About Armour DS Ltd

Armour has been manufacturing and installing roller shutter and other security door products in the North East of England for three generations.

We are a local family run business with over 40 years of experience in the industry. We manufacture all our own roller shutters at our Burnopfield site but we also supply and install steel security fire and personnel doors, aluminium shopfronts, fire shutters, security grilles, strip curtains and more.

We are suppliers to the public and trade customers.

In 2014 we entered the domestic garage door market, supplying and installing a range of roller garage doors.  In 2017 we developed and produced the “ArmourDor”, our very own insulated roller garage door.

In February 2021 we expanded into the domestic garage door market further by merging with Comet Garage Doors, a company with a rich history in the industry dating back to 1968 when the company was established and Comet Garage Doors has been in the same location since that time.

Merging with Comet Garage Doors has allowed us to offer our clients a wider range of garage door products.

Here at Armour DS we are committed to offering our clients the very best products at affordable prices. We aim to provide our clients with an easy, hassle free service and products that are designed for sustainable, long term use.

The ArmourDor is by far our most popular product. It is remote control, insulated, compact (takes up very little headroom in the garage and vertical opening means you can park right up to the garage door) and cost effective. We manufacture these ourselves, they are made from 77mm aluminium sections which are filled with CFC-free foam (Aluminium profiles are supplied by Aluprof) which are 18.5mm thick. They uses a RSens roller garage door safety device with communication via radio. Autolocking system means no physical locking. Comes with an internal manual override as standard external override and battery back available

They are available in 23 colours and finishes. Comes with a 5 year warranty

The RollMatic from Hormann, again similar to the ArmourDor and SeceuroGlide but has a counterbalance system integrated within the garage door which means the garage door can be opened and closed by hand unlike other roller doors which have to be cranked up and down.

Up and over doors are not insulated in any way.

There are 2 types of up and over garage door, canopy and retractable. Canopy doors work with an overhead spring and 2 cables and once the garage door is open it protrudes halfway out of the garage creating a canopy, these are good affordable manual garage doors and we do not advise these be made electric. Retractable doors have side springs and run on overhead tracks similar to a sectional door and once open it fully retracts into the garage. These can be manually operated or electric by adding an operator.

These can be made from steel, GRP and timber. They are available in a range of colours, designs and finishes.

Our supplier of up and over doors are Hormann, Novoferm and Garador.

Again these are available as insulated or not insulated.

Our non insulated side doors are made from steel and available in a range of designs, colours and finishes. Our suppliers are Novoferm, Hormann and Garador.

Our insulated side doors are made from either steel filled with CFC-free foam or UPVC, again these come in a range of colours, designs and finishes, with glazing if required. Our steel doors are supplied by Wisnoiwski, JD UK, Ryterna and Novferm. Our UPVC doors come from Rockdoor.