Top 5 Garage Doors

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Today I want to talk about my top five favorite garage doors. This is a list of doors we've installed that I like working with and doors that when we're all done, I think look great.
To start it off with number five I went with the Clopay Canyon Ridge. The Clopay Canyon Ridge is a great option. It's a faux wood door that's made from their patented vinyl composite material. It looks very much like real wood and is probably the best I've seen as far as a faux wood door. Available with lots of different finishes, and different styles. It's an overlay door, which means it has the base layer and then a layer of overlays to make the design have a lot of depth. It's not just a stamped steel pattern. It's got a lot of depth and vibrance to it. The biggest drawback to this door is the price. It's one of the more expensive doors for residential. It's a faux wood door that's almost as expensive as the full custom wood door. With that faux wood, you lose a lot of the maintenance, they recommend if it's a high sun area some clear coat protectant on it. But other than that doesn't mean anything where real wood doors require staining, painting, and maintenance every few years to keep it looking as good as it was the day it was put in.
Number four, I would say is a full view glass garage door. We primarily work with Amarr so we like the Vista, but Clopay makes a really good full view door with their Avante and CHI also has a high-quality full view garage door. This is a great modern option. So if you're looking for that modern look this is all glass panels you can get them in tinted and all different types of glass they even have like a mirrored black glass that you can get that looks really cool. If you're looking for a genuine modern look, a full view door is really a great way to go. They are just showstoppers. You pull up to a house that's got a full view door it definitely adds great curb appeal.
Number three, I went with the Amarr Classica. This is Amarr’s flagship carriage house door.
The biggest thing with them is they have large glass sections on a seven-foot-tall door is a 28-inch glass section on an eight-foot-tall door, it's a 32-inch glass section. Plus you get three 32-inch sections on an eight-foot-tall door, a more traditional carriage house look. It's way better than just a standard stamped steel carriage house door with 21 and 18-inch sections that would cause the 8’ tall door to be 5 sections tall, which ends up starting to look a little bit busy. So that's one reason we like it. Six different panel stampings are available, and a bunch of different window options. This is a really popular door from them and a really great-looking door. If you are going for that carriage house look with the big glass and the traditional look of a carriage house door, but with the modern functionality of your standard overhead door.
Number two is the CHI Planks, this is a ribbed door that uses their Accent Woodtones, which is actually a digitally printed finish to the garage door to make it look like real wood, especially from a little bit of a distance. You can't even tell until you get close will you start to see that it's a faux wood finish. These doors are super popular and it's a great way to get a wood-look that's much more affordable than the Canyon Ridge or a real wood door. They look good on a modern home, but also look good on a traditional home as well. It's really cool and there are about six different wood tone colors that you can get, including some slate grays. You can do the mosaic windows in them as well, and put the glass down the side and really make it look super modern.
Finally, my number one favorite garage door is probably the most basic one. It's just your traditional raised panel, but I really like the long panel. A more recent addition to the traditional door lines, the short panel, which is the four squares across on a standard door has been around forever. A few years ago, they started doing the long panel, which has got longer panels. On a standard garage door it's two long panels, so a little less busy. These look great on just about every house. This is the same door I have on my house, a long panel with plain glass. Just a nice, clean, elegant look. Looks good on older homes, Modern homes. It doesn't really make a difference. Unless your house design calls for something out there. This garage door is a go-to, it's very well priced in the entry-level doors. You can get a long raised panel door that looks great at an affordable price. So it works as a good-looking door for budget-conscious shoppers.

[@randooooooooom]

Why am I watching garage doors on a Friday night, as a 17 year old high schooler. And I am actually enjoying it 😂

[@doortodoordesign1055]

Haha...going down the garage door rabbit hole!

[@rarityd]

Amar Designer's choices is getting very popular here in the NW. it's May 2023 and most of the houses in my neighborhood covered by them

[@brentyancich]

Helpful thank you

[@gripgaragedoor82]

I'm CHI garage door lover. Best door

[@doortodoordesign1055]

I agree great doors and some of the new models they are coming our with look fantastic!

[@user-dx5cv9og9h]

I came across your video and is considering a new door. You didn't mentioned the brand for your #1 pick.

[@bradypayne7623]

chi model 5983 in dark oak accent woodtone

[@socalsteveoh3761]

Martin garage doors are the best!!

[@scubamik3792]

had mine for 20 years before it exploded.

[@CanadianDoorMan]

Interesting video. I’m from Canada and we have clopay and Wayne dalton here mostly because of Home Depot. But our top brands are Garex and garaga which makes very good quality doors, significantly better than clopay and Wayne dalton which I honestly hate installing.

[@doortodoordesign1055]

Never worked on Garex, but I like Garaga we don't see them that often. Clopay has some nice models that we like. A lot of builders work with Wayne Dalton, but they are not very popular in this area.

[@CanadianDoorMan]

Thanks for the reply, nice to hear from other garage door installers and hear their opinions.

[@briane4803]

Are you aware of long term (after 5 years) delaminating with the Cloplay or any other of the doors. We are looking to invest in a carriage style door an are looking at the Cloplay door. Do you have any suggestions?

[@doortodoordesign1055]

We haven't had any issues with Clopay de-laminating, they do recommend a layer of polyurethane to protect it that can done as often as once a year on their Canyon Ridge Doors if they are in a high sun area. The Clopay Canyon Ridge is a great door, but they are a little pricey. You can also check out he Amarr Classica that is a great carriage house option and with a steel exterior you won't have to worry it delaminating.

[@grizzlyinvesting]

I’m an Amarr fan boy lol! I had an Lincoln 3000 insulated door put up on my channel :)

[@doortodoordesign1055]

I love it...they're great doors!

[@SMALLpoXxXx]

Is Unique garage doors a good brand?

[@doortodoordesign1055]

I'm not familiar with them. I believe they are in California and we are in the north east. I don't think they have distribution out here.

[@bradypayne7623]

been installing doors for 34 years and have hung most brands but chi is the best built but quality Control is suffering here lately

[@doortodoordesign1055]

I hear that....we primarily use Amarr, but we are having the same issues with them lately.

[@platinumrange2484]

General Doors corporation 1 Monroe Rd Bristol PA No 1

[@dnfwme]

I watched this video thinking this is related to normal homeowners but turned out to be for the millionaires. Normal homeowners look for cheap and good solution .

[@doortodoordesign1055]

This is the TOP 5 so it does have some heavy hitters...My number one is an entry level the Raised Long Panel Traditional Door...but that is a good idea I'll work on a top 5 budget conscious doors...thanks for watching!