A garage door screen adds extra home footage by transforming your garage into a beautiful living space.
Most homeowners treat a garage space like a site for storing junk but you can transform your garage into an exercise room, relaxation spot, or anything you want.
A garage door screen is not just a screen but a lifestyle addition to your home. Regardless of what you transform your garage space into, screen doors will improve liveability.
There are several garage door screens you can choose from, depending on your preference. They include roll-up screen doors, retractable screen doors, and sliding screen doors. Each one has its pros and cons and a garage door installer can help choose the type that fits your lifestyle needs.Below are the benefits of installing a garage door:
Add extra home footage by transforming your garage into a beautiful living space.
Prevents flying insects from entering.
Keeps your garage space clean and ventilated.
Improves security.
A screen door enhances your garage greatly and uses aluminium frames and sliding tracks. Others come in simple designs and hang on the garage door using hooks. Each garage door screen has its advantages and negatives.
Sometimes the temperature may become too hot, and you need to open the garage door. But when you do so, pests such as bees, flies, and mosquitoes enter. A screen prevents bugs and helps air to flow inside and outside of the garage is perfect for summer.
A screen garage door helps with air circulation and air will flow through much like a window allowing a cheaper method to cool and ventilate your garage.
Unfortunately, a screen door allows passers by to see what is stored or what is happening in the garage.
The price for installing a screen system depends on features like solar shading, privacy, walk-through entry and many other factors. Another factor to consider is labour and installation. On average, the total cost of a garage door screen ranges from $100 to $1,500. It costs around $100 to $250 for a sliding screen door. A storm rated screen door will cost between $100 to $40, and a retractable screen door costs between $300 to $1,400. Installation cost also varies since professional screen door installers charge between $50 to $75 per hour. In most cases, screen door installation takes 30 minutes to two hours. A screen mesh door price ranges from $0.25 to $7.50 per square foot depending on the cost of each material used. The cost of increasing weave tightness makes the overall cost rise by approximately 10 to 20 percent. The replacement cost of a screen door on an existing installed frame ranges from $250 to $350. in addition, repairs such as adhesive patching, mesh patching and frame fixing cost between $25 to $100.