essex council. We flag it at the free survey if we think it applies.
Book a Free Survey From first contact to finished installation, RollRite handle every step.
We visit your property in Upminster, measure the opening and check the headroom on an original 1930s garage.
You receive a clear written quote covering the door, the motor, the chosen operation, installation and safety features.
Your door is made to measure for the opening we measured, in your chosen colour and slat profile.
The old door comes off and goes away with us, then we fit the guide runners, curtain, top box, motor and control unit.
We set the motor limits, test the safety edge where one is fitted and check the manual override works.
We walk you through operation, manual override and basic care before we leave, most single doors in one visit.
RollRite cover Upminster and the surrounding towns across Essex and the London Borough of Havering. We carry out free surveys and installations regularly in the area.
It depends which era of Upminster garage you have. A fitted 55mm door for an original 1930s single opening starts at £1,275 with external key switch operation and manual override, £1,325 for the 12.5mm slat, and £1,475 with remote control operation, two handheld remotes and a hard-wired safety edge. The 77mm profile for the wider and integral garages in the later housing starts at £1,790, and a full 5 metre wide 77mm door is typically around £3,000 fully fitted. Any colour other than white adds a flat £100. All prices include VAT.
The London Borough of Havering, not an Essex district council. Upminster sits on the eastern edge of Greater London, so even though the town is Essex in everyday use, anything that needs checking goes through Havering. In practice replacing an existing garage door is normally permitted development and needs no permission at all. The exceptions are a listed building or a property inside a conservation area, and in those cases a call to Havering before ordering is the sensible step.
This is the most common situation we meet in Upminster, and it is exactly what made-to-measure is for. Plenty of these garages were built for a much smaller car, so the opening is narrow and the headroom is limited, and a stock size simply will not do. Every door we fit is manufactured to the opening we measure. We need roughly 75mm clear each side for the guide runners and between 205mm and 300mm of headroom above the opening for the top box.
More than people expect. A long drive does not remove the problem, because an up-and-over door still has to swing clear of the opening before it lifts, so the car still has to sit back from the door and on a wet day you still get out to lift it by hand. A roller door opens straight up into its top box, so you can pull right up to the garage and open it from the car. On a detached garage at the end of a long drive that is the whole difference.
We cover Upminster itself along with the neighbouring Havering towns of Hornchurch and Romford, and we work across to Grays and up to Brentwood. The team travel from our base at Sible Hedingham in north Essex, about 55 minutes away, so an Upminster survey is a routine part of the week rather than a special trip. Surveys are free and carry no obligation, whichever side of the Greater London boundary you are on.
RollRite provide free on-site surveys for homeowners in Upminster and across Essex. Call us or book online to get a fixed, no-obligation quote.
The guys were great polite friendly and professional and love the new rollor door would highly recommend. Thank you
Read more Steve and Matt were a pleasure to deal with. Excellent product, professionally installed at a reasonable price - Highly recommend!
Read more Superb customer service and communication right from estimate to installation! The two guys were polite, engaging and very respectful! Explained what they were doing and worked quietly and efficiently. Our garage door is beautiful and so easy to operate. Thank you! Highly recommend this company.
Read more Just had my roller garage door installed. Good price, excellent product and trustworthy guys. Highly impressed with the quality and materials used. Cannot fault
Read more Would highly recommend Steve and Matt as very reliable and professional roller door suppliers and installers. Prompt friendly service and good knowledge of the product.
Read more Absolutely love the new roller door that Matt and team installed for us, couldn’t ask for more from quoting to installation! Couldn’t recommend them enough!
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Read more Quality products fitted with experienced expertise and care. Helpful and friendly advice where appropriate. Eco friendly disposal of replaced materials and rubbish. Can highly recommend.
Read more Door installed with no fuss. Expert and polite service.
Read more I honestly cannot recommend Steve enough. He came out to us on a Sunday evening to help get our garage door working. A very honest, down to earth man. Who genuinely wanted to help us. 100% recommend. Thank you so much, Steve.
Read more Would highly recommend Steven and Matt. Very professional and really pleased with the garage door. Thank you so much!
Read more New door looks amazing! Perfectly installed by Roll Rite. Guys were professional, clean and tidy on install. From old to new the space saving is huge. Very pleased we went for the change. Would recommend this company 100%.
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