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1. Garage Door Replacement If you just purchased your first home there is a fairly good chance that was not a brand-new construction, just built, with no previous owners. Not to say that that doesn't happen but the likely hood is not as great as buying a previously owned home. If you are like most eager newbie owners then you probably have a few grand renovation ideas that you are excited to get underway pretty soon. It’s important to implement the changes while you still have the "bug." If your home is of the variety that comes equipped with an attached garage then it’s also highly likely that you and your significant loved one (or just you if you did this on your own) probably put down some refacing of the exterior as well. One of the first places to start and consider making changes to the outside of the home is with the garage door. There are a lot of things to consider when making changes with respect to the garage door because there are so many different configurations, materials and elemental concerns to take into account. This article will attempt to give you some pros, cons and cost considerations to think about with respect to the type of materials used in many of today's garage door constructions. Let's consider some of the most popular garage door materials used including wood, steel, aluminum, and fiberglass. It is important to note that the prices listed may not be accurate

2. depending upon the region that you are living in, but it does attempt to give your local averages where appropriate. Wood The most notable and traditional material used for making garage doors or any kind of doors for that matter is wood as most may know. Wood is the most readily apparent and easy to work with type of material. For years it was the most widely used material for doors of all kinds. Today, it is still used to manufacture various types of garage doors. Here are the pros, cons and costs in a concise bulleted list: • Pros - Traditional material used; affordable; More natural looking • Cons - Demands more maintenance because it is more susceptible to the elements like wind rain, snow, heat, etc. • Cost - Tilt up wood door (cheapest and most affordable) $400 - $700; • Rollup - made of clad wood composite panels - $800 - $1000 • Appearance-Grade Wood (most expensive) - $1,500 (Oak) - $2,000 (Oak) all depends on material used. Fiberglass A relatively new material used in door making is fiberglass. Fiberglass is also very easy to construct and work with for builders. It is also very affordable even more so than wood. The downside of fiberglass doors is that they are also relatively easy to break. A component to take note of with fiberglass is that it is usually a translucent material so this means that light can pass through it for natural light visibility during the daytime. It is probably also worth noting that because of this factor, most storage services utilize fiberglass for their storage unit doors. The benefit to the storage companies is a lot of times they can cut down on the cost to construct as well as operate because during the day they don't have to use electricity in the units. For this very same reason burglars are notorious for targeting fiberglass door constructed storage services. Don't keep your most valuable possessions here if you are in a high crime rate area. Here again is another summary list that highlights the pros, cons and costs associated with fiberglass garage doors:

3. • Pros - Very lightweight, resistance to salt air corrosion, translucent • Cons - Poor insulation; Yellows with age; relatively easy to break • Cost - About $300 - $700 Aluminum When most people think of durable metal should naturally come to mind. The multifaceted benefits of aluminum constructed doors are why it is a very popular material used for garage door construction. Consider these positive benefits. Aluminum is lightweight, resistant to rust and can also be coated to mimic the look of wood. It is also a fairly cheap and mailable metal to work with so that has a good associated with it as well. The one major drawback of aluminum is that is a relatively weak metal in that it is very easy to dent. Here is another bulleted list that highlights these summary points: • Pros - Also can mimic wood, durable; lightweight; rust proof • Cons - Extremely easy to dent • Cost - $400-$700 Steel Finally, we have steel. The most durable metal made by man. It is highly durable, almost impossible for a thief to overcome and is considered a contemporary material. Steel is easily the most durable of every material mentioned here and does not need as much maintenance as any of the others. The one glitch that one may have to consider when working with Steel is that if it does dent then it is very hard to repair. This bulleted list will summarize these pros, cons and costs for you here: • Pros - Strongest type of door; Most Secure; Embossing technology to make it look like wood door w/o headache-won't warp, crack or delaminate due to weather; don't rust • Cons - Dents hard to repair; • Cost - $750 - $1200 installed

4. Hopefully, this list has given you, the new homeowner, some helpful things to consider when looking to repair or replace your garage door. If you are interested in sprucing up the interior of the home...now that's a different article.