Pre-Holiday Battery Backup Push by Magnificent Garage Doors

Picture a car loaded for the coast, a family ready to leave, and a garage door that refuses to move. Problems like this tend to show up at the worst possible moment over the festive season, which is why Magnificent Garage Doors is asking Gauteng homeowners to check their garage door motors now, well before the December holidays. The Pretoria and Johannesburg company installs, automates and repairs garage doors, and it is especially encouraging households to consider automation with battery backup.

Battery backup automation forms part of the wide selection of domestic doors the company supplies and installs, and the same backup option is available for gates as well as garage doors. In practical terms, a door fitted this way can carry on operating even when the electricity supply cuts out.

The motor deserves as much attention as the door

When buying a new door, most people focus on how it looks and give little thought to the motor behind it. That is a mistake, because the motor does the work several times every day, and a unit that is underpowered, badly installed or lacking backup is usually the source of the most frustration.

The Magnificent Garage Doors website lists a number of automation choices. Among them are the Magic Lift Plus garage door opener, available in 800N and 600N versions, the 1000N Magic Lift garage door opener, the ET DC Blue Advanced roll-up motor kit, the SDO4 SMART motor for sectional and tip-up doors, and the RDO II roll-up garage door motor. Which one is best comes down to the door's type and weight, and the company's installers are able to recommend the right fit for each property.

A door for every style of home

Garage doors supplied by Magnificent Garage Doors are offered in a variety of styles and materials. The Meranti wooden doors can include glass panels, and before they leave the factory they are laminated using water-resistant wood glue and dipped in oil. The aluminium range comes in framed, frameless and cladded options, with 6.38mm laminated glass and aluminium composite cladding inserts available, and stiffeners are built in to extend the life of each door.

For steel sectional doors, the Aluzinc range uses 0.5mm material made up of 55% aluminium and 45% zinc, giving it better rust resistance than galvanised steel. These come in block and horizontal slatted designs, with colours such as white, charcoal, black, buffalo brown, stone grey and a wooden look. Roll-up doors in 0.4mm Chromadek can be made as large as 3m high by 3m wide and can be automated. The maintenance-free Alu-Fluted aluminium doors use 1.5mm material and are offered in 110mm and 215mm broad fluted designs. Caravan-height garage doors also appear on the company's list of services.

Fitted by seasoned installers

Garage door installation is handled by installers who bring many years of experience to the job, and Magnificent Garage Doors says quality workmanship is guaranteed every time. The company supplies and installs doors in and around Gauteng, as well as in certain parts of Mpumalanga and the Free State.

Homeowners swapping out an old door ahead of the holidays can have the new door and its automation fitted together. That way there is a single installation, a single round of checks, and a working system in place before the family leaves home.

Sorting out faults before December

A new door is not always necessary. Often an existing door just needs fixing. The company's Garage door repairs cover broken springs, broken doors and general garage door servicing, along with gate motor work. On the repairs page, an enquiry form lets homeowners explain what is wrong, select a service, a spring repair or another type of repair, and note the area they live in.

Tired springs, doors that stick partway and motors that labour under the load should all be checked before December arrives. When many trades shut down for the holidays, help can be much slower to come by.

Quick checks before you leave

There are a few simple things homeowners can check themselves before heading off. Run the door through several full open and close cycles while listening for any grinding or straining. Confirm that it stops and reverses correctly. Put fresh batteries in the remotes if needed and make sure every spare remote is accounted for. Where the motor has battery backup, switch off the mains and check that it still runs. If anything seems off, it makes sense to have a professional look at it before the house is left unoccupied.

From single to double and beyond

No two garages are quite the same. Magnificent Garage Doors offers single and double doors in its wooden, aluminium, Aluzinc and Alu-Fluted ranges, plus single and double glass doors. Recent designs include ten-panel double cladded doors in white and charcoal, along with a series of double doors that combine aluminium and glass. Galleries of single and double doors are available on the website, together with a dimensions page that helps homeowners work out what will suit their opening.

Homeowners can also have the aluminium doors customised to their taste, so the garage door can complement a newer home or a renovation. Since the garage door often takes up much of a house's frontage, choosing well can transform the way the whole property looks from the road.

The company prices its work competitively, and quotations for a new door, automation or a repair can be requested via the website.

When to reach the team

Magnificent Garage Doors operates from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, and does not open on weekends. Anyone hoping to have work completed before the festive season is advised to make contact early in November to book a slot.

To browse the complete range of doors, motors and repair services, visit https://magnificentgaragedoors.co.za/.

About Magnificent Garage Doors

Based in Pretoria and Johannesburg, Magnificent Garage Doors installs, automates and repairs garage doors, supplying and installing in and around Gauteng and in certain parts of Mpumalanga and the Free State. The company offers wooden, aluminium, Aluzinc, roll-up and Alu-Fluted doors in single and double sizes, garage door and gate automation with battery backup, and repair work that includes broken springs and general servicing.