Recent content by malba2366

I am looking to replace my garage doors. I like the composite overlay style (clopay coachman series) doors more than the beadboard stamped steel ones. Can anyone comment on the maintenance required for these overlays...do they need to be painted or coated every few years? Are they generally...

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I will have the same installer replace the openers as well. I am just trying to determine if the prices I am getting are still with the price runups factored in, or if the prices have come down from the peak. As we all know prices are quick to rise, but slow to come...

Only one of the quotes breaks It out and it is $500 a door for installation. So $2500 for the door and 500 for installation. The other quote is almost the same

Was this a stamped or overlay door?

I am looking to replace 3 9x8 garage doors. I have quotes for Clopay Gallery, and Amarr Designers Choice both with low e windows and 19 R value coming in around $3000 a door installed. Have these prices come down from the inflated building materials prices of last year, or are they still at...

I have a epoxy/flake floor coated with polyurethane and some rusty water dripped off a snowblower and sat on the floor for a few days. The topcoat looks to be lightly rust stained and I cant get it out. I have tried 1:1 mix with CLR, hydrogen peroxide and it doesn't fully come out. It has...

Unless you marked all of the utilities out, the contractor is not responsible. Generally the homeowner is responsible for marking out all utility lines that are owned and maintained by the homeowner. The contractor is responsible for calling the utilities to mark the lines that they own and...

No they claim a 6 mg abrasion loss on a taper wheel test which is much less than other products out there.

Anyone know anything about armorgarage products? They claim to have a 2 part urethane topcoat with a 6mg abrasion rating - all the other quality vendors seem to be around 20 mg loss on the urethane topcoats.

I am having my garage floor done with an epoxy system. The contractor is using Corotech (Benjamin Moore) V155, V430, full broadcast flakes and V540 topcoat. I asked about V500 but he is saying that the catalyst is unavailable. Will 2 coats of the V540 be adequate for a residential garage? I...