HOW MUCH DOES A GARAGE DOOR COST TO INSTALL?

Garages are built either separately or within your houses and each garage has an entranceway that attracts customers. Garage doors play an important role in gaining customers and most importantly, it is to maintain privacy. Garage doors can be operated either manually or electrically via connection to the electric motor. Garages can be built for different purposes with includes different activities, like it could be used as a workshop to repair or sharpen tools or machinery, arts and craft room for an enthusiastic artist, or simply a storage room, which is the usual use of a garage. Moreover, Garages are usually large enough for the accommodation of various cars/vehicles.

But if you’ve built the garage for work purposes, you must make it look eye-catching to gain more customer’s attention without any compromise on the quality of work. Not to forget, privacy is important too. Although, garage doors come in various qualities and materials. They can be wooden or metallic, depending upon your choice.

Now if we look into the charges of different garage doors, it varies depending upon the material and quality of the door. The National Average cost of a garage door is $500 to $2000 and it could exceed up to $5000 or more.

TYPES OF GARAGE DOORS:

Garage doors come in various types and sizes. The more common types of garage doors are sectional doors, roll-ups doors, sliding doors, side-hinged doors, tilt-up canopy, or tilt-up retractable doors. There are various options that you can choose from for your garage.

This type of door does not require any professional maintenance and comes in two types, that can be insulated or non-insulated, depending upon your need. Sectional Doors can also be customized, in case if you need to include window inserts, colors, and textures.

• Roll-ups Doors:

Roll-ups doors are specifically designed for commercial use, rather than residential use. These doors are installed in commercially built garages to withstand the heavy usage of vehicles. It requires usual maintenance because it’s built for a commercial purpose and undergoes heavy works. Moreover, its cost is hefty as compared to the sectional doors, because they are high maintenance and composed of heavy-duty nature.

Sliding Garage Doors, as the name indicates, works by sliding by side of the garage, sitting parallelly to the wall. These doors work along with lower trolleys which are flexible enough to work in the slight slope areas or ceilings. They also require low maintenance and are usually installed in a garage built in a house.

Side Hinged Door is an old-fashioned door, install usually in many homes as well as in garages, but with a difference of composition according to the garage door. Side Hinged Garage door is made up of heavy wood, and besides that, commercial-type galvanized steel doors are also available in the market for installation in a garage. Although the rates may vary depending upon the type of door you select.

Tilt-Up canopy doesn’t have sections, like that or side-hinged or sliding doors; rather they are made up of a single solid piece. This type of door slides upward and sits parallelly to the garage ceiling. Moreover, this canopy style requires low maintenance and therefore, adjustable charges too.

Similarly, the retractable garage door tilts upward inside the garage. But the only difference is retractable garage door requires more inner garage space because it opens inwards while the canopy door opens outward therefore, no extra space is occupied by the door.

The rates may vary because it’s said that retractable garage doors cost more than canopy garage doors.

The garage door plays an important role in determining your work area, privacy, and of course, gains customers. Choose wisely!