Garage doors often go unnoticed when it comes to sprucing up a home, mainly due to the fact they aren’t on show and situated at the back of a property or at the end of a garden. Nowadays, the majority of garages are built as part of a house, especially in new builds and townhouses, giving residents the choice to use a garage as a garage or convert into an extra room.
With this in mind, why not improve your home’s kerb appeal with a new garage door. Here’s a few things to consider prior to purchasing a garage door.
Security
Security should be at the top of your list. Think of a garage door as part of your home. You wouldn’t leave your front door unlocked at night, and the same applies to your garage door. These days a padlock and key won’t suffice, especially if you’ve splashed out with an all singing all dancing garage door. AlluGuard’s Qompact Aluminium Security Roller Garage, provides ultimate security and regarded as one of the leaders within the garage door industry. It has an impressive array of technical and security led features, which makes it one of the most secure garage doors out there. To view the key features click here.
Style
Once your security is sorted, it’s now time to start thinking about the style of your garage door. Hormann offer a range of garage and entrance doors that will compliment the look and feel of your home. It also supplies coordinating garage entrance and side doors that come in matching finishes and colours. This trend is fast becoming a popular choice in many modern homes.
Colour
Rejuvenate your garage door with a splash of colour this year. Garage door manufacturers are not only incorporating design to their garage doors, but also offering a wider choice in colour. Hormann offer 16 standard colours, ranging from ‘traffic white’ to ‘ruby red’. It also has over 200 colours to choose from in its RAL colour chart, perfect if you are after a particular colour.
Easy Access with Smart Technology
Today garage doors are designed to make life that bit easier. Smart technology is becoming part of the modern home, providing hassle free opening and closing with the switch of a button from your smartphone, tablet or computer.
If you are looking at integrating smart technology into your home, here at Emsworth Garage Doors, we install Somfy TaHoma (a smart box) which enables you to open and close your garage doors with the touch of a button from the comfort of your own home. This intelligent device not only controls your garage doors, it can monitor and operate; blinds, curtains, lights, electrical equipment and heating via the Somfy TaHoma app.
If you are looking to freshen up your garage door, 2020 is the year to do it. Add some kerb appeal and stand out from the crowd.
