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Detached 2 car garage, and door replacement after realigning of garage.
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Detached 2 car garage, and door replacement after realigning of garage.

We have a detached 2 car garage with our house, which is about 100 years old. And things over the years caused the garage to tilt in the opposite direction. We had a construction company out to fix that, and the garage is standing straight again. However, now our doors are even more of a mess. We have two 8x7 heavy wooden doors. The right one barely opens, and the left one snapped a spring before the construction company came out.

Now that the construction is done, we had our local garage door company come out, and they told us the doors need, at minimum, new springs, cables, tracks, rollers, pulleys. Pretty much everything but the garage door openers, and the doors. They also recommended replacing the doors, which with windows, adds a good bit more. We're not sure if we need doors. I see the doors paint is peeling, and the bottoms of them look like they may have problems, from about 100 years of rain, but they could just need new paint. I attached pictures of the inside, and outside of the doors. They are recommending Amarr Lincoln 1000 doors, as our detached garage has no heating or cooling, and needs no insulation. From what I read here, Chi doors are much more durable.

https://imgur.com/a/NfJ6rnR

My questions are this. Looking at the pictures, do the existing doors need more than a new coat of paint?

If we do need new doors, should we request Chi doors, and what is comparable to the Lincoln model doors?

Finally, unless this violates rule 7, for upstate New York, what's the typical price range for this kind of work? In hopeful compliance with rule 7, I will not provide any information about the installer, their quote, or anything like that. I just want to know what the price range for upstate NY is.

u/Pancakesandcows — 2 days ago
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Normal Garage Assembly?

I recently bought a house from a builder. This is how the interior of the garage doors are finished - exposed 2x4s around the entire perimeter of the doors. I’ve always had finished openings/jams in prior houses. Is this normal? What sort of risks does this carry overtime?

u/Ok_Guest_4970 — 3 days ago

One layer durability versus 3 layer

I got a quote for a cloplay 1 layer door for $1140 and the 3 layer with polyurethane for $1610. So a 40% more expensive door.

It’s a detached uninsulated garage so the R value and noise are non-factors for me. The only thing I care about is if the door will last long.

Based purely on the durability or how long I can expect each garage door to last before needing to replace, is it worth going for the 3 layer?

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u/whitecoathousing — 3 days ago
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Door Model/Material Limitations if Using a Vertical Lift Track?

Hi everyone!

I was hoping for a bit of support on a new door and track planning, for a new construction garage in my residential home.

The problem (opportunity!) statement: I have a ~16 foot ceiling, single car garage. I would like to use a full vertical lift door in order to place a loft/workshop at the top of the garage with "free and clear" headroom. Example listed 5th down at this site: https://www.garaga.com/information/faq/types-of-lift

My contractor's sub says I am limited in garage door selection, which was relayed to me thirdhand by the GC. Does this sound right? I would have assumed any standard door will work, it is the track that matters? Or is he meaning the door material?

Door and motor recommendations are welcome as well!

Additional context if necessary: We are about 2-3 blocks from the ocean so rust/weatherproofing in terms of door material is a real concern.

Asking all of this so I go into a meeting soon prepared, thanks so much in advance!

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u/5horizonsrr — 9 days ago

Raynor BuildMark S vs. Lincoln 1000

I got two quotes for these doors essentially the same price. Wanted to know if there’s any real difference or preference to go for one over the other.

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u/whitecoathousing — 9 days ago
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Low clearance ceiling enclosed carport - will I be able to convert to a semi-reasonable garage space?

The previous owner of the house enclosed a carport and added an additional room of about the same size next to it with a full opening - creating a single very large workroom he used as a woodshop and storage. The room is unfinished, with one 20 AMP circuit wiring.

the room is 19 ft deep and the new side is approx 14' wide, the old side is same depth, about 16 ft wide.

the issue is the headroom. The grade slightly slopes down towards the new room, so the clearance in the old section is 7'1" and new section is 7'2-7'2 1/2"

I want to install a single garage door 8 ft wide. We have not yet framed in an opening. My question is - what is the smallest clearance garage door and opener I can have someone install.. for a "reasonable" price (say under $2000 for door and opener, not including framing) and what would the final clearance be for a car... I'm assuming the standard header would be 8" for the opening, but possibly with a glulam beam we could do a 6" header - but would that matter at all??

I'm hoping to be able to get a Suv into the space that is about 75-76 inches high

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u/Early-Weird-3892 — 9 days ago

What is my best option here for this 1 car garage?

Looking for ideas/options for this garage/shed. Opening is 7ft tall 8ft wide. Current door just swings open like a barn door but is in rough shape. Done need power with it (can be manually raised and lowered.) would like something with a better seal but looking to keep it pretty cheap. Does not need to be anything fancy. How hard would it be to add tracks and put a sliding garage door on this? Thanks for any tips and ideas

u/mikeyjw600 — 9 days ago
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Hormann Garage door - OK to paint?

I am in the process of getting a new garage door installed. My question is, is it better to get a white Hormann door (with R15.7 insulation) and paint it to match the color, or buy the approximate color to match the trim. The issue is the trim is Sandstone and there is a 8 week lead time to get that color.

Separately, does it matter if I go with R15.7 insulation or go down to R9 insulation for about $500 less (2 garage doors 16' x 7' and 8' x 7')

I am a newbie to garage doors and any help is appreciated

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u/Practical-Win-3141 — 9 days ago