Lakes Garage Doors

We are leading suppliers of a wide range of garage doors, front doors and automatic gates. All are produced by the best national and international manufacturers. Furthermore, all our products are the best available. We can supply products ranging from garage doors manufactured by Novoferm, Garador, Gliderol and Teckentrup. Also smaller manufactures such as Cedar Doors and Garage Door Systems. If you are looking for a new or replacement garage door online, our experts are on hand to help you choose the most suitable for your property.

Lakes Doors supply and install all types of garage doors, front doors and gate automation products. We specialise in bespoke garage doors and automatic gates. Also, we are passionate about our business and what we do. To us a garage door is not just a garage door, it is something which can make affect part of your property and have a huge impact on the look of your home. Lakes Doors was launched over 20 years ago by Andrew Darnell who set up a small showroom in Lancaster. By 2010 we had outgrown our Lancaster base and moved to our new 3000sq ft showroom in Garstang near Preston.

Sectional garage doors are now one of the most popular choices of garage door, possibly even more so than up and over doors. How it works - as the name suggests, these are made up of horizontal sections, typically on standard doors this will be four sections which make up the door 'leaf'. The leaf is connected to springs which balance the door and make it easy to open and close. The sections rise vertically then slide cack along horizontal track to sit flat in the open position. Materials and insulation - our range comes in steel and timber.

Insulated garage doors are stronger, more secure, and offer better soundproofing for your property as well as the obvious thermal values. The level of insulation is measured as a thermal transmittance value also known as U values and is written like this U=1.75W/m2K, the lower the number the better the insulation is. Below is a guide on the different types of insulated garage doors available. Insulated roller garage doors are made from foam filled aluminium slats which hinge together and roll up into a coil.

Our range of entrance doors is made up of high performance doors from three different manufacturers using three different construction techniques. Garador Steel Front Doors - these doors are available in both contemporary and traditional styles and offer a very good level of thermal insulation. The door leaf is made from a double steel skin with a ridged foam core and is hung on an aluminium frame. If you have a large entranceway to your house you can add side and/or transom elements which can be either glazed or solid panels to complement the front door.

Roller garage doors also known as roller shutter garage doors are a fantastic solution if you're looking to use the roof space of your garage, perhaps for storage. Roller garage doors offer a neat and compact solution and some models require as little as 205mm of headroom. Additionally, they provide a fantastic solution if you have a short driveway as you can part right up to the door and still open it due to the fact that it rises vertically as opposed to swinging out like other forms of door. The only real limitation with a roller shutter door is design, because of how they work the design of the door is limited to a narrow horizontal ribbed effect.

The term, 'Bespoke Garage Doors', can mean one of two things: 1. A garage door which is available in standard sizes but can be made to measure 2. A door which has been designed specifically for an application. This is the meaning when Lakes Garage Doors refer to Bespoke Garage Doors and is what we are discussing here. Often the preferred option of architects when designing doors for exclusive properties, the bespoke garage door offers the possibility of blending the door into the building where a door from a manufacturer's catalogue might at best be a compromise.