Recent content by james_444

The price included removal of the old door, installing of the framing kit, rails, door, etc. Today's temperature is 102. The outside of the door is to hot to touch and inside temperature of the garage is only 90. The inside house temperature, with out air conditioning is 79 as I write this...

Reporting back. Well I took the plunge and went with a top of line Clopay door with two inches of polyurethane. I am absolutely delighted with the door. Today here in Mesa AZ it was a nice spring day of 100 degrees. As I mentioned my house faces west so with my old single piece, steel, non...

Thank you for your suggestion James_W but this one I will leave to the pros. I have a single piece steel door now and there is enough mechanical energy in it's springs to kill me if I make an error. Also I would still have the problem of how to dispose of the old door. I don't think it will fit...

Teken, thanks for the advice I will check on the seals. My major concern is heat transmission though the door itself from the sun beating on it. You could fry an egg on the current steel door in summer. That is why I am thinking of the polyurethane sandwich style door. I have though of...

I'm not an expert on this but I don't think soffits will do any good in the garage since it is open and does not have a ceiling. It is my understanding that soffits and ridge vents are used when to ventilate the crawl space. You don't have a ceiling so you don't have a crawl space. If you are...

First let me thank everyone for their kind replies. I am going to do it since I can't see any reason not to. My own analysis is that a foamed polyurethane sandwich door is better than a polystyrene sandwich door. From what I read I the polystyrene door are made by gluing pieces of polystyrene...

Hello, I live in Mesa Arizona, an adjacent city to Phoenix. As you may of heard it gets a little warm here in the summer. Like over 110 degrees. I'm going to replace my 1977 single piece steel garage door. Not only is it starting to fail and I can't get parts but my house faces west. During the...