HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-05-03, Page 30(MS) — Replacing your old
garage door system can completely
change the appearance of your
garage and bring undeniable
advantages to your home.
According to the experts at
a leading sectional garage
door manufacturers in North
America, there are 10 valuable
reasons to replacing your old garage
door:
1. Increase the value of your
home.
Replacing an old garage door with
a new stylish maintenance free door
will do wonders for the value of your
home.
Many real estate agents will
confirm that it is easier to sell your
home when the garage door looks
good.
2. Improve the appearance of
your home.
Some garage doors come in as
many as 15 colours in a baked-on
paint finish, many different styles
and a wide variety of windows, all of
which can give your home a new
look.
3. Lower your heating and cooling
bills with an R-16 insulated garage
door.
A properly insulated garage door
can pay for itself over time by
reducing your energy costs by
keeping the heat out in the summer
and the cold out in the winters.
This savings will occur when you
have living quarters above the
garage or when the garage is being
used as a work shop.
4. Reduce your maintenance
time.
Many metal doors are low
maintenance when you choose a pre-
finished colour. They require only
mild soap and water for cleaning. So
say goodbye to painting and
scraping and hello to more leisure
time.
5. Protect items stored in your
garage from the elements.
Many people use their garage for
storage. To protect those items from
the damage caused by extreme heat
and cold, choose an insulated door
with a thermo barrier that prevents
heat or cold from traveling from
the outside surface to the inside
surface.
You can also combine this with a
PVC weather-strip with screw cover
and double fin rubber seal and
bottom rubber weather-strip.
6. Increase the uses for your
garage.
With the use of an insulated
garage door between R-12 and R-18,
you will find the garage a more
pleasant place to work in. Your
garage can be used as a workshop,
art studio, playroom or a heated
storage room.
7. Increase the security of items
stored in your garage.
It is much easier to kick in or drill
through a wooden or metal non-
insulated door than a metal urethane
insulated door which is at least 13⁄4”
thick and has a metal skin front and
back.
This can be enough to deter a thief
from trying to break through a metal
insulated door.
8. Prevent easy access to your
home.
The garage door is the largest
access to your home. Many new
garage door openers come with the
rolling code technology, which
makes it far more difficult to gain
access when the opener uses one of
100 billion new codes each time the
door is opened.
9. Reduce the risk of injury.
Photo eyes, which are now
mandatory, sense when something is
in the way or passing through the
opening when the door is coming
down.
This has two benefits, when the
light beam is broken, the garage door
will reverse back up when coming
down to prevent an injury and/or
turn on a light so you will see where
you are going when it is
dark.
10. North American made.
If you like to support North
American manufacturers, ask your
supplier if they are offering you
a North American made pro=
duct.
Buying a garage door is a long-
term investment. A new garage door
increases the value of your home, the
uses of the garage and reduces the
risk of injury.
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