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If you are replacing an old garage door or
selecting one for your new home you already
know that you have a lot of choices in terms of
door design and materials. There is a strong
trend toward carriage house doors and natural
wood materials. Many manufactures will help
you design a wood door that will accent your
home with woods natural beauty. These
custom garage doors are in terms of garage
doors pricing expensive with some exceeding
$5000. Natural all wood garage doors do
require a higher degree of maintenance and are
subject to warping. In general all wood doors
do not have the strength of
metal garage doors.

Probably a smarter option is to install
metal
garage doors
that has an exterior layer of
wood. The major benefit of this type of garage
door comes from the fact that a garage door
with panels framed with steel are stronger and
more secure. In addition the new
metal garage
doors
can be insulated to a higher R-value than
an all wood garage door. However you will still
have to spend more time maintaining the
exterior wood surfaces just like you wood on
an all wood garage door.

One of the best
metal garage doors designs on
the market includes a multi layer metal panel
that includes two or more galvanized 25 gauge
steel or stronger layers that sandwich 2 inches
of polyurethane foam between them. When
these panels are married together with a
shiplap style joints you end up with a strong,
quiet and very energy efficient garage door.  
Metal garage doors do not warp as a result of
moisture and temperature and as a result have
a higher level of operational reliability. Basically
this means that your automatic garage door
opener is not going wear out as quickly.

If you live in an area that is subject to high wind
risk from tropical storms or hurricanes then
metal garage doors can provide you with the
protection necessary to keep your family and
home safe from destruction. High wind
metal
garage doors
that meet the Miami-Dade wind
code will provide you will as much as 150 mile
per hour protection. Engineering studies
conducted after severe hurricanes show that
once you lose your garage door in a storm it is
only a matter of minutes until you lose the roof
of your home.  A high wind code garage door
may make the difference between losing your
home and your life and survival.

Good quality
metal garage doors will have very
little maintenance. You can purchase a garage
door that has a finish that only needs to be
occasionally washed off to keep it looking
good. Doors with new composite exteriors are
extremely tough and durable. No matter what
kind of
metal garage doors you decide to install
they will outlast just about any wood door.

Spending time on the Internet will help you to
decide what types of
metal garage doors are
best for you. A visit to the local home
improvement store such as Home Depot will
also provide a good deal of information. If you
are handy with tools they can also help install a
metal garage doors yourself. We feel that
metal
garage doors
are the best option available for
the modern home or garage.

                            
Metal Garage Doors