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Automatic Openers: Smart Capabilities

As technology continues to evolve, upgrading to a smarter garage door not only makes life easier but also enhances home security. These innovative gadgets are becoming essential for homeowners looking to simplify their daily routines.

What Makes a Smart Garage Door Stand Out?

Innovation at Your Fingertips

Smart features are designed for ease of use. With remote access capabilities, you can open or close the garage door without leaving your car. Whether it’s raining or you’re juggling bags of groceries, these features offer a level of convenience that traditional doors simply can’t compete with.

Enhanced Safety Measures

One of the most compelling reasons to choose smart accessories is the added security they bring. With advanced locking mechanisms and the ability to receive notifications directly to your smartphone, these features give you peace of mind. If your garage door opens unexpectedly, you’re immediately alerted.

Smart garage door smartphone app

B&D App Integration

Manage your garage doors and compatible gates with the B&D App from any location across the globe. If you’re away for the weekend and need to provide access to both your home or holiday home, the app has you covered. It features voice control for easy operation and keeps a historical log of all garage data. Plus, you can invite multiple users to access the app, ensuring that family and friends can also control your garage doors when needed.

Professional Roller Door Installation Matters

Modern black roller garage door

Opting for roller door installation by a qualified professional is crucial. Here’s why:

Expert Guidance

At C&M Garage Doors, our team is highly skilled in installing a wide range of B&D garage doors, including sectional and roller doors. As garage door specialists in the Northern Rivers, we carefully assess your garage’s unique requirements to recommend tailored solutions that provide the best fit and functionality.

The Versatility of Smart Accessories

From residential to industrial applications, smart accessories offer flexibility in design and functionality. Their compatibility with various home automation systems means you can integrate them seamlessly into your existing smart setup.

What Sets Us Apart

Choosing smart features for your garage is more than just an upgrade; it’s a lifestyle choice that reflects your values in security, convenience, and modern living. Our commitment to quality ensures that you receive not just a product but a comprehensive service experience.

If you’re ready to elevate your home with the latest in garage door technology, contact us today for a free garage door measure & quote. Let’s transform your garage into a smart, efficient space!

Want to know more?

Call your garage door specialists today if you’d like to organise a roller door installation and chat about our range, on (02) 6686 4238, or fill out your details with this form.

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How Can I Have a Wooden Garage Door?

Nothing beats the beauty of natural wood. However, Australia’s harsh climate is more of an enemy to timber than it is a friend. Natural wood requires a lot of maintenance, it’s heavy, and it’s subject to damage from mould, termites and another external forces. As such, it’s not the best option for garage doors. However, there are plenty of timber alternatives on the market that look just like the real deal, plus they are low maintenance, more durable and better suited to a garage door application.

Prodema Prodex

Prodema Prodex is a wood-alternative created by a company in Spain. It a unique product for façade cladding and has all the elegance of natural timber. However, unlike the real deal, it’s highly resistant to nature’s elements, making it an ideal option for your garage door.

Prodema Prodex comes in panels which have a bakelite (a lightweight, durable plastic biproduct) core. The panels are cladded in a veneer of natural wood, so that surface looks like timber. This is then treated with resin and exterior PVDF film to ensure its durability and weather-resistant qualities. A very attractive feature of this material is that it’s non-stick, preventing the build-up of dust, dirt and mould on its surface.

Prodema Prodex is a material offered in the B&D Designer Door series. It is also environmentally certified, guaranteeing it is manufactured with raw forest materials and managed in a socially and environmentally responsible way.

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Knotwood

This epic material is actually aluminium! Knotwood has the timeless appeal of natural wood with the capabilities and durability of aluminium. It’s a greener, safer and stronger material than real timber and is an excellent material for garage doors. We love Knotwood for its state-of-the-art modular system that conceals joins, screws, rivets and fixings. As such, the finish achievable when using Knotwood is unlike any other.

This wood-alternative has the most extensive colour range, thanks to Knotwood’s specialised powder coating system. Not only does powder coating allow for many woody colour choices, but this process also produces life-like wood grain and texture. 

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B&D Timber Coat Range

If you’re thinking of investing in a B&D Roll-A-Door, the B&D Timber Coat collection is available to you. The Timber Coat range is ideal for those who cannot go past the appeal of natural timber. Each colour in the collection has been made to complement both classic and modern homes. The Timber Coat range, exclusive to purchasers of Roll-A-Doors, is stylish, budget-friendly vinyl coating options for garage doors, designed to replicate the look and texture of real timber.

