Which door fits your house?
Glen Cove's got it all, from Gold Coast mansions to neat little capes on quiet side streets. There's no one door that's right for every house, but there's definitely one that's right for yours.
Carriage-style doors with a row of windows up top look great on the older colonials and Tudors. For newer or more modern places, clean steel with long panels is the way to go. Capes and ranches usually look sharpest with a simple short-panel door and a strip of windows across the top.
If your garage is attached, has a bedroom over it, or pulls double duty as a gym or workshop, spring for insulation. It's quieter, sturdier, harder to dent, and the garage won't feel like a freezer come February. For homes right by the water, we've got wind-rated doors with extra bracing and galvanized hardware.
How long does it take to put in a new door?
Plan on half a day, roughly four to six hours per door. That covers pulling the old one, putting in new track, springs and seals, and hooking your opener back up. Most orders land in one to three weeks, and the common sizes come faster.
Is insulation worth the extra money?
On an attached garage, almost always. For a detached garage that's just storage, a plain steel door is a perfectly good way to save a few bucks.