Planning and design tips from Bob Moulton for making sure your custom garage door project comes out right.
Do your research to find the budget that you can work with in order to get the door you want. Bring the door artisan into the design process early.
The garage. Probably bigger than you plan to now. Think about more than just the cars: your hobbies, other vehicles, firewood, a shop space, ceiling space, and how much time you want to spend there.
They must open, so leave enough side room to open a car door and walk around it, between the car and the shelves you plan to put on the walls or the snow blower stored in the center of the garage between the cars.
If you like to work on your car inside, remember that the best place for a tool box is up in front of the car where the engine compartment is. Add as much end room as necessary.
Leave (head) room to install the door. They are called overhead doors because they operate and store overhead. Frame at least 16 inches of ceiling height above the door opening so we can use standard 15 inch radius track, which runs the smoothest and gets the door up and out of the way.
To anticipate the full requirements of a custom garage door, furnish our wiring diagram to the contractor and electrician.
If you can draw it, we'll do our best to make it into a door, but we need a place to start. My best work comes from a customer that has an idea, especially when someone else has said you can't do that. A picture from a magazine or book, one you have taken, your architect's elevation, or prints of the house - the point is, it starts with an idea.
Call Bob Moulton at (802) 244-5357 and let's see if those dreams are feasible.
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