Check out the B&D Timber Coat Collection
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The natural-timber-look has long been a trend for garage doors. It’s timeless, elegant and boosts curbside appeal. If you’re after the look of real timber for your garage door, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to discuss your options.

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The C&M Garage Door Mobile Showroom

Introducing B&D To You…our mobile showroom

You’ve taken time off to look after the kids and it’s an ideal time tick off some things on your to-do list. One those is to finally organise a new garage door but taking your three tired kids to a showroom and consultation is the last thing you want to do. Good news! You don’t have to. The C&M mobile showroom called B&D To You can visit you in the comfort of your home to discuss your options and help you choose a garage door that is right for your needs. It’s a complementary service with no obligations, however, if you’re feeling ready to talk cost, our consultant, Mitchell, can provide an instant quote for you, right then and there.

We get it. Life is busy and items on your to-do list get left behind. That’s we decided to simplify the process of choosing a garage door for your home. The Northern Rivers stretches far and wide, and we understand that a visit to our showroom in Ballina is not feasible for some people. And so, we introduced B&D To You, our mobile showroom. Packed into a van, B&D To You makes design consultations simple, convenient and easy for our clients. With a showroom on wheels, we’re able to service the entire of the Northern Rivers and the Tweed – from Grafton to Kingscliff and everywhere in between.

There is a mini Panelift garage door in the van.

What’s inside our mobile showroom?

Our mobile showroom contains everything you need to choose the right garage door for your home. From colour samples, profile designs, brochures and catalogues, it has everything. The van is even fitted out with a mini B&D Panelift garage door (our most popular door) that works, so you can see it in action.

One thing to know is that the B&D To You van is only stocked with B&D Garage Door products. We’re the only B&D Garage Door Accredited dealer on the North Coast of NSW, so 95% of our installations are B&D Garage doors. However, we do install Damar garage doors from time to time. If you are after one of those, visit us in our showroom in the Ballina Industrial Estate where we have colour and design samples.

The benefits of our mobile showroom

To put it simply, our mobile showroom makes choosing a garage door easy, convenient and straightforward for you. You can explore the range through a touch-test experience and see samples of every colour choice in the comfort of your driveway. Our expert design consultants can assess your home and provide recommendations if you wish. With extensive knowledge of the B&D range, the consultants are also there to support you making your decision on a garage door.

The mobile showroom has samples of every colour and profile design to make your choice easier.

We now service the Tweed in our mobile showroom

With the addition of our mobile showroom, we are now able to provide our services to homeowners in the Tweed. Previously, visiting our showroom in Ballina from the Tweed wasn’t always possible. However, now that we can drive our showroom around, we’ve extended our service area to include the Tweed. Whether you live in Pottsville, Cabarita, Casuarina, Tweed Heads or Murwillumbah, our mobile showroom can visit you at home.

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Recent Garage door Installations in Lennox Head

We’ve been working in Lennox since 1994

C&M Garage Doors are the longest established Northern Rivers garage door specialists, servicing Lennox Head and the entire region from Tweed Heads to Grafton. Launched in Alstonville by Matt Barber in 1994, before later being joined by his brother-in-law Chris Heinritzn, the pair have committed almost 20 years to high grade garage door installation and repairs.

C&M Garage Doors have become locally known as a leader in customer service and in 2004 became the North Coast’s only B&D Accredited Dealer. This accolade was the result of ten years of perseverance and dedication to B&D’s high standards and strict regulations of customer service and support.

In 2015 we moved to our state-of-the-art showroom, located just 15 minutes from Lennox Head at 7 Stinson Street, Ballina Industrial Estate. This allowed us the space to become a dedicated service centre, depot and central hub for the entire Northern Rivers region.

Garage Doors in Lennox Head

If you have driven around Lennox Head lately picking out your dream home, chances are you would have come across some of our handy work. Being a coastal town, the houses are exposed to harsh elements and salt air, this means we are often hard at work restoring older homes or helping clients choose the highest quality products to make sure they get the most out of their garage doors. With the new estates popping up between Lennox and Ballina, there is plenty of opportunity for our clients to choose from the wide range we have on offer and explore their creative flair by opting for custom garage doors. 

