New garage doors

[juddspaintballs]

I have a cinder block 2-car garage with 9x7 garage doors. They are old and wood and falling apart. I think the garage was built in the late 70's or early 80's. Some of the pressboard panels in the wood garage doors are starting to swell, rot, and fall out. I need to replace the garage doors, but I don't want to go high quality since I plan on selling the property in the next year or so. I don't need insulated doors since the garage is not climate controlled.


Should I just get the cheapest doors from Home Depot or Lowes for about $300 or should I get something better? I will reuse the Craftsman chain drive door openers that someone added at some point after the garage was built.

 

[SGKent]

Ask your realtor what the greatest return would be and quickest sale. None of us know your market. For example if you are in a high end area, and you are selling the house as a nice home then you want the nice doors. If you are in a run down area where people buy cheap homes, and you are selling yours as a fixer upper rebuild the old wood ones. If I went to buy a home and I saw that you cut corners on everything you did I would price the home accordingly. Someone else looking for a cheap house in that neighborhood might not care. Someone planning to use the garage as a shop might price replacing the doors with insulated ones and new openers in their offer.

 

[QWIKWHIP]

I think you answered your own question. If it's uninsulated, and you're selling. Just use the least expensive option. Sadly, 90% of buyers don't even care about garages.

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[Hot Rod Grampa]

If you decide to go with new steel doors, seriously consider adding/including the opener prep. package. It will include a proper bracket that goes on the door and a strut that goes across the top section. It stiffens the section so it doesn't collapse or bend from the opener pushing or pulling against it. I'm sure you will be told it's not needed by some, but once that section wrinkles it looks like **** and can't be straightened.

 

[juddspaintballs]

I'll be sure to get that, thank you.