Here at Garage Door Repair Chicago, our skilled garage door technicians regularly perform both garage door repair service and garage door replacement service operations. Our customers often ask us which one is necessary – since they sound very similar, they actually entail different operations, and come at different costs. Here’s a guide to the difference between situations where either garage door repair and garage door replacement might be called for, so that you can be better prepared when your garage door is experiencing issues.
Cosmetic Damaging
When garage doors experience purely cosmetic issues like paint chipping, panel cracking, or color fading – the operation of the door isn’t affected, but it definitely doesn’t look good. This can affect the overall appearance of your home, as well as it’s overall price estimation, which can be an issue for those looking to sell or rent their property. This damage can be caused by simple aging as well as weather and the potential of hard impacts against the door. It’s usually the smartest move to opt for garage door repair when the issues are simply cosmetic damage based. However, if your door is a decade old or more than that, and there’s any other, even just one, mechanical issue, it’s practical to replace the garage door with a custom replacement. This will help ensure that your garage door will work fine in the future, as if a garage door is experiencing even one mechanical issue when it’s that old, there might be others. Custom garage doors enhance the curb appeal and overall price estimation of a property, which is one of the highest returns on investments you can find in home renovation projects.
Structural Damage
Structural damage like warping or bending doors can be caused by extreme temperature or weather changes. When doors have structural damage, they will need to be replaced – whether totally, or simply the damaged panels, as your garage door opener can strain and become damaged when trying to work with a warped or vent garage door. This provides property owners with a great opportunity to replace wooden doors with brand new steel doors that have been galvanized for rust prevention. If you want a door with a wooden look, we recommend using composite doors that have steel cores and are clad with wood, as well as outfitting a fiberglass door with a realistic wood grain fitting for the trompe’ l’oeil effect.
Garage Function
If your garage keeps sticking, opening or closing slow, or moving too loudly, you will have to have the issue analyzed by a garage repair professional, like those on the team at Chicago Garage Doors, who can help you determine the extent of the issue, and see if it’s cause can be corrected. It may be that you simply need to replace springs, or remove an obstruction – and if this is the case, and the rest of the garage door and opener are working fine, a simple garage door repair service should cut it and provide you with instant, and affordable, solutions.