Customer Garage Doors

Signature custom frame installed with the help of Hurf Build Design and Construct

We love when our customers come to us with ideas that are out of the ordinary and present us with unique challenges. This client opted for an aged wood cladding and wanted a door that would provide modern functionality and security but could also provide that aged, lived in look to suit the exterior of their home. For this particular job we installed a signature B&D Panelift frame that was finished with horizontal cladding by local builder, Hurf Build Design and Construct. The door not only fit perfectly into the client’s design brief but also provided them with strong, safe and reliable operation covered by a minimum of 3 years warranty.

The Flush Mount system is part of B&D’s Designer Door range for a reason. It exudes architectural B&D Garage Doors have become increasingly popular since they were first introduced to the Australian market. With over 60 fire resistant aluminum colours, finishes and countless customisation options such as insulation, bristle seals, storm guard wind protection and added bushfire protection there is no surprise that we see our customers opting for B&D time and time again.

B&D Grange Door in Dover White with Stockton Windows

These clients opted for a B&D Panelift Grange door with the Stockton window option to suite the coastal aesthetic of their home. They chose the popular B&D exclusive Colorbond tone Dover White that adds just enough depth as a mid-tone white to blend perfectly with coastal and Hamptons style homes.

B&D Sectional Garage Door – Nullarbor Panelift Door in Ironstone

A B&D sectional garage door was chosen by these Lennox Head clients in the Colorbond shade Ironstone. They opted for Nullarbor Woodgrain Textured Panelift door, adding a natural texture to offset the iron cladding on their home. The distinctive flat panels of B&D Panelift doors deliver a minimalist modern look that boast street appeal. These dark colours like Ironstone really pop when contrasted against lush green landscaping or paired with raw timber tones.

Danmar Garage Doors

Danmar Carriage Panel Door

Danmar Garage Doors are another high quailty range offered through C&M Garage Doors. They provide custom doors that are excellent value for money and allow you the freedom to design and express the individuality of your home at a price that suits your budget. This particular Lennox Head client opted for the Carriage Panel Door. The doors are constructed using 135mm vertical Vee-Joint panels attached to a strong aluminium frame, creating a tropical carriage-style feel. This client opted to customise their doors with fixed glass panes instead of the standard louvers and a cross beam design to suit their desired aesthetic. The Danmar Carriage Panel Doors typically come in 86mm Fully Sealed Hemlock boards as their standard colour but there is the ability to customize with a herringbone design and Western Red Cedar, Walnut, Rosewood and Ebony, Sella Brown and Black Ash colour options.

If you’re feeling curious or inspired, please reach out if you would like to discuss your options with one of our friendly staff or to book an at-home consultation with our mobile showroom.

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Recent Garage Door Installations in Goonellabah

Did you know that C&M Garage Doors install garage doors as far north as Kingscliff and as far south as Grafton? As the north coast’s only B&D Accredited Dealer, we proudly provide our products and services to most of Northern New South Wales, including Goonellabah. In fact, we’ve been installing garage doors in Goonellabah and its surrounding suburbs for almost two decades.

Based in Ballina

Way back in 1994, C&M Garage Doors established in Alstonville. In 2015, we made the move to the Ballina Industrial Estate which gave us enough space for a state-of-the-art showroom and dedicated service centre and depot. The move became a spring board into a whole new level of trading and ever since, we’ve only grown and expanded the business. Ballina has been a great move, and has put us right int the middle of the Northern Rivers, making a great base to work from.

We welcome everyone to visit the showroom to check out models of garage doors and talk to an expert design consultant in person. We’re only a 15-minute drive East from Goonellabah, located in the Ballina Industrial Estate at 7 Stinson Street.

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Garage Doors in Goonellabah

If you live in Goonellabah and have a home that is in need of a new garage door, or perhaps an upgrade, C&M Garage Doors should be your first port of call. Goonellabah and its surrounding suburbs are one of our largest groups of customers, especially with the influx of people moving to the area. Quite a number of our most recent installations have been in Goonellabah, an up-and-coming suburb of the Lismore LGA which is rapidly growing in popularity.

B&D Panelift Garage Door

C&M are the only B&D Garage Door Accredited Dealer on the north coast, and the most popular model is the Panelift. The Panelift garage door is a sectional door, and can be customised with a range of different colours and profile designs. In Goonellabah, we install more Panelift garage doors than any other door.

In this recent installation in Goonellabah, our client chose design features to complement and enhance their traditional-style home. The colour of the door is Night Sky and it matches nicely with the roof tiles. We have found Night Sky to be quite a popular colour choice with many of our Goonellabah clients due to the traditional style of most homes in the area. Being dark, this colour has longevity and requires less cleaning to keep it looking presentable. The profile design on this garage door in Goonellabah is called Grange – that’s the rectangular pattern you see on the door. This door is textured too, and that’s thanks to the Wood grain texture of the Grange profile.  

B&D Grange Panelift door in Night Sky, installed in Goonellabah

Another popular design combination we see a lot at the moment is the B&D Nullabor Panelift. It’s a contemporary and sleek door with clean panels giving the home a modern aesthetic. In the below recent installation in Goonellabah, the client chose to pair the Nullabor profile design with the colour Monument. The end result is stunning, and contrasts well with the colour of the house, the pebble driveway and soft greens of surrounding plants.

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B&D Nullarbor Panelift in Monument, installed in Goonellabah

B&D Roll-A-Door Garage Door

The B&D Panelift is a sectional door. This means as the panels lift and open, they are stored along the top of the ceiling of the garage. Roller doors are different, and many of our clients choose them because they give you more storage space. Instead of taking up a real-estate along the ceiling of your garage, roller doors roll up (as the name suggests) onto themselves.

We’ve found that B&D’s Roll-A-Door model is also a popular choice of garage door with Goonellabah clients. Roller doors are usually less expensive than sectional doors, but often aren’t as aesthetically pleasing. The Neo Roll-A-Door was developed to bridge this gap. It’s a roller garage door that does not comprise space in your garage, and its profile design is very similar to many sectional garage doors on the market.

For example, see the recent Goonellabah installation of a Neo Roll-A-Door below. Our client chose the colour Macadamia Nutwood. The end result is a garage door with the convenience of a roller door, and the aesthetic of a sectional door.

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B&D Neo Roll-A-Door in Macadamia Nutwood, installed in Goonellabah

B&D To You

We’ve recently expanded our business services to include a mobile showroom. We can visit you in the B&D To You van which has all the product samples you’d ever need to make a decision for your new garage door. It makes choosing the right garage door a simpler and more convenient process. We know visiting the showroom in Ballina isn’t always possible for our clients in Goonellabah and its surrounding suburbs, and if that’s the case for you, book an at-home consultation.

Our mobile showroom has also allowed us to extend our service area up into the Tweed, including Kingscliff, Cabarita, Casuarina and Pottsville.

Fell free to call us if you would like to discuss your options with one of our friendly staff.

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How to protect your garage door during storms

If you are live on the North Coast, you would know all too well how prone our area is to wild weather at times – especially during storm season.

If you have an automatic garage roller doors, power outages can be inconvenient and quite frankly a total nuisance if you have been away all day and come home to a garage door that isn’t functioning.

In our experience and professional recommendation for everyone in this area, is to purchase a Battery Back Up. A Battery Back Up is a built-in, rechargeable battery that will ensure that your garage door continues to work the way it should, even during a power outage. You can upgrade to your existing opener, so long as it is compatible.

Learn more about the Battery Back Up by downloading the brochure here or calling the team.

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C&M Garage Doors – Top 3 Residential Garage Doors 2020

There have been some amazing additions to the residential garage door selection from B&D over the years. Here are our top 3 picks from their collection for 2020.

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1. Panelift Seville – Colourbond Surfmist.

Why we love it:

You really can’t go past the Panelift collection as a strong, safe and reliable garage door for your home. The entire collection is dependable and beautiful with a range of colours and textures to choose from. They are able to transform the appearance of your home with ease and express your personal style. There are a number of amazing features and the coastal colours are so on point for the North Coast lifestyle. We are particularly fond of Surfmist and not surprisingly, this colour has been amazingly popular for new home builds and renovations alike. Get the brochure here.

2. Panelift Icon Madrid – Colourbond Wallaby.

Why we love it:

A practical option for life on the North Coast, without compromising on looks.  There is an option for a smooth or woodgrain texture finish and the colour is neutral enough for most home designs. Enjoy the enhanced security with the easy to use Auto-Lock Technology. The Panelift Icon has a quieter performance and superior protection from dust and insects. The door itself has a warranty of five years. Get the brochure here.

3. Roll-a-door NEO Japan Cherry.

Why we love it:

his revolutionary design has a classic style that will stand the test of time. It is smooth and quiet and complemented by its Power Drive Automatic Opener. This is one of B and D Garage Door’s most popular sectional door and there has been extensive research and testing to prevent entrance of water and leaves. When you register your Neo door, you are eligible for the B&D 10 year warranty.

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