Energy savings with an insulated garage door
by Garaga
Homeowners make efforts to reduce energy costs. However, even if they have done a good job of implementing measures to lower utility bills, they still remain high. This is because homeowners often forget to consider the largest moving part of their home: the garage.
There are many advantages to making energy saving improvements in your garage. In fact, it will keep the garage area and adjacent rooms to the garage warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. Moreover, if you use the garage as a workshop or a recreation area, having an insulated door will keep the temperature more comfortable.
The first thing to look at is the insulation value of your garage door: a higher R-value is better for energy savings. The inside skins of a door are insulated with either polysterene or polyurethane. Polyurethane provides twice the insulation value than polysterene. It bonds the door’s skin and adheres to the metal ensuring strength that reduces the chance of the metal skin separating from the insulation.
Notice that the advertised R-value of a garage door means very little if the door does not have a complete thermal break system and a proper weather seal system around all four sides of the door and between door sections. Without thermal break, heat and cold will move from the outside of the door to inside of the garage, reducing the insulation value of the door. Metal end caps may allow frost build up and the door sections to freeze together.
The perimeter weather seal system is useful to prevent wind, rain and snow from entering the garage. The type of weather seal used should not be overlooked. The proper perimeter weather seal is made up of two parts, the seal gasket and the holder. The seal gasket should be made of rubber so it will not split or crack. Finally, what makes the difference between two insulated garage doors is the way they are installed. Homeowners can enlist the services of garage door specialists to help them out with their garage door.
About Garaga Inc.
Garaga is a Canadian garage doors manufacturer for the residential, commercial and industrial markets. Garaga ownes two ultra-modern plants, one in Barrie, Ontario and the other in Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec. The company also has a distribution center in Montreal, Quebec. GARAGA inc. is celebrating his 25th anniversary in 2008 and has grown from 5 employees in 1983 to over 200 in 2008
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