What are my choices for a new garage door?
The good news is that there are literally hundreds of different styles, sizes and different materials for garage doors. They also have a wide range of installed prices anywhere from $700 to $12,000. The big categories are: steel or wood. Those are divided into traditional overhead or “Carriage style”. There are a lot of other less seen options: flush doors, rolling steel doors, one-piece doors etc. And there are a lot of other materials: copper, aluminum, fiberglass etc. Traditional: For a good look at builders steel doors, go to: http://www.doortechind.com/products.html or http://www.martindoor.com/residential.htm. (Don’t forget to come back!) Steel doors are the low end of the price spread. For traditional frame and panel wood doors check out: http://www.nwdusa.com/raised_panels.html Wood frame and panel doors are typically run 50% more than steel doors for residences. Carriage Style: These doors come in a variety of materials and cost anywhere from 2 to 6 times as much as traditiona
