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Garage door motors in Alicante

We turn your manual door into an automatic one or replace a motor that has seen better days. We choose the kit according to the type of door, its weight and how many times a day it opens, and we leave it with photocells, a warning light and a manual release, all properly set up.

  • Factory-direct prices
  • 3-year written warranty (5 years on motors)
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What it involves

Motorising a garage door is much more than hanging a motor from the ceiling. You have to choose the right drive for each door (a ceiling-mounted rail motor for sectional and up-and-over doors, a rack-and-pinion motor for sliding gates, an articulated-arm or linear motor for swing gates, a tubular or central motor for roller doors), check that the door is balanced and moves freely, run power to the motor and set the force and travel so that it stops at any obstacle.

We work for homeowners with detached houses, townhouses or ground-floor homes, for businesses and for busy garages. We automate doors that are still opened by hand, replace motors that are old, noisy or no longer supported with spare parts, and add the safety features missing from many installations: photocells, safety edges, flashing lights, traffic lights for ramps and backup batteries so that the door keeps working even during a power cut.

The aim is for you to come and go without getting out of the car, without hauling the weight of an up-and-over door and without leaving the garage open because you could not be bothered to close it. And, if the power ever fails, for you to know how to open the door by hand using the release, without having to call anyone.

Ceiling motor with rail and manual release on a sectional garage door

Motors and automation: jobs we do

These are the jobs we are asked for most. If yours looks like one of them, call us and we will tell you how we would handle it.

Automating a manual garage door

If your door opens by hand, it can almost always be automated without replacing it. Before fitting anything, we check it over: that it is balanced, that the springs or counterweights are doing their job, that the tracks are straight and that it does not rub anywhere. A door that is hard to move by hand will end up burning out any motor, so first we make sure it runs smoothly. Then we choose the kit according to its type and weight, run a power supply to the motor, fix it in place and programme the force and travel. We hand it over with photocells, the manual release within easy reach and the remote controls already programmed.

Sectional garage door motor

A sectional door is motorised with a ceiling-mounted motor that pulls the door along a central rail, using either a chain or a belt. The belt is quieter and is what we recommend when there is a bedroom or living room above the garage; the chain stands up very well to daily use. We calculate the pulling force needed for the size and weight of the door, fit the rail in line with the centre of the door and adjust the opening so that the motor works with the springs, not against them. Many ceiling motors also include a courtesy light, which switches on when the door opens and lights up the garage while you park.

Sliding gate motor for a villa or plot

Sliding gates are automated with a rack-and-pinion motor fixed to the ground at one side of the opening. We build the mounting base, screw the rack to the gate at exactly the right height so that the pinion meshes without strain, and fit the limit switches so that the gate always stops in the right place. The motor is chosen according to the weight of the gate: a light bar gate is not the same as a six-metre solid sheet-metal sliding gate. Near the sea we use stainless steel fixings and protect the rack, because salt air quickly attacks bare steel.

Garage door motor replacement

A motor that is noisy, jerks, takes longer and longer to open or for which parts can no longer be found is due for replacement. If the door is in good condition, we replace only the motor and keep the door, tracks and springs. We remove the old one, check that the door moves smoothly by hand, fit the new one with its control board and limit switches, and reprogramme the force and travel. We use the same visit to check the photocells and flashing light, and we leave the remote controls for the new receiver ready to use from day one.

Garage door photocells

Photocells are the pair of sensors that stop the door and open it again if something crosses the beam while it is closing. We fit them at the right height to detect a car, a bike or a person, properly aligned and protected from knocks. In busy garages, or in homes with children and pets, we recommend a second pair, one inside and one outside, and on sliding and swing gates we also cover the area the gate sweeps through. If your automatic door does not have them or the beam is faulty, we install them and connect them to the motor’s control board.

More jobs in this service

  • Up-and-over garage door motor

    We motorise counterweight and spring-operated up-and-over doors with a ceiling motor and drive arm, or with two side motors when the door is large or heavy. First we balance it, so that the motor is not carrying weight it should not have to and the door rises smoothly.

  • Motor for a roller shutter or roller garage door

    A manual roller door is automated with a tubular motor inside the barrel or with an external central motor, chosen according to the size and weight of the shutter. We adapt the barrel, remove the floor lock that is no longer needed and leave a release so that it can be raised by hand.

  • Automating your existing swing gate

    Single and double swing gates are motorised with articulated arms, linear motors or underground motors beneath the hinge point if you would rather not see them. We choose the system according to the width of each leaf, the space next to the pillar and whether the gate opens inwards or outwards.

