When Should I Replace My Garage Door?

"Have somebody look at it and they'll give you a professional opinion on if you should replace it.."

- Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert

 

Jim Klauck, Check A  Pro Joe, has asked garage door expert, Alex Dalton to join him on the show today.  Today's question - "When Should I Replace My Garage Door?"

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Episode Transcript

(00:02):
Many of us take the garage door for granted,
but it's often the door we use to get into our home.
Often people use it as the front door to their home.
And every once in a while we look at it saying,
hm,
I wonder if it's time to replace the door.
So I've asked garage door expert,
Alex Dalton from ECO garage doors to join me here on the radio program to talk about that.

(00:22):
Alex.
How are you?
I'm doing good.
Thanks for having me here,
Joe.
Yeah,
it's great to have you here.
Ok.
So when should someone replace their garage door?
What are the indications?
You know,
I could think of a million reasons off the top of my head.
Um,
one of them,
uh,
if you've seen our commercial,
obviously,
if you've hit the door,
you know,
if you ran into the door,
got to put your vehicle in park,

(00:43):
you know,
uh,
you damage those panels,
the door's not operating as it should anymore.
Um,
to,
if you know,
if you have a lot of problems as far as the springs are broken,
the cables are broken,
you got some dents in the garage maybe,
instead of trying to fix the door,
it's worth more just to get it replaced and,
you know,
not have to worry about things for a long time.

(01:04):
Um,
really the biggest thing I can think of though is,
uh,
if you have a non insulated door and you start to see cracks in those panels,
that's just gonna get worse and worse over time,
it's gonna put more strain on your opener itself to open and close it because it's not going into the tongue and groove how it's supposed to anymore.
Um,
and it's,
it's just gonna create other problems for you guys.
Uh,
if you notice any damage on your door,

(01:26):
that's just give us a call.
Have somebody look at it and they'll give you a professional opinion on if you should replace it.
Yeah,
absolutely.
I remember when I had my garage door replaced,
it had been hatched a number of times the sheet metal had been screwed together and,
uh,
it,
it was,
it was basically held together with heavy duty duct tape and it hadn't failed.

(01:49):
But I'm like,
I,
I just wanna get something new.
So my wife and I got rid of the old ripped up doors because one of them literally had a rip in the metal.
It's like sheet metal.
It,
it,
it ripped and we put in the insulated doors,
as you had mentioned.
And that makes a big difference because we don't expect to have the same type of damage in the future from that because it's more structurally sound.

(02:12):
Do you want to talk a little bit about how heavy these doors are?
Yeah,
I mean,
with the door you got there,
it's a sandwich style door.
So you got a piece of steel followed by a layer of installation on the inside and a steel backing to it.
That's sandwich style construction compared to just a single sheet of steel with no insulation,
no steel backing.
Um,
it's gonna give you a heck of a long life there.

(02:33):
Um,
it's gonna open and close a lot smoother.
It's gonna be quieter because it's not rattling around as much.
Um,
honestly,
that's,
that's another reason you place your door if you're wanting something that's gonna last a long time.
If you're gonna be in your house for 10 plus years,
um,
get,
get an insulated steel back door,
even if you're not gonna be in your garage working,
it's just a more durable door.

(02:53):
It's a quieter door.
So you're absolutely right.
If,
if someone were to ask me why I really love my doors is because they are quiet but they're substantial.
What I mean by that is when the garage door opens and closes,
you can tell that it's solid.
It's like the difference between a hollow core interior door and a solid door.

(03:16):
Huge difference in,
in the,
in the quality of a,
you know,
door like that same thing with a garage door,
most builder grade doors are gonna be just good enough.
They're basically blocking the air from coming in.
I mean,
honestly,
if you kick on them hard enough,
you'll break through it.
It'll be a lot harder to break into mind.
I'll,
I'll be honest with you.

(03:37):
Um,
and,
and so they are quieter and they're gonna last longer.
It's really like a Cadillac as far as how quiet and smooth it is versus an old beat up pickup truck from 1972.
Uh,
because that's what these,
these,
these cheaper doors sound like.
Uh,
and not just over time.
I mean,
you can get a brand new door in a new house.
That sounds like it's old,
right?

(03:57):
It's because it's,
it's the way it's designed.
Yeah,
we're actually,
uh,
gonna have a video getting posted to our website here.
Um,
it's gonna be just us kicking a bunch of balls at an insulated door and a non insulated door,
hockey puck soccer balls and you're gonna really see what kind of damage the,
the insulated steel back door can take compared to the non insulated door.
That's just a single piece of steel.

(04:18):
It's actually a huge difference and,
um,
can't wait to get that out on the website.
So,
yeah,
actually,
one more parting thought,
um,
you know,
for security reasons,
it's gonna be a lot harder for someone to break into a heavier,
uh,
insulated door.
Um,
like I said,
if you kick hard enough those basic doors you'll eventually get into.

(04:40):
And certainly,
if someone wants to hit it with their jeep,
they'll go right through it and literally with probably minimal damage to the vehicle and certainly a lot of damage to the door.
Alex.
Thank you so much for joining me here on the program today.
I really appreciate it.
Thanks for having me here,
Joe.
I appreciate it.
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(05:01):
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