New White or Brown powder coated steel side hung doors are now available on Compton garages.  These fully framed doors provide a 1.9m (6’2¾”) drive through height on standard buildings and 2.05m (6’8¾”) on high garages.  

Door stays are available separately (as shown), these reduce the drive through height by 85mm (3¼”).

Garador are now Compton’s new garage door supplier, detailed below are some reasons why the new range is better.

Manufactured in the UK at a state of the art facility, our new garage doors are better than before and include the following features:

·          Single garage doors are 50mm thick and stronger than previous.

·          Double garage doors are 80mm thick and are significantly stronger than previous.

·          The steel side frame jambs provide a superior stiffness to the front post connection, have rubber edge buffers to reduce door edge damage and recess the door from the face of the front posts.

·          The gear kits are much simpler and only contain coloured steel jambs, the lock pack and four-point latching if applicable. The springs and latching rods are cable tied to the door, specific to size.

·          The spring tensioning is improved with greater adjustment and added safety features included.

·          The interior and exterior handles have both been improved.

·          A quality paint finish requiring no further treatment.

Powder Coating

Our steel garage doors are a finished product.  They are a powder coated paint finish and therefore do not require re-painting.  

Colour options

We are now able to offer a choice of powder coated steel door colours.  The dark brown finish is available on horizontal, vertical or Georgian.  In addition to brown, we are now able to offer black, green, blue, red and dark blue colours.

Single Door Gear

Up & over garage doors up to 10’ wide are supplied with single door gear and colour co-ordinated steel side jambs 38mm thick.  Four-point latching is supplied as standard.  The clearance height on 6’6” high models is 1816mm (5’11½”) and on 7’ high models is 1968mm (6ft5½”).

Double Door Gear

Up & over doors over 10ft wide are supplied with double door gear, colour co-ordinated steel side jambs 68mm thick and 51mm (2 inch) steel head frame.  Four-point latching is not available.  The clearance height on 6’6” high models is 1778mm (5’10”) and on 7’ high models 1930mm (6’4”).

For example take our Apex Spar garage range:

The standard Apex Spar with an eaves height of 1.98m (6’6”) and a door clearance height of 1.83m (6’0”) is fine for a standard car and with the ridge height ranging from 2.26m (7’5”) to 2.74m (9’0”) depending on the size your require you will have a good workspace and most people will find adequate headroom to use the space as you wish.

The Apex Spar High garage range:

With an eaves height of 2.13m (7’0”) and a door clearance height of 2.01m (6’7”) the Apex High garage may be the best option for those who have a small 4×4 or an MPV.  With the ridge height from 2.49m (8’2”) to 2.90m (9’6”) depending on the garage size you can also use the extra space for working with taller equipment on larger projects.

The Apex Spar Super High garage range:

This is the tallest garage Compton can provide from the Apex range with an eaves height of 2.44m (8’0”) a door clearance height of 2.39m (7’10”) and a ridge height from 2.81m (9′2″) to 3.21m (10′6″) depending on the garage size, this height of garage would be great for people who have the largest 4×4’s or if you want to use your garage to work on a kit car or classic car as you would have room to use ramps and safely work under the car.

A flat or pent roof is usually the most cost effective option and sees the industry leaders using vandal resistant, full length fromt to back galvanised steel sheets with no joins to leak.  These sheets are treated with an anti condensation coating that reduces the possibility of condensation damaging the garage contents.  A flat or pent roof has a slight slope to enable water to run off to the rear.

An Apex roof offers significantly more choice.  Being Apex in shape, this roof pitch is more visible and enables water to run off to either side.  Fibre cement roof sheets are typically used that are attached to steel roof trusses.  Apex roof options include painted roof sheets in a choice of colours to complement your home.  Translucent roof sheets can also be fitted in Apex roofs to allow light to flood in.

The Banbury roof pitch is a steeper 25 degree roof that looks more traditional.  As standard, these steeper roof pitches feature granular steel roof sheets.  Guaranteed for up to 40 years, the granular steel roof sheets are available in a choice of 6 colours and are more durable yet just as attractive as traditional roof tiles.  These garage roofs are a traditional, fully lined roof with felt and batten construction.

Prefabricated in nature, such garages are ideal for meeting multiple requirements as they can be configured in different ways rather than a rigid one type fits all policy.  A concrete garage can be wide or narrow, short or long, low or high, with a flat, apex or more traditional pitched roof and that is just for starters.

Once the size and shape is sorted then the style can be worked on to make this functional space look nice!  There is a massive choice of doors, both garage doors and personnel (side) acces doors - these are mostly available in steel (although cedar is a viable alternative) in various different finishes as well as different colours - choices include horizontal or vertical ribs, Georgian style or a wood grain effect. 

A similar choice awaits with fascias.  Most garages include a timber fascia as standard, but upgrades are available to PVCu, woodgrain or cedar fascias.

The latest concrete garage industry initiatives surround the finishes available.  Long gone are the days when the spar pebble dash finish was the only choice.  Now garages are available in brick finishes or textured finishes in addition to the spar finish.

There is so much choice available, but one thing that never changes is that due to the many ways you can personalise your garage, there will be one that is right for you.

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.

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.

One of the most popular sectional building materials is concrete, thanks to its strength, durability and relatively low cost.  Using concrete panels usually reinforced with galvanised steel for extra longevity, larger  concrete sectional buildings are often built around steel portal frames and are often given extra height through the use of steel cladding.

Steel clad concrete sectional buildings are ideal for light industrial use or for leisure applications.  Many are tall enough to accomodate fork lift trucks and enable loading onto vehicles.  Other similar buildings are used by local scout groups, sea cadets etc. as they enable a large amount of secure comfortable space to be built rapidly at minimum cost.

Concrete sectional buildings have become more popular thanks to the following benefits:

Rapid installation - Built onto a pre-prepared flat, square and level base, new concrete sectional buildings can be installed and ready to use within a week.

Affordable - Significantly cheaper than traditional build.

Guaranteed - Built to last with 10 year guarantee from reputable well established companies.

Appearance - Concrete panels now look attractive as they come in the traditional spar finis as well as more modern brick and textured finishes.