  • Side-mounted motor for a sectional door with no room for a rail

    In garages with beams, ducts or a mezzanine below the ceiling, there is not always room for a rail motor. In those cases we fit a shaft motor at the side, which drives the spring shaft directly and leaves the whole garage ceiling clear.

  • Quiet garage door motor under a bedroom

    In townhouses and villas where the garage sits right below a bedroom, the noise of the motor is very noticeable in the early hours. We fit belt-drive motors with soft start and soft stop, and isolate the ceiling brackets so that vibration is not transmitted to the structure.

  • Solar gate motor with no power supply nearby

    In country houses and plots where the gate is a long way from the house, running a power line means digging a trench and building work. We install motors powered by a solar panel and battery, which make the most of the many hours of sunshine we enjoy here and are enough for a family’s daily use.

  • Heavy-duty motor for busy garages

    When the door opens dozens of times a day, a domestic motor overheats and cuts out halfway through the day. For garages with many parking spaces and businesses with delivery vehicles, we fit heavy-duty motors designed to run one cycle after another.

  • Safety edges along the edge of the door

    A safety edge is a rubber profile on the closing edge that, when it touches an obstacle, tells the motor to stop and reverse. It is the protection that complements photocells on sliding gates, swing gates and community garage doors, where the risk of someone getting trapped is greater.

  • Traffic light for a single-lane garage ramp

    In garages with a narrow ramp where two cars cannot pass, a traffic light at each end shows who has right of way and prevents near misses. We connect it to the motor and to detectors so that it turns red while the door is moving or someone is coming down the ramp.

  • Flashing warning light for door movement

    The flashing light blinks while the door is opening or closing and warns pedestrians and drivers that a door is moving. We position it so that it can be seen from the street and from inside, which is very useful at exits onto narrow pavements or streets with poor visibility.

  • Battery backup to open the door in a power cut

    With an emergency battery connected to the control board, the door keeps working with the remote even when the power goes off. It is the best peace of mind for garages with no other way out and in areas where a storm can leave the street without power for hours.

  • External key release for garages with no other entrance

    If your garage has no pedestrian door or access from the house, a power cut leaves you locked out. We install an external release with a lock that frees the motor from the street, so that you can open the door by hand and get the car out.

  • Automatic closing after the car has passed

    We programme the control board so that the door closes by itself a few seconds after the car has gone through, or as soon as you clear the photocell beam. That way it is never left open by mistake and you do not have to press the remote again.

  • Induction loop for automatic car park exit

    A loop under the paving detects the metal mass of the car: it opens the door as you drive out without using a remote and stops it from closing while a vehicle is underneath. It is very common in car parks and in garages with a lot of outgoing traffic.

What you get with us

  • 5-year warranty on motorisation

    The warranty is in writing and longer than the 3-year warranty on the rest of our work. From day one you know exactly what it covers and for how long.

  • Installed in one day

    We arrive with the kit ready for your door and we do not leave until it is working, with the remotes programmed and the safety features checked.

  • Own team, no subcontractors

    The same technicians who visit you are the ones who fit the motor and who come back if you need anything. Nobody from outside our team touches your door.

  • Compliant with UNE-EN 13241-1

    A motorised door must be safe to use. We adjust the force, check that it stops when it meets an obstacle and leave it compliant with the product standard for garage doors.

How we do it, step by step

  1. Visit and door inspection

    We look at the type of door, its weight and condition, measure the opening and the space on the ceiling or at the sides, and locate the nearest power point.

  2. Choosing the kit and quote

    We suggest the motor and safety accessories your door needs, explain what each one is for and send you a detailed quote.

  3. Installation and connection

    We fix the motor in place, fit the rail, rack or arms, run protected cabling and connect the photocells, the flashing light and, if you want one, the emergency battery.

  4. Adjustment and safety tests

    We programme the travel, speed and force, and test that the door stops and reverses when it meets an obstacle and when the photocell beam is broken.

  5. Handover with the release explained

    We show you how to use the manual release and how to re-engage the motor, programme your remotes and answer any questions before we leave.

Motors and automation in Alicante province

In the province of Alicante, garage door automation has two clear enemies: salt air and sun. On the seafront in Santa Pola, El Campello or Playa de San Juan, the salty humidity rusts racks, fixings and terminals within a few winters, so there we fit stainless steel hardware and well-sealed junction boxes. On inland plots, such as the rural partidas of Elche or the urbanisations of Mutxamel, the motor of a sliding gate spends the whole summer in the sun, so we choose units and batteries that can withstand that heat without losing power.

