Holy sh## garage doors are expensive!

justjeepin86

justjeepin86

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Just got a quote for 3 10x10 insulated garage doors. Good lord. 14k installed. Guess I'm gettin roll up doors if I proceed with this building.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Aren't they insulated inside so you don't have the moisture entrapment problem?
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Yes they make foam board kits to lay in the cavity inside the doors. Or buy a small diy spray kit and do it that way. Honestly IDK the cost difference just throwing something out there.
 
Theres a big difference in door quality too. I done a lot of research back in 2020 when I built my shop, it was 22' by the time I finished wiring my shop and the door guy came back to verify operation and program controllers. He told me the price of the doors had doubled since I bought mine. But do some research, their are a lot of insulated doors that are not very good quality.
 
I had 2 10x10 steel insulated doors installed for under 5k WWW.MARVINSGARAGEDOORS.COM 336-699-8468 It was through a contractor so I don't know if he was passing along a discount to me or not. This was almost a year ago also.
 
shawn said:
What's the material cost? Install of a sectional door isn't a big deal.
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After watching mine go up, I could do it myself.

Unless you're going to put openers on them and raise and lower them multiple times per day, dont sleep in the builders discount ones. 2yrs in, no complaints.
 
I dunno if its an option for you but side / wall-mount openers are awesome. I switched to one when my regular overhead died and the difference in clearance, ease of install plus its so quiet - worth every penny.
 
shawn said:
What's the material cost? Install of a sectional door isn't a big deal.
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Or look at buying it and paying just for the install.
We had a torsion spring break once while I was out of town. I was surprised how inexpensive it was to have a guy come out and replace it.

The only thing thats hard is tightening the spring. And its not hard just unnerving if you think about what could happen if you're not careful and let that thing go. Just need 2 pipes and a set of testicles.
 
justjeepin86 said:
Just got a quote for 3 10x10 insulated garage doors. Good lord. 14k installed. Guess I'm gettin roll up doors if I proceed with this building.
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I just had 2 10x10 metal backed insulated doors installed on my metal building. They are the nice completely sealed insulated ones. 2300 each installed. the 12x12 was 3000 installed. I dont have openers yet as i am finishing sheeting the walls first.
 
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