Aluminum Garage Doors: Pros and Cons

Aluminum garage doors pros

Aluminum garage doors are low maintenance and low cost doors.

Aluminum doors are lighter than steel doors, which makes them easier to open and close (a reasonable advantage if you don’t have or do not intend to install an automatic opener).

Aluminum garage doors are usually cheaper than steel doors, and can also be built with a layer of good insulation material, which make them as energy efficient as steel ones.


Aluminum garage doors cons

Aluminum garage doors are very easily dented. That’s their major and big drawback, when compared to steel garage doors.

If there is a reasonable or high risk of denting, steel garage doors are preferable.


Aluminum garage doors prices

Aluminum garage doors are slightly cheaper ($200 dollars or so, for similar doors) than steel ones.

Aluminum tilt-up and single-piece garage doors are popular and inexpensive: prices from $500 to $800 are common.

Insulated aluminum garage doors, are more expensive – $1000 - $1300 – but they will deserve the price if you your garage is contiguous to your home’s rooms or if you are using it as a social or working space.




See also:
Garage Doors Basics
Steel garage doors
Wood garage doors
Fiberglass and vinyl garage doors


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