Tips On Buying a Garage Door
1. Shop Local
You will want to work with a locally owned business that has a good reputation with many years of experience serving your community. Contact locally owned garage door companies that offer brand name, industry leader, and high-quality garage door manufacturers like Clopay Garage Doors. While a big box store will offer garage doors, locally owned garage door companies focus on garage doors, have highly trained staff, experienced, and recommended.
2. Set A Budget
There are a lot of options for new garage doors, and pricing can range from a thousand to tens of thousands of dollars, depending on residential or commercial grade garage doors. Set a realistic budget that fits within your household budget and know that an investment in a new garage door will add value to your home by improve the exterior of your home. The return on investment of a new garage door is around 102.7% with an average residential garage door being around $3,800 and a homeowner can expect to recoup approximately $3,900 upon resale.
3. Know Your Garage Door Measurement
There are common garage door sizes, but that doesn’t mean that your garage door opening is a common size. Single stall garage doors run 6 to 12 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high. Double stall garage doors run 14 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet high. If your current garage door is not within these measurements, don’t worry, garage doors come in 2” increments in width and 3” increments in height.
4. Select a Garage Door Material Type
Garage doors are built in a wide variety of material types: Steel, Fiberglass, Wood, Aluminum, Wood Composite and Vinyl. Having a basic understanding of the benefits of each material type will help select the right garage door for your project. Most common is steel.
5. Select a Garage Door Style
There are several different garage door styles. The current architectural style of your home will influence your garage door style selection. However, upgrading your garage door style to a new, maybe more modern or rustic style, will elevate the exterior of your home. The garage door style should match your taste and preference but must also sit well with your home’s look and feel.
6. Insulated Garage Doors
While there is an additional cost for insulated garage doors, consider several things when deciding to choose an insulated or non-insulated garage door. Insulated garage doors are especially good for garages with workstations or ones with lofts or additional living spaces above. Ideally, if you will be spending a lot of time in the garage, consider insulation to make it feel more comfortable.
7. Garage Door Safety
Garage doors come with standard safety features. Here are a few to consider, and inquire about: photo eyes, outside motion detection, manual control – in the event of power outages, finger-free hinge designs.
8. Garage Door Openers
Garage door openers are not a requirement, but the modern-day conveniences of including a garage door opener come with security features as well. Adding a garage door into your new garage door budget is a good idea to help secure the items in your garage and home. Remote access, mobile entries and controls are more than a piece of mind.
The professionals at Rapid Garage Door & Awning provide top quality sales, installation, services and repair of garage doors, garage door openers, and retractable awnings and screens for residential and commercial customers in the greater Grand Rapids, Minnesota communities within 100 miles. Voted the best garage door company and best professional service in Itasca County in 2023. You can stop by Rapid Garage Door & Awning showroom Monday through Friday 8am-4pm or you can give them a call at 218-326-1333 to set up an appointment. Their website: www.rapiddoor.com will give an overview of the products and services that they provide.