May 20, 2010
The pros of automatic garage doors are obvious; you can open and close them remotely. You can open the door while sitting comfortably in your car, which is nice when the weather is bad, this will also be beneficial to the elderly who may have trouble operating the door. Once inside the garage you can lock the door just as easily as you can lock the manual kind too.
The Compton Autolift automatic door opener is suitable for all our up-and-over doors, the expert installation takes a short time. Compton Auto-lift comes complete with two remote control senders (more available if required) and a timed courtesy light to allow you to step out of your car into an illuminated garage.
You are also provided with a wall mounted switch that can be a convenient way to operate your door opener from within your garage, just like a light switch. A key protected manual override can be fitted to the garage door to enable manual operation from outside the garage.
Fitting an automatic door opener usually requires modifications to the garage roof structure. Your Compton Auto-lift will be fitted by our expert fitters using approved apparatus and will not invalidate your Compton 10-year structural guarantee.
The Auto-lift opener includes a 2 year guarantee against breakdown and technical or material faults. Extended guarantee covers the motor for a further 3 years – 5 in total.
May 5, 2010
Modern technology has been embraced by some concrete garage manufacturers who now offer a wider choice of shapes, sizes and styles than ever before all at affordable prices
Brochures, leaflets and websites can only show the potential customer so much. The true test of whether a new concrete garage design is right for the customer is to see before they buy at a local display of concrete garages.
There are hundreds of concrete garage display sites located throughout the UK. Most of these will display a range of garage roof pitches including flat garages, apex garages and the more steeply pitched banbury garages. A choice of finishes will also be shown, typically these will include the long established pebble dash or spar finish, brick finishes and textured finishes.
The number of garages on display will vary, with some smaller show sites exhibiting one or two and larger sites exhibiting over 30 garages to view. To find your local display site check out Compton Buildings local agent finder that indicates those in your area with a display. If your nearest agent does not have a display it is likely that they will be able to arrange for you to visit an existing customers garage to view.
April 27, 2010
Concrete garages have come a long way and are now proven to be quality buildings accredited with the relevant BSI ISO 9001 approvals and coming complete with a 10 year guarantee. But there’s still one thing that is as important now as it was decades ago and that is the quality of the concrete base for your concrete garage.
Flat, square, strong and level are the four key words that will ensure your base will be fit for the purpose of building a new concrete garage. Every year dozens of customers fail to adhere to these words resulting in aborted deliveries and installations costing all involved both time and money. If you’re unsure your local concrete garage retailer will help especially if he is able to sell you the new concrete garage.
Once a suitable concrete base has been prepared and the sections of your new garage have been delivered, it’s time for the trained installers to do their magic! Within the space of a few hours a pile of bits is transformed into a new home for your car or additonal storage space. The installation process will usually be finished with the application of a mastic seal in between the panels followed by the laying of a sand and cement fillet around the inside of the garage to stop any water creeping under the panels. Together with the selection of guttering & downpipes these should ensure a water proof building that will last for decades.
April 12, 2010
Compton concrete garages and buildings are good looking, modern buildings featuring the latest concrete building technology - with many of our exclusive garage and building finishes you wouldn’t know you were looking at a sectional concrete garage and you will be pleasantly surprised by our low prices.
But the garage is only part of the package you receive from Compton. At your nearby display of concrete garages, your local Compton expert can help you at every stage from taking down old prefab garages, repairing or laying bases to arranging installation of your modern concrete sectional garage. To ensure you benefit from the best value prefabricated garages and sectional garages available.
After you have purchased your garage with the reassurance of our excellent Customer Care Promise and free 10 year no nonsense structural guarantee you are assured that your decision to choose Compton for your concrete sectional garage or building is the right one.
We also receive constant feedback from our customers by asking them to fill out the customer satisfaction questionnaires sent just after delivery and we use that information to try to improve both product and service. Our scores are consistently high and we publish the monthly results on our website.
March 29, 2010
Sectional concrete garage manufacturers understand that customers nowadays are looking for the complete new garage service. It is a building project after all and if everything is to go smoothly it’s important to use an experienced company who the customer can trust.
Delivery and installation of a new concrete garage is not the simplest of processes. However, many of the companies within the sectional concrete garages industry have been established for decades, some with experience of supplying thousands of customers. Such companies have the knowledge, skills and equipment to arrange the delivery and installation at a time to suit you with the professional experience all concrete garage customers desire.
New concrete garages will usually be delivered using modern, articulated lorries larger in size than a single decker bus. Such vehicles will be delivering every day on carefully planned routes designed to maximise fuel efficiency and meet customer requirements. Each vehicle will typically be carrying three or four garages, leaving the manufacturers factory early morning, well before the morning rush hour builds up to ensure the garages are delivered efficiently and in good time.
Usually waiting for the new concrete garages to arrive will be the seperate teams of garage installers or garage erectors as they are often referred. These are effectively the new garage builders and will typically install a new prefabricated single garage within four or five hours, much to the amazement of customers.
