5 factoids about your garage door
Thinking of replacing your garage door? Selling your Home?Take these Factoids into consideration
Factoid 1:
The average Garage Door takes up SIX TIMES more space than your basic entry door, probably why a whopping 70% of homeowners use their Garage Door as their primary entrance rather than their front door. You may even say that your front entry is a doorbell rather than a true preferred entryway. Due to the size of this, let’s say, grand entrance holding so much mass of your front view, your eye goes straight to that opening. Updating your Garage Door can give your home that WOW! factor and fresh, new look.
Factoid 2:
71% of people that own a home with a Garage Door have an Operating Unit, a great little gadget of technology allowing you to program remotes to your car and have hand held ones that you can use to open and close your Garage Door, all from the warmth and comfort of your car! Great for those Colorado winters, am I right?
Factoid 3:
The quality of the Garage Door you put in directly reflects on the value of your home. You wouldn’t live in a house with only walls and no insulation to protect you from the elements, right? Then why have that in your Garage where up to 6% of warmth from home insulation can be lost. Updating your Garage Door with a better quality and insulated door can grow the value of your home by 1%-4%. Unlike most home improvements, this one is having a solid return on it.Â
Factoid 4:
73% of homeowners put the above stated Factoid into consideration when looking to sell their homes. If you want to get the most bang for your buck, you may consider replacing an old, original to the home 15-20 year old Garage Door with a new, insulated one, allowing you to possibly get more out of your sale!
Factoid 5:
GARAGE DOORS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS!!!
I know, I know, you’ve worked on everything put in front of you since you were 15, BUT the components of a Garage Door shouldn’t be attended to by anyone that doesn’t have the proper knowledge and experience. Not everything can, or should, be DIY; this is one of them. It really is just better to leave this one to the professionals at   A Team Garage Doors 720-556-8016.Â
Now that you know some interesting facts about your Garage Door, give us a call at (720)-556-8016 to schedule some Preventative Maintenance or a New Garage Door Replacement!
