In many cases, a simple garage door repair will be perfectly sufficient for most of the problems you might encounter with your garage door. Things like sudden breaks, sagging, or superficial damage can usually be addressed without taking out and replacing the whole thing.
However, there are a few factors to consider when determining if it might be better for you to go all in for a garage door replacement instead:
- Your door is weathered or rotted. If there is structural damage that affects the entirety of the material your door is made of—sun damage, warping, rot, among other things—then you are probably looking at a garage door replacement.
- You notice higher energy costs. Your garage door isn’t usually the first thing you think of when your energy bill spikes. Usually, you look at your HVAC system for inefficiencies, check to see if someone is leaving the lights on at night, or maybe check to make sure the fridge door is closing tightly. But often, an old garage door can be bad at insulating itself, which will make your HVAC system work overtime trying to compensate for all the carefully climate-controlled air it’s letting out.
- Your garage door is old. Sometimes it’s just a matter of age. After a while, the various parts that make up your garage will start to fail more frequently, and there will be less and less that a repair can do to extend their life before the next time they break down. If your door is just too old, there is usually not much left to do besides replace it entirely.
If any of these things sound like your door, it may be time to call us for a garage door replacement.
