How Green is Your Garage Door

Lately, more and more garage door manufacturers in New York give emphasis on environmental matters and produce products, which are friendly to the environment and offer higher insulation efficiency. If the garage is attached to your house, spend many hours in there and care about the protection of our planet, then you should choose durable and well-insulated garage doors. If you also insulate well the garage, you will save a lot of energy and, hence, money, and you will be enjoying excellent temperatures at home in East Patchogue regardless of the weather conditions outdoors.

Get information about the new door

•     You should get information about the R-Value indicator, which will show you the insulation properties of a garage door and you should know that the greater the indication, the higher will be its insulation efficiency.
•     You should ask experts about the coatings used to paint the aluminum overhead doors or any other material because you can find a garage door repair in East Patchogue, which uses natural and non-toxic colors.
•     There are also products made of 100% wooden fibers and recycled materials. There are companies that can ensure these products are recycled properly and, basically, many metallic doors today are “green”. Of course, you can check whether you can find other recycled parts, like the garage door openers.

Improve the conditions in your garage

The conditions in your garage will affect the whole house and they don't depend solely on the behavior of the garage door parts. So, you must make sure the place is not humid and the temperatures are great.

•     Garage door maintenance should take place often. When the mechanism works fine and all parts function to their full capacity, you can be sure that there is no energy wasted.
•     You should give attention to the good condition of the walls, especially the ones that separate the house from the garage. You must make sure they are insulated and not humid.
•     Search for tiny holes, moisture, leakage and mold on the walls because they can make a big difference to the insulation behavior of the entire property.