February 24, 2017

You won’t believe how strong your garage door actually is!

Strong garage door

Have you ever actually stopped to consider how much work your garage door actually does? We took the time to go over and evaluate some of the kinds of performance challenges that garage doors are often subjected to, things that the typical owner would never even stop to think about. After digging into the information in this blog, you’ll likely never look at your own garage door the same way again. But, when you’re through, you’ll definitely be able to understand why it’s absolutely necessary to make sure you invest in the highest quality product available, and have it installed by experienced industry professionals.

Every day the limits of your garage door are put to the test…

It’s right there in front of you, all the time, plain as day though you never really see it. Never actually take the time to look at it. You don’t see all the work your garage door is doing, the hardship it endures.

  • How often is it pounded and abused by basketballs, footballs and other objects every single year?
  • Think about what it does to keep you and your home warm throughout the winter, and cool during the summer time.
  • Your garage door even protects you from lawbreakers and criminals, who would steal inside your home to commit felonious acts.
  • And that’s all without even mentioning everything your garage door does to keep out the elements. How much it does to protect you and your family from the snow and sleet, wind and rain.

So let’s take some time to think about everything you ask of your garage door, all the important tasks it regularly performs…

  • During its lifetime, your garage door will be expected to operate (that is, open and close) over 25,000 times. That’s roughly equivalent to the work needed to climb up, and down, the 29,000 feet (or 8,850 meters) of Mount Everest. Five times!
  • Not to mention every single day your garage door is pounded by ultraviolet rays from the sun, without any form of sunscreen. It receives enough heat and solar energy, every day, to fully cook a turkey.
  • Taken altogether, if we accumulated that energy over a span of 25 years, that would be equivalent to the energy output of 55 barrels of high-performance gasoline. And your garage door does it all while looking good and keeping its shine.
  • When battling the elements, your garage door may be subjected to incredible forces. Confronted with a gale approaching 90 mph (or 145 km/h), the force of that wind on a garage door approximately 12’ x 8’ equals the weight of a family sedan.
  • And during the coldest days of winter, the temperature between the outside of your garage (0 °F / – 15 °C) versus the inside (50 °F / 10 °C) can easily exceed over 50 degrees Fahrenheit (or approximately -25 °C). This kind of difference in temperature, if you’ve got yourself a garage door with a thermal insulation rating of R‑16, equals the same kind of protection from three heavy, insulated winter coats piled on top of each other, each one sporting one inch (25 mm) of Thinsulate insulation!
  • We can even do equivalent calculations to take into the effects of summer’s highest temperatures, if you’ve gotten a well‑insulated and properly weather sealed garage door. If you do, you can be sure that your garage door will always stay cool and effective.

Hopefully this has given you some great, helpful ideas.

As you’ve read this, hopefully it’s made much clearer what an important role your garage door plays as an integral facet of your home. You’ll hopefully have all the information you need to ensure you can select a well-insulated, weathertight garage door as a permanent fixture of your house. Doors that come equipped with polyurethane insulated will typically provide you with the highest levels of performance, insulating you from the coldest and hottest conditions. They will also simultaneously reduce excessive exterior noise, and provide an extremely strong resistance to bending and warping.

If you are in fact considering changing your garage door, please feel free to contact us any time at 607-687-5126. You can even come down and meet us personally at our showroom. It would be our great pleasure to explain complete range of products we offer, and how they would best fit with the architecture and style of your home. Additionally, you can always send us a request for personalized online quotation.

As a final note, if you do happen to be interested in changing up your garage door in the near to immediate future, consider using a helpful tool like our online Design Centre. It will assist you in creating the garage door of your dreams, just the way you want it. You can also peruse examples available in our extensive online image gallery.

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