Selecting your Garage Door

What complements your architecture?

3 car garage doors Is your home contemporary or classic? Overhead Door offers two basic looks: traditional or custom—with a number of options to further customize your doors. For a traditional look with clean lines and understated style, we offer three options in standard size raised panel, long (or ranch) raised panel, or flush panel designs. Choose from our Banner Collection®, Thermacore®, or Traditional Steel doors. For a carriage-house look, select the distinctive wood detailing of the Ranch House Collection®, or the durable elegance of the custom steel Courtyard Collection®.

What suits your lifestyle?

Select a garage door that fits your lifestyle Do you have children or pets? Is there a lot of traffic in and out of your garage?

If the answer is yes, we recommend a door with quiet operation and added safety features. The Banner Collection® is our quietest door, featuring Triathlon™ polymer hinges with no metal on metal moving parts, spring tensioned polymer rollers for smooth, quiet performance and varying degrees of insulation for thermal efficiency and sound abatement. The Banner Collection® provides peace of mind, with pinch-resistant panels that protect fingers, and a tamper-resistant bottom fixture that prevents the accidental release of the powerful spring load.

What works best in your climate?

2 car garage Will your garage be subjected to extreme temperatures?

If so, consider a well-insulated Thermacore® door to ensure your comfort. The higher a door’s R-value, the greater its insulating properties—and Thermacore® doors offer R-values up to 17.5. They also feature between section seals that provide added resistance to air infiltration. Thermacore® doors are available in a traditional raised panels or flush panel look, or with the carriage-house styling of the Ribbon V12® or Courtyard Collection®. Do you live in a coastal region? Are there special wind code regulations that apply to the area that you live in? Overhead Door offers a variety of heavy-duty windload systems built to withstand up to hurricane-force pressures and to meet or exceed any state or county windload code. Ask your Overhead Door distributor for more details.