Five Mistakes To Avoid When You're Having A New Garage Door Installed
Posted on: 20 October 2018
If it's time to replace your existing garage door, you want to make sure you select the right product and installation service so that your new door works efficiently for a long time to come.
The following are six mistakes to avoid when you're having a new garage door installed to avoid potential malfunctions and frustrations:
Not taking the opportunity to improve your insulation
A home's garage door tends to be an area where conditioned air can escape from a home and hot or cold air from the outside can penetrate a home.
You can choose an insulated door for your new door to deal with this issue. Invest a little more in a garage door that is insulated with polyurethane and you'll earn the investment back in the coming years with lower utility bills.
Getting standard torsion springs rather than higher quality springs
Garage door springs are one of the most important parts of the mechanism that opens and closes a door.
Standard torsion springs for garage doors won't last as long as heavy duty torsion springs. Invest a little more in higher quality springs and you'll probably be able to wait longer before your new garage door starts to malfunction in the future and require replacement.
Using the same opener on your new door
It's always advisable to switch out your opener when you switch out your garage door. This way, your opener will be installed by the same people who installed your garage door. Replacing your opener at the same time will probably save you money on labor down the road.
If your garage door needs to be replaced and it was installed at the same time as the opener, most likely your opener is wearing out too and will need to be replaced soon anyway. When you do both parts of your garage at once, you can enjoy reduced costs thanks to package deals from your garage door technician.
Trying to handle the installation independently
You should always leave garage door installation to the professionals. It's important to understand that garage doors function with opening mechanisms that rely on springs that are kept at very high tensions. Trying to work with these springs on your own is very dangerous.
Choosing a noisy door
Noisy garage doors can create a big nuisance by waking members of the household up at night. You can minimize the amount of noise your garage door makes if you have an insulated door that features nylon rollers. Nylon rollers make less noise than standard metal rollers do.
Contact a residential garage door service for more help.
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