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Amarr garage doors vs Reynor or CHI?

longez

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It's time to order garage doors for the new house. I need a 10x8 and 20x8 so my choices were limited. I'd settled on either the Reynor Affina or one of the CHI doors, but just found out that Amarr's parent company is the company I sold my lock company to - ASSA ABLOY. As a result the Amarr doors would be a lot less expensive than either the Reynor or CHI. Any experience with Amarr?

thanks!
 
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jwdominick

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I have amarr doors, dont really have any long term advice as I just had them installed but I am very satisfied with the quality, went with the designer series in a 5000 series insulated panel.
 

kramarj

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I can't say how good Armarr doors are, I don't think we have ever worked on one.

I know for a fact that Raynor and CHI are two of the best I have seen. Raynor is pretty pricey from what I hear, but you get a top of the line product. We put in CHI doors and they are cheaper than Raynor and just as good. I should say that Raynor doors are more expensive in my area, not sure about others. Either way, either of the brands are good.
 

Todd.Brock

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No experience with Amarr. put on a CHI insulated door 5 years ago. It was nice. Bright white inside , 16.7 r value or something I had a hi lift option and it ate left side cables. I had one replaced once a year. No idea why. They would fray and sag. Ironically, that corner of the door wouldn't close all the way. I assumed it to be the installation b/c it sure as shot could not have been 4 defective cables
 

Chris705

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I have three Amarr insulated doors...two plain jane (10wx13h) and a really nice carriage style insulated 14wx10h. I went with Amarr mostly because of the available R-19 (or so claimed) foam insulation. I am very happy with the doors and the installer! Would purchase them again and highly recommend to my friends.
 

jstroede

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Must be a regional thing then as I do have Ankmar doors.

Ankmar has been out of business as a door manufacturer for many years. There is still a service company in CO operating under the name and run by DH Pace, but the manufacturing company was liquidated many years ago.

John
 
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longez

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Thanks for the feedback! Our employee discount would save me at least $2K by using Amarr so it's a real contender. All 3 offer 2" polyurethane insulation with R > 18; important since the doors are so big and it can get cold in NW Montana.

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I have more questions than answers.
I'm a door dealer in your area. Amarr is one of the brands I carry along with several other brands. Some brands just for panels to replace damaged ones. On my own house I used Midland. As far as R values on doors. Find out what type of insulation they use and what the R per inch is from an independent source. Look at cross sections of their panels with insulation in place. Then compare with others and what the real R value is.
 

rharman

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Got an insulated Amarr door several years ago. Very nice product. Had an issue with some markings on the windows and they could not have provided better service in replacing them.

I would recommend them any time.
 

sracer99

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Have Amarr wood doors 8x9,, 8x18' on 18 month old house, no complaints, they are really nice looking.
 
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longez

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I have Raynor tricore doors. Very nice doors. Their 3" insulated.

I think that's what I will go with too; the Mrs wants them to match the Rollex drip edge/fascia and Raynor will factory paint any Sherwin Williams color.



Inside the garage -->



Already doing a little garage decorating :evil:

 
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adamjabaay

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ive worked on and installed all those brands...I almost exclusively sell CHI now....mainly because they have amazing bang for the buck and a really close distributor with nearly everything in stock.

any insulated DOUBLE WALL STEEL garage door with good hardware will likely be fine. if you want to go big, get the thermally broken (weather strip between panels, steel on inside separated from steel on outer skin, polyurethane foam instead of poly styrene usually, etc)

thermally broken, polyurethane, etc=one stiff and warm garage door. CHIs higher end panels (I have them on my own house) are as warm as a 2x4 wall R rating I believe.

14 gauge or thicker, wide stance hinges are something id also look for, especially on a 16 foot or wider door. some companies love to use those stupid plastic, or 18 gauge hinges, on otherwise nice doors.

regular heavy duty torsion hardware is best. none of this cheap "wind it with a drill" ****, EVER. impossible to fix without ordering parts basically, short life, not nearly as "balanceable" as two heavy duty torsion springs . usually an upgrade (if ordering from a real door installer) on springs to longer-life springs is QUITE cheap. my cost on spring upgrades from 25k cycle to 50k cycle is less than eating out with my wife and kid at applebees.

spend a few extra bucks, get it put in by a PRO, and you'll likely never thing of it again.

cheap out, and you'll play with it, or pay someone to, every few years. and every time you use it you'll think "should have spent 300 extra. gosh im silly"
 
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longez

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ive worked on and installed all those brands...I almost exclusively sell CHI now....mainly because they have amazing bang for the buck and a really close distributor with nearly everything in stock.

any insulated DOUBLE WALL STEEL garage door with good hardware will likely be fine. if you want to go big, get the thermally broken (weather strip between panels, steel on inside separated from steel on outer skin, polyurethane foam instead of poly styrene usually, etc)

thermally broken, polyurethane, etc=one stiff and warm garage door. CHIs higher end panels (I have them on my own house) are as warm as a 2x4 wall R rating I believe.

14 gauge or thicker, wide stance hinges are something id also look for, especially on a 16 foot or wider door. some companies love to use those stupid plastic, or 18 gauge hinges, on otherwise nice doors.

regular heavy duty torsion hardware is best. none of this cheap "wind it with a drill" ****, EVER. impossible to fix without ordering parts basically, short life, not nearly as "balanceable" as two heavy duty torsion springs . usually an upgrade (if ordering from a real door installer) on springs to longer-life springs is QUITE cheap. my cost on spring upgrades from 25k cycle to 50k cycle is less than eating out with my wife and kid at applebees.

spend a few extra bucks, get it put in by a PRO, and you'll likely never thing of it again.

cheap out, and you'll play with it, or pay someone to, every few years. and every time you use it you'll think "should have spent 300 extra. gosh im silly"

CHI was my first choice, but the nearest dealer is in Spokane; 150 miles West. I will definitely have it installed by a pro. Thanks for the tip on the torsion spring upgrade:thumbup:
 
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