The well planned garage delivery and installation combines to generate a happy customer able to use their new garage within just a few hours after delivery.
March 23, 2010
Compton can offer every customer a concrete garage to suit their needs. There are workshops for the customer that doesn’t want to store a car but just needs a place to work. Or the customer that needs to replace an old garage but doen’t want to spend a fortune in doing so. Or the customer that only wants the best and really wants to make a feature of their building. We have concrete garages and buildings that can accomodate all these requirements and more.
We have for a long time been the garage and shed choice for people who live on Park Homes sites, as we offer buildings that use the same roofing material as the houses and so blend in seamlessly in with their surroundings.
We also have our commercial division Marshalls Sectional Buildings they have provided many schools with Extra High sectional concrete garages for storing minibuses and battery stores for PE equipment.
They can also provide solutions for clubs such as Scouts, Cricket and Bowls to name a few. They have all benefited from a Compton Building, costing significantly less than a traditional brick building.
March 8, 2010
As the largest manufacturer of concrete garages in the UK, Compton Buildings provide a wide choice of doors for garage customers to choose from. The standard garage doors included in the product price are horizontally ribbed white fully finished paint. These are ready to use with no further painting required, but can be over painted if an alternative colour garage door is preferred.
A popular option is plastisol coated steel up and over garage doors. These are white vertically ribbed and are maintenance free (other than a wash down with soapy water when required). Plastisol doors are not intended to be over painted.
Both these garage door finishes are available on the main up and over garage doors and on personnel side/rear access doors. There are many more options to choose from all designed to help you choose the brand new concrete garage that is right for you.
All Compton up and over garage doors feature 4 point locking rods for additional security. They are delivered and installed together with the concrete garage so that when Compton’s garage installer leaves a customer’s site they have a garage that is secure and ready to use.
February 23, 2010
It’s now official - this winter has been the coldest for 30 years, with snow and ice affecting the whole of the UK at various points between December & February. However, concrete garages have still been delivered and installed with many customers experiencing the benefot of a new concrete garage immediately.
Not only is a concrete garage that vital place to store everything that is clogging up your house, it’s also an ideal place to put your car - especially in the snow and ice. Concrete garage owners have benefited from a few extra minutes in bed as they haven’t had to get up five minutes earlier to allow for the time needed to clear snow from the car and scrape ice of the windscreen.
Scientists are forecasting that our winters will become more extreme in the years to come. So why not order a new concrete garage now so that you will be prepared for the next batch of bad weather? Compton concrete garages are guaranteed for 10 years and will typically last for decades - during that time they will certainly be worth it just in terms of the extra time you could be spending under the warmth of a duvet.
Concrete Garages in the Snow
February 18, 2010
One of the main reasons thousands of customers choose sectional concrete garages is that they are cheaper than traditionally brick built garages. However, concrete garages can now look as good as the real thing!
There are so many options to transform the front of your concrete garage, so you can give it and your home added “kerb-appeal” - that added wow factor as you look at your garage and home from the road. Choosing the right garage door can make a big difference - choose from horizontally ribed, vertically ribbed or Georgian designs. Then think about the finish on your door - do you want to paint it yourself or would you like a maintenance free plastisol coating?
As well as choosing the door that looks right for you, there are a host of garage fascias to choose from - cedar, woodgrain, PVCu or plastisol coated steel are all offered as alternatives to a standard timber fascia. Then there are a choice of front posts either side of the garage door with the choice of sticking with a pebbledash finish that may match the rest of your garage or opting for one of the real brick front post options that best blends with the bricks used in building your house.
There are many options available when ordering a new concrete garage. It’s important to make the right decisions as the garage next to your house can transform the whole look of your home for decades to come. Make sure you take advice from a concrete garage expert - your local concrete garage agent can help as they will typically have supplied hundreds of garages in your area and can discuss various garage options with you to ensure you receive the garage will work for you!
February 15, 2010
Battery garages is the term used to describe rows or blocks of garages in quantities of 3 upwards. Extremely popular in the 1960s as a parking solution for tower block estates, these days battery garages are proving the ideal solution for keeping cars secured safely off the roads.
Normally situated away from homes, battery garages often require more security than regular domestic garages. The 1960s style “Marley garages” are still available, but the Marley Garages company has long since ceased trading. The modern equivalent are called Safeguard garages and they contain a series of security features designed to keep thieves out as well as being built in a durable manner that should last for decades.
In addition to the ever popular pebble dash finish, battery garages are also available in a complete brick finish or with brick front posts. Battery garage roofs don’t simply have to be flat, as the tile effect roof on Apex battery garages provides a more aestheticaly pleasing appearance.
Available in runs of side to side garages and back to back versions, battery garages make the best use of the available space. As the internal walls are shared, delivery is to one address and installation is carried out of several garages at the same time, the costs are reduced too - providing great value to the customer. Many customers can soon begin to think about making a profit back from their battery garages as they can be rented out to anyone looking for some valuable extra storage space. More information on battery garages can be found at Marshalls Sectional Buildings website.
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