Gliderol Garage Door Repairs and Service in Perth: Roller Doors, Glidermatic Openers and Remotes

The same as any other roller door of the same size, GST included: a spring re-tension $220–$320, a new drum spring $260–$340, a curtain back in its guides $380–$750, the Gliderol lock with its arms $320–$450, a bottom seal $220–$450, a pelmet $350–$520, a Glidermatic opener repair $250–$480 and a replacement motor fitted and programmed $750–$1,150. Remotes are $85 each plus $110 to attend and code them, and a yearly service is from $160. The figure for your door is fixed on site before any work starts, the quote is free and there is no call-out fee. Our repair cost guide has the worked examples.

At the opener. On a Glidermatic roller door motor the code button sits on the unit beside the drum, behind the side guide; press it once, then press the button on the remote until the indicator changes, and test from the driveway. GTS sectional units follow the same idea at the motor head. Two catches: Gliderol's handsets do not interchange, so a TM305C only codes to the GTS motors it was made for and an Optima remote only to an Optima opener; and the oldest Glidermatic units take dip-switch remotes, where the row of switches inside the handset has to match the receiver and no rolling-code remote will learn. Our remote guide has the steps; or we attend and code them for $110 plus $85 a remote.

Match the handset you have, not the badge on the door, because Gliderol has run several generations that look alike and do not interchange. The TM305C is the grey three-button remote with light-blue buttons, for GTS sectional and tilt motors made from 2002 onwards. The Optima opener takes the Optima handset. Older Glidermatic roller door units used dip-switch remotes, some of which are no longer made; when the matching handset is gone, the fix is a receiver that accepts a current remote or a new motor with its own remotes. Text us a photo of the back of your remote and the sticker on the motor and we will tell you which part you need before anyone comes out.

Yes, and it has to be the Gliderol lock: the barrel, the cam and the cut-out in the curtain are brand-specific, so a B&D or Centurion lock will not sit in a Gliderol door. We carry the complete Gliderol lock and key set with its front and rear plates and two keys, fit it with the locking arms, line the bolts up with their slots in the guides and hand you both keys, for $320–$450 fitted. If the door is motorised the lock usually comes off instead, because the drive holds the curtain down and a motor pulling against a locked curtain tears it.

The spring inside the drum has lost tension or let go. It carries most of the curtain's weight, so when it tires the door feels heavy, drops when you let go, will not stay up, or stalls the motor part-way; left alone, the opener strains against the weight and fails next. A re-tension is $220–$320 and a new spring $260–$340, fitted and balanced the same day. Please do not adjust it yourself: the spring is under load inside the drum, the curtain has to be clamped so it cannot fall, and a slipped clamp sends the whole curtain down on whoever is beneath it.

Both happen. A GRD or GTS unit that hums, clicks or has drifted off its limits is repaired for $250–$480 where the gear, capacitor or board is still made; we check the door's balance first, because a heavy door kills motors and a repaired opener on an unbalanced door fails again. When the board or receiver is gone and the handsets for that generation are no longer available, a new motor fitted and programmed is $750–$1,150, and we fit a Merlin, Jaytech, Superlift or Steel-Line unit sized to the door, with its own remotes. Our motor replacement cost guide sets out when each is the better buy.

No. We repair, service and re-motor Gliderol doors, but we do not sell them. The brands we supply and fit are Steel-Line, B&D and Centurion Garage Doors, all in Colorbond colours, with a standard single or double roller door $2,200–$5,500 installed and the old door taken away. If you want a Gliderol door specifically, Gliderol's Wangara branch and its resellers can quote one, and we will happily keep servicing it afterwards. Either way, when your existing door is past saving you get the repair price and the new-door price on the same visit.

They are a sound, mainstream door, and we say that as the people who repair them. Gliderol has made roller doors in Australia since 1974, the curtains are formed from Colorbond steel like those of the other major brands, and the Glidermatic openers have driven Perth doors for decades. What decides how long any roller door lasts is not the badge but the upkeep: correct spring tension, clean and dry guides with a silicone spray rather than grease, a motor matched to the door's weight, and a service when it starts to feel heavy. Looked after, a Gliderol door gives a long working life; on a coastal block and never hosed down, it rusts along the bottom rail like any other steel door would.