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The garage doors are being replaced on the Norwell house. Although the project primarily involves adding an in-law suite to the home, homeowner Howard Brickman is replacing the original garage doors and installing two doors on the new garage. Bob talks with Brickman, who built this home 25 years ago on a fairly tight budget. Brickman estimated that construction costs probably ran about $50 per square foot, a figure that would not be possible today. The existing garage doors are fiberboard in a wood frame, with no insulating value. Bob talks with Robert Rainey of PJ Overhead Door about the installation of the new doors. All the hardware has been removed from old door so the sections can be taken out. The hardware is worn and the track is outdated so it will all be replaced with new hardware and operating mechanisms. The new door is a two-sided steel door with a 24-gauge exterior and a 27-gauge interior. The door features two inches of polyurethane insulation, which gives it an R-value of 13 �a vast improvement over the existing doors. The interior side of the door has an embossed wood-grain finish while the exterior has an embossed panel with a carriage-door design. This Amarr Classica 3000 door has the appearance of a wood door and the performance of factory-finished metal. A rubber gasket on the door will act as a seal to prevent air and water from entering the garage. The first panel is put in place and then the track is assembled.

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Stamped Steep Carriage House Style Garage Doors for the Addition

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Installing the New Garage Doors

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New Insulated Garage Doors

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" Okay we're gonna get started today replacing some garage doors and how though Howard Brickman our homeowner here is primarily working on creating this in last week were obviously doing some improvements took. His 25 year old house which. He built himself than Howard when you go -- me you're taking things apart their written when we built this house do you really built it with the budget in mind right."

" Yes it was pressure move from the south of the Boston area 25 years ago read that we have the budget from Memphis. The Boston so we were watching her and is -- bill that. Did you ever calculate what it cost per square foot to build -- it was the right at around fifty dollars a square for you could do that today no not. So one of the improvements that -- making is still kind of upgrade your garage doors you've got these you get to garage doors from the original house and you'll have to. New entrances on the new site correct. Yes what kind of a door is this well it sounds and it's it's. Relatively inexpensive door it's that's fiberboard and that would frame. Very inexpensive door even point five years ago and."

" Not only is it flimsy but it has absolutely no insulating value now I guess and go ahead let's get these. Both panels taken apart here and Bob bradys on the inside. Who's helping us from operating from PGA overhead doors. And what do you have to take off down there well we took the we -- the hardware so you can actually lift the section now right now OK now we can proceed from there. Did you take off three of them yes we can. Now why do you do you can't we use the hardware. Time now we don't. It's Warren so that is rusty. Via. The the track is different nowadays. We're going to the contract or you're -- head right off. So. By and large doesn't do without just sort of went OK and as -- move from the victim who thrown away his flimsy as the doorways okay. -- take this last one else we're gonna get rid of another section him."

" You don't. It. This -- here. When it than just what it really important to help him. So what are some of the features of the door -- well it's a steel two sided door. -- 44 