If you are considering replacing your garage doors, you may be surprised by the variety of doors available to you.

Made out of metal, wood, composite, or fiberglass and with four different types to choose from, there are over a dozen combinations to consider before making a choice.

Types of Garage Doors

Roller

This type of garage door is the most space efficient type, but many homeowners shun roller doors because of their industrial appearance. Made out of thin aluminium strips, this garage door rolls up into a drum and is often automated when installed.
 

Sectional

Sectional garage doors are the most popular type of garage doors. The door is normally made of wood or metal and is divided into several horizontal sections. The largest advantage of this type of door is its ability to maintain a traditional appearance without having to swing out to open.

 

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Winter is still here but it's not too early (or too late) to complete your plans for that new 3-season sunroom addition you've been thinking about. The Energy Doctor has some very nice options for you to consider.
They've been around for over 27 years and still going strong.

In fact, they claim to be a leading manufacturer of solarium and sun room products in North America. See for yourself.

Are you gathering ideas for that dream home of yours? If you're looking for photos of two-story, family room (a.k.a. great room) window groups I've got a few ideas to throw your way that just might suit your wants and needs.

Three questions about your screen porch:

1. Are you lucky enough to have a built-in screened porch?
2. Do you live in an area where you are able to sit outside in your screen porch for at least 9 months out of the year?
3. Are you sick and tired of spending hours of your valuable time meticulously putting up plastic sheeting in the winter to retain heat only to remove all of it 3 months later in the spring...and do it year-after-year?

If you answered 'yes' to all 3 questions then this could be a solution to your dilemma.

Interested in having a look?

Fiberglass, wood and steel are your main choices for residential entry doors.

The deep, rich grain of wood is very appealing to our sight and touch so it is no surprise that some of the fiberglass doors on the market today have evolved to look and feel exactly like real wood. Some are even architecturally correct with proportionate stile-and-rail configurations. (Steel doors are mostly used for industrial and commercial purposes.)

Take my photo challenge to see if you can tell the difference between fiberglass and wood entry doors.

It's time to publish some more of my pictures of a beautiful, new English cottage built here in America. I'll mainly focus on the windows and doors for this post.

Extraordinary attention to English cottage architectural details and landscaping was the driving force behind The Bonner's new home. Some of these details are not always apparent. You need to look carefully and realize that you will not find homes of this caliber very often. The builder definitely kicked things up a notch for this fine homebuilding project!

My pictures probably don't do it justice but at least I tried. Judge for yourself.

Basement egress window wells were the latest feature, amongst many others, that we saw in place in some very attractive homes in Brown's Park near downtown Marietta, GA. It seems to be rare to find new homes these days built with fully enclosed basements with stairs from inside of the house to be the only way to enter/exit the basement.

Basement egress window wells are, by far, probably the most boring feature of these homes but a necessity, nonetheless. I'll be posting an article, or two, very soon on some other great features found in these feature laden home plans.

If you are considering building your own home, searching for a new or existing home or remodeling your basement into livable space, then you need to know your local egress codes.

Here's why...