New Garage Doors

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Mrxyz
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New Garage Doors

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Hi,

There is water damage on my sectional roll up garage doors, which are now no longer manufactured. I have a 2 and 1 car garage doors whose bottom edge has rot from water contact. The doors are contractor grade and old (>10 years). The are masonite covered with polystrene inside. I have cleaned out the bottom (lower half of the bottom section) of the door and then applied oil based primer and then paint- but there is still some damage. They will likely have no problems in the next 2 or 3 years but wanted some recommendations or suggestions on what brand to use and what type of door I should buy.

Thanks
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Mrxyz wrote:Hi,

There is water damage on my sectional roll up garage doors, which are now no longer manufactured. I have a 2 and 1 car garage doors whose bottom edge has rot from water contact. The doors are contractor grade and old (>10 years). The are masonite covered with polystrene inside. I have cleaned out the bottom (lower half of the bottom section) of the door and then applied oil based primer and then paint- but there is still some damage. They will likely have no problems in the next 2 or 3 years but wanted some recommendations or suggestions on what brand to use and what type of door I should buy.

Thanks
Before you replace the doors, you might want to double check that there isn't water pooling slightly (or more than slightly) where the bottom edge of the doors touches the ground.
Otherwise, you might end up with the same rot.

We have a similar problem, after rebuilding the garage, and we need to have the contractor come back and adjust the garage entry slightly.

RM
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ResearchMed wrote:
Mrxyz wrote:Hi,

There is water damage on my sectional roll up garage doors, which are now no longer manufactured. I have a 2 and 1 car garage doors whose bottom edge has rot from water contact. The doors are contractor grade and old (>10 years). The are masonite covered with polystrene inside. I have cleaned out the bottom (lower half of the bottom section) of the door and then applied oil based primer and then paint- but there is still some damage. They will likely have no problems in the next 2 or 3 years but wanted some recommendations or suggestions on what brand to use and what type of door I should buy.

Thanks
Before you replace the doors, you might want to double check that there isn't water pooling slightly (or more than slightly) where the bottom edge of the doors touches the ground.
Otherwise, you might end up with the same rot.

We have a similar problem, after rebuilding the garage, and we need to have the contractor come back and adjust the garage entry slightly.

RM
Thanks.
I think there is some water where the door meets the concrete but not much. I wonder if there is a way to buy a door which does not rot!! I have GPacific siding which rotted and now replaced with Hardie Cement panels which will not rot!!

One recommendation was for these doors: http://www.doorlinkmfg.com/
All suggestions welcome!
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We've been satisfied with our Clopay roll up door we've had for several years.

http://www.clopaydoor.com/residential-garage-doors
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Rollups with Masonite panels are pretty common and there are a limited number of sizes. I think a local garage door company could likely match and replace just the bottom section. I did this with my sister's condo with no problem, they even painted to match. After a year you couldn't even tell there were different sections. If not, it would be even easier to find full replacement doors.

It wouldn't hurt to get some opinions and quotes.
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After 20 years I replaced my 'California tilt-up' doors with conventional roll-ups - best thing I ever did.

I got aluminum ones with a layer of some sort of plastic bonded to the inside to quiet them. I've had them around 20 years now and the only thing I would change if I did it again would be to get the ones with windows in the top row, to lighten the garage interior.

I would definitely buy metal and not wood. Wood decays, and out here in CA it gets termites.
I would pay more attention to the installation and service aspects of the local company than to the brand of door - good door companies around here have multiple suppliers at different suppliers, and much of the time the door is custom built/adjusted to fit the openings. Installing, adjusting, and repairing are things you want done by specialists.
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Hi depending on your ability level this can be a diy project. I recently replaced my garage doors and also replaced all the tracks since the cost was minimal over just buying the door sections. I got several quotes and found out that by installing myself the savings was about $1000 vs the cheapest local installed quote I got so to me it was well worth the effort. The cheapest online retailer I found was rollupdoorsdirect, they sell Holmes brand which is the same as Clopay. I was able to choose the exact door in the color and finish that the Mrs wanted and she was very pleased. If you are in the Chicago area check out DDM garage doors, they have very good prices but they will not ship so it was not an option for me.

Also, if insulation is important for you pay attention to the R-values when choosing the doors.
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Also look into fiberglass garage doors. These won't rot.
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TooLateSmart wrote:After 20 years I replaced my 'California tilt-up' doors with conventional roll-ups - best thing I ever did.

I got aluminum ones with a layer of some sort of plastic bonded to the inside to quiet them. I've had them around 20 years now and the only thing I would change if I did it again would be to get the ones with windows in the top row, to lighten the garage interior.

I would definitely buy metal and not wood. Wood decays, and out here in CA it gets termites.
I would pay more attention to the installation and service aspects of the local company than to the brand of door - good door companies around here have multiple suppliers at different suppliers, and much of the time the door is custom built/adjusted to fit the openings. Installing, adjusting, and repairing are things you want done by specialists.
+1 Buying metal panels vs. wood is a no-brainer, especially in warm, humid climates.

Cosmo
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