There are two kinds of expense related to battery/system garages – one off repairs and block refurbishment and the approach is different.
One-off Repairs
This is required where there has been some kind of impact. A vehicle hits the garage or a tree falls on the roof for instance. Occasionally a garage within a block may have deteriorated to the extent that chunks of concrete are falling from a lintel that is breaking up. In this case it is better to look at the block as a whole for there will be other garages in the block in a similar state and total refurbishment of the block will prove to be much more cost effective.
Apart from the Marley and Leofric Ranges of garages we have moulds for other brands long since defunct and can usually provide a viable solution. However these replacement parts contain hand-made wire re-enforcement elements and require careful handling to ensure no cracking in the hardening stage, and even with great care taken the yield is not high and the costs reflect that. Evidence of the difference in the re-enforcement between Marley and other brands can be seen in how they disintegrate. Marley units spall (concrete comes away from the rebar) System B from a manufacturer long since gone, breaking up along the lintel. Note in the photograph how the concrete has collapsed onto the door which is now the only thing holding it up!.
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Block Refurbishment
Block refurbishment allows for the latest approaches to a more usable product and the use of more modern materials that eliminate maintenance and have a more attractive appearance.
More importantly the use of custom-designed aluminium profiles eliminates future service and deterioration. Bringing the whole block up to date, with all new fronts, roller shutter doors with greater wing mirror clearance is often cheaper than piecemeal replacement of the original concrete downpipe/posts and gutter/lintels. A recent costing for a site with 19 old Marley System 8F garages would have cost about £16,000.- more to renew the defective concrete and doors than replace the entire site with new roller shutter doors and aluminium fronts.
Although the original shells are kept (saving substantial removal and disposal costs) the systems are not able to be mixed in the same block. It’s change all the fronts or none. However the RSDs can be used in the original 8F fronts although the WMC is slightly less than with the entire front change but still greater than that with a cassette Hormaan Door.