Things need to consider before Buying a new Garage Door

Decided to change your garage door? Since the purchase of a garage door is not recurrent, we have highlighted five points to consider before choosing.

Your motivations

Why a new garage door? The color of your current garage door is depressing you? The temperature of your garage is overly cold? Do you have pain in your shoulders and arms because you have to force to open your door? Tired of maintaining your garage door? Simple but essential questions to ask before going to the manufacturer

Training room or DIY workshop?

Some will use their garage just to park their car, but others will want to turn it into a training room or DIY workshop. Depending on your project, you are looking for different criteria for your future garage door. In this sense, if you want to remodel your garage in the training room, you will have to look for a garage door with good sealing and good insulation.

Functionality, aesthetics and budget

These are the three main criteria to check when buying your garage door.

In more detail, the functionality relates to robustness, durability, safety, insulation, sealing, ease of maintenance, product and installation warranty, manufacturer and installer reputation, and the ability to add or change a door opener.

Aesthetics are also important, especially if you want your garage door to blend in with the architectural style of your home or stand out in design.

Finally, how much are you willing to invest for your new garage door? For small budgets, there are garage doors less than $ 1,000.

Garage doors made of wood, metal or glazed aluminum

These are the three main types of garage doors that are found on the market.

The wooden garage door is highly valued by consumers for its natural look and traditional design. We find low-end garage doors, less expensive, and high-end, that is to say, solid wood, obviously more expensive. In return, the wooden door requires more maintenance to protect it from the weather.

Metal garage doors are also available in different manufacturing and insulation qualities. We find the metal doors, insulated with polystyrene or polyurethane and different thicknesses. This type of door is very popular because it requires almost no maintenance. As for prices, there are low-cost metal doors, but these are not isolated. If you are looking for good insulation and a good seal, we recommend a metal door 1 ¾ inch thick insulated with polyurethane foam.

Are you a fan of modern or contemporary style and your home reflects your tastes? Consider the glazed aluminum door. However, this type of door is expensive because of its high number of windows. Apart from these three models, there is also the fiberglass door and the PVC door. The first is very resistant, but expensive; the second is also resistant, but little or not isolated.

Aesthetics

If you want to increase the resale value of your home, consider replacing your existing garage door for a door displaying a beautiful design: real estate broker advice! Indeed, the garage door is one of the first things noticed by potential buyers who come to visit your house. To convince you even more, Remodeling Magazine has established that the return on investment (ROI) on a $ 1,000 investment for a new garage door is 91.5%.

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For even more aesthetics, consider harmonizing your garage door with your front door. Garage has decided to harmonize two models of its garage doors (Vogt and Prestige) with those of Novatech.

If the garage door model does not have the color of your choice, you can use a specialist workshop to repaint the garage door.

Do not forget the design of the door. Several choices are offered to you, ranging from rustic patterns to clean lines. A large selection of decorative hardware is also available from various manufacturers.

The last question you have to ask yourself is: "Double door or two single doors? “ Practical and aesthetic side, we recommend the two single doors.

You are finally ready to start shopping for your future garage door! If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us. We also offer the opportunity to apply online. Also take the artist out and draw your future garage door through our Design Center.