Installation of a carriage house door is not a normal install; unless of course you are an installer paid by the job, not a job done right!
A hand-made carriage house door weighs an average of 300lbs for an 8ft wide by 7ft tall door. This is not your normal door, and, requires additional engineering and specification of all the opening hardware and components. If your door weighs under 200lbs, ie. one third less the weight of an average hand-made carriage house door, it is highly likely you have purchased a mass produced so-called “custom” door. The majority of “custom” garage doors do not come with commercial grade track and opening components. Although, there are a few custom craftsmen who rise to the top providing an exceptional high quality, hand-built custom garage door with the appropriate tracking and components that will adequately carry the weight on the door without racking, bowing, twisting, flexing, or deflecting, etc. Craig at Vintage Garage Door is one such craftsman who has a clear understanding of the requirements necessary to design, build, finish, and INSTALL a custom garage door to last over 25 years. Let us take a look at one aspect of Vintage Garage Door’s approach.
Vintage Garage Door believes services, at a minimum should include the following major areas:
- Custom & Quality
- Materials
- Build
- Finish
- Install
Let us look at just one of the many INSTALLATION methodologies Vintage Garage Door employs today (con’t) -
Upgraded commercial grade components including track, torsion springs, hardware, and nyloc ball-bearing rollers to ensure your hand-made custom door will open and close with one hand; effortlessly. Craig, Master Craftsman at Vintage Garage Door designs the door, builds the door, finishes the door, and INSTALLS THE DOOR; all for a reason – Professional Quality. Vintage Garage Door’s installation is far and above a “standard installation” from an installer who typically gets paid per job, not a job done right. When Vintage Garage Door finishes installing the custom garage door, it will be perfectly balanced and operate effortlessly without binding, pinching, racking, or zooming like a rocket. Also the track will not bend, bow, or deflect on the weight of the door. Each door tracking system receives a final test of suspending several hundred pounds of dead weight mid-span on the overhead track to ensure everythin is to spec before the first door operation! Your custom garage door will also operate effortlessly and quietly with a garage door opener of your choice; 1/2hp minimum. (note: please remember it is the torsion springs that provide the counter-balance weight and torque to open and close the door. Specification of high horsepower commercial openers is in most cases a high commission “attaboy” sale by installers.) Vintage Garage Door carries a professional line of openers with all accessories, Liftmaster by Chamberlain, to provide a complete solution for your garage door requirements. Liftmaster by Chamberlain is the leading manufacturer of garage door openers in the industry.
www.vintagegaragedoor.com provides a custom garage door solution that includes all of this, and more. Built in Seattle, take a look at their custom garage doors, and services to see how your garage door dreams can become a reality!
Craig@vintagegaragedoor.com, owner and master craftsman, will be a great asset for your custom garage door! Contact him today to put worry behind and start saving.
