Balancing The Qualities Of Your Garage Door
When you're shopping for a garage door, you may realize that you probably can't have it all-- a door that's inexpensive, sturdy, beautiful, and full-featured is hard to come by. It often requires a balancing act to get in several of the features that you need while not sacrificing all of the other qualities. Here are some suggestions on how to find the best balanced garage doors by pairing the right combination of parts.
Steel Door with Painted Access Door
A steel door does its job well. It's affordable in comparison to the newer garage door materials, and it's meant to weather any storm. When you're saving money on a high quality garage door, it never hurts to embellish a little bit in other areas. For example, you could add an access door on your garage with a pop of color to bring more life to your garage.
Vinyl Door with Belt Drive Garage Door Opener
Vinyl doors are another popular choice for materials, since they are reliable and customizable. They pair nicely with a belt drive garage door opener, which is one of the quietest options for openers that you can find. This garage door opener goes nicely with vinyl, since some of the heavier metal doors may be too heavy for a belt drive to work with reliably.
Wood or Glass Panel Door with Fabric Storm Cover
This example pairs an elegant (and fairly expensive) interior door with the cheapest storm protection you can find. For the interior door, look for multimedia doors that are embellished with glass. You might find mainly aluminum doors that have glass sectional panels, for example. You could paint the aluminum portion as well to add additional coloring and style. Then, you can add a fabric door on top of that to protect your home from the elements. The fabric door would be out of side for a majority of the time. When a storm is coming, you pull down the fabric storm protection and fasten it over the garage entryway.
As you can see, there are many different combinations of garage doors and their accessories that can meet more needs than the garage door alone. Since there are many different options to choose from, your best bet is to consult a garage door installation and repair specialist so that they can walk you through your choices and help you pair parts that match well.
