| 47 T T Rosa Watson A door for every garage Custom Made Garage Doors has been producing unique garage doors for over 20 years, MANUFACTURING Custom Made Garage Doors A family-run business near Rolleston is quietly producing designer garage doors that are becoming regarded as the best in the country. Custom Made Garage Doors has been producing unique garage doors for over 20 years, now. Started by Mal Hurrell, the business has grown to be sought after in the building industry, and now has three generations working in it. Mal started out working for well-established Christchurch company, Nightingale Garage Doors, where he spent 22 years. In 2001, he and his wife started up their own garage door hardware business, supplying door components to Australia out of a small workshop in Tuam Street, Christchurch. “Eventually, a few builders tracked me down to see if I would manufacture their doors for them,” Mal explains. “With that in mind, we had one of the largest building companies in Christchurch approach me to supply and install 100 garage tilt doors for storage units they were developing. This contract turned into approximately 500 doors over the next couple of years and with that, my son Kurt and daughter Jo came on board along with another two staff members to help with production throughput.” In 2004, Mal was asked to design a flat panel insulated sectional garage door, which has gone on to become the company’s centrepiece. “Now we are known throughout the country for the best flat panel door on the market.” Their designs include the Phoenix flat panel door alongside the Idaho negative detail flat panel door, which are both insulated. With an increasing demand for architectural garage doors, they decided to have a new, purpose-built workshop installed on their rural block on the outskirts of Rolleston. “This enabled us to concentrate on research and development on our new architectural designs, like our cedar doors and our glass doors, corten doors, and designer doors,” Mal says. With more new designs in place, they started marketing their doors nationwide, and before they knew it they were supplying a number of garage door companies around New Zealand. “All our architectural doors are manufactured in-house, with 95% being insulated. We added on a couple more staff, including our grandson and his partner, so now it’s a three-generation business.” The company works with a number of local builders and housing companies. “All top-end companies and great to deal with.” The range of garage doors starts with affordable right up to a .75 Zincalume flat panel Smartline range, and a number of top-range custom doors, including cedar, glass, and corten doors. “Our top range of doors are endless – basically, whatever the client wants we are there to help, dealing with the builders and architects on a one-to-one basis to get it right.” In the last few years, the flush-mount sectional doors have become increasingly popular, Mal says. These doors fit flush with the exterior of the house, complementing and aligning with the cladding. “These can be pretty much any design to suit the exterior feature.” In 2018, the company branched out into Central Otago, opening an office in Wanaka that services the Southern Lakes area under Custom Made Garage Doors Southern Lakes. Doors are delivered to the Wanaka office weekly, and a truck delivers doors to the North Island every two to three weeks. industrialtube.co.nz Supporting NZ Manufacturers since 1985. $ZDUGHG *ROG FHUWLÀFDWLRQ IURP WKH 6XVWDLQDEOH 6WHHO &RXQFLO 3URXG SDUWQHU WR &XVWRP 0DGH *DUDJH 'RRUV /WG NEW ZEALAND’S LEADING TUBE MANUFACTURER 03 382 2102 027 220 9003 1431 South Eyre Rd, Swannanoa, 7476 www.smartweld.co.nz www.smartsprings.co.nz General Engineering; ∙ CNC press brake ∙ CNC guillotine ∙ CNC Laser cutting Spring manufacturing; ∙ Garage door springs ∙ Industrial roller door springs ∙ Tilt door springs Machining; ∙ Lathe ∙ Mill ∙ Spark Eroder Welding; ∙ Stainless Steel ∙ Aluminium ∙ Cast Iron Design & Fabrication; ∙ Steel ∙ Stainless Steel ∙ Aluminium Proudly supporting CustomMade Garage Doors Ltd 193 Halswell Rd, Christchurch | 03 338 9199 | sales@halswelltimber.co.nz
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