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Vintage Garage Door, LLC specializes in creating air and water tight sealing for their custom hand-made Real hinged or swingout carriage house garage doors.  Read an in-depth review of weathersealing and installation at Vintage Garage Door, LLC.

Real hinged or swingout carriage house garage doors installed with air and water tight thresholds allowing cars to drive in and out.  Read how the master craftsmen at Vintage Garage Door, LLC will outperform others.

Real swing-out or swinging carriage house garage doors installed with thresholds allowing cars to drive in and out while creating an airtight seal for years.  Read how the master craftsmen at Vintage Garage Door, LLC will outperform others.

Real carriage house garage doors installed with strap hinges will leave an airgap between the doors and wall.  Using this approach creates numerous serious problems for homeowners down the road.  Research the pros/cons of using a jamb versus “door stop” for your project at Vintage Garage Door, LLC.

Real carriage house garage doors were also historically built without a jamb around the doors because the structure was nothing more than a barn or a large shed with a non-square opening.  Research the pros/cons of using a jamb for your project at Vintage Garage Door, LLC.

Hinges are mortised into the side of doors for a reason – protection from the elements and strength versus strap hinges that are used primarily for fence gates.  Investigate hinge research material for real carriage house garage doors at Vintage Garage Door, LLC.

Strap fasteners, or strap hinges for carriage doors, create a large hole for water to go directly into the wood core generating wood rot and door failure.  Think about it – you only see this type of fastener on a barn door or garden gate, never an entry door to a house.  Read an in-depth review of how hand-crafted real carriage house garage door are made to last over 25+ years.

Think about using strap hinges on your beautiful new carriage doors?  Think about it and look around - you only see this type of fastener on a barn door or garden gate, never an entry door to a house.  Read the reviews at Vintage Garage Door, LLC to understand the pros/cons of using strap hinges for your carriage garage door.

Strap Hinges cause swing-out garage doors to fail – These fasteners create a large hole for water to go directly into the wood core generating wood rot and door failure.  Read more about how Vintage Garage Door, LLC builds a swing-out garage door to last for 25+ years.

Use of these types of fasteners is just asking for BIG TROUBLE!  Read an in-depth review of the pros/cons of using strap hinges on a real carriage house garage door at Vintage Garage Door, LLC