Autumn storms and the gota fría bring power cuts and, sometimes, water on ramps and in basements: that is why, here, an emergency battery and an external release are not a luxury, and we mount the electronics high up, well away from the floor. In Alicante and Elche there are plenty of townhouses with old up-and-over doors that can be motorised without replacing them, villas with sliding gates on urbanisations in San Vicente del Raspeig or Gran Alacant, and buildings with narrow ramps that call for a traffic light. From our base in Elche we reach all of them.

Where we do it

Garage doors in Mutxamel

We install and repair garage doors in Mutxamel, from the town centre to the urbanisations of Bonalba, Valle del Sol or Río Park and the industrial units of the Riodel estate. We make every door to measure and sell it at factory-direct prices, with no middlemen.

Casco urbano · Bonalba-Cotoveta · Valle del Sol · Río Park

Garage doors in Aspe

We manufacture and install garage doors in Aspe for houses in the town centre, apartment blocks in La Coca and Vistahermosa, country properties in Huerta Mayor, El Aljau or La Ofra and industrial units on the Polígono Tres Hermanas, built to cope with the heat and dust of the Vinalopó.

El Castillo · Serranica · Colón-Santa Rita · Polvorín

Garage doors in Crevillent

We install and repair garage doors in Crevillent, from the street-level garages on the steep streets of the old town to the industrial units on the I-4 and Faima estates, the country houses of El Boch and Cachapets and the outlying villages of El Realengo and San Felipe Neri.

El Calvario · Ronda Sur · Els Arbrets · Rincón de los Pablos

Garage doors in Sant Joan d'Alacant

We make and install garage doors in Sant Joan d'Alacant with the town's character in mind: narrow streets in the old centre, townhouses and residential complexes with shared garages in the newer districts, and villas on the old huerta farmland of La Font, Lloixa or Salafranca, a stone's throw from the sea.

Casco urbano · Benimagrell · Comtat de Fabraquer · La Font

Garage doors in Orihuela and Orihuela Costa

We install and repair garage doors throughout the municipality of Orihuela: the city centre beside the Segura, the farming villages of the huerta, the warehouses of Puente Alto and the urbanisations of Orihuela Costa, from Playa Flamenca to Dehesa de Campoamor.

El Rabaloche · Capuchinos · La Aparecida · Desamparados

Garage doors in Elda

We install, motorise and repair garage doors in Elda: community garages in the apartment-block neighbourhoods, ground-floor premises that were once shoe workshops, garages in single-storey houses and industrial units on Campo Alto, Finca Lacy and Torreta-Río.

San Francisco de Sales · Nueva Fraternidad · Las Trescientas · La Prosperidad

Garage doors in Petrer

We manufacture and install garage doors and gates in Petrer: garages on the steep streets of the old town, community garages in La Frontera, villas in Caprala, El Rebentó and Loma Badá, and industrial units in Salinetas, Les Pedreres and the Guirney.

Casco antiguo · La Frontera · Loma Badá · Caprala

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Frequently asked questions

What people ask us most about motors and automation.

Motors and automation: your questions

Can any garage door be motorised?

Practically all of them: sectional, up-and-over, roller, swing and sliding doors each have their own type of motor. What really matters is the condition of the door. If it is balanced, moves freely and the tracks or hinges are in good order, it can be motorised as it is. If it is hard to move by hand, we adjust it first, because a motor does not fix an unbalanced door: it hides the problem for a while and ends up burning out.

What motor does my door need?

It depends on the type and the weight. Sectional and up-and-over doors take a ceiling-mounted rail motor, or a shaft motor if there is no room; sliding gates, a rack-and-pinion motor beside the opening; swing gates, arm, linear or underground motors; and roller doors, a tubular or central motor. Then we fine-tune the choice to how the door is used: a villa with two cars is not the same as a garage that many vehicles go through every day.

What happens if the power goes off while the door is closed?

Without a battery, the motor stops and the door can be opened by hand once you operate the release: a pull handle or lever on the inside and, if you have one fitted, a lock on the outside. With an emergency battery, the door keeps working with the remote during the power cut. When the power comes back, you re-engage the motor and the door returns to its programmed travel.

Are photocells compulsory on an automatic garage door?

The European standard for garage doors requires a motorised door to be safe in use, with no risk of crushing or impact when it closes. This is achieved by combining force limitation, photocells and, on many doors, safety edges. On community doors and doors that open onto the street we consider them essential, and we also recommend them for homes: they are a small item compared with the scare they prevent.

Can I replace just the motor and keep the door?

Yes, as long as the door is sound. It is the most common situation when the motor has become old, noisy or impossible to find parts for. We check the springs, tracks and balance, remove the old motor and fit a new one suited to the weight of the door. Bear in mind that the receiver changes with the motor, so we programme new remotes or, if they are compatible, reuse the ones you already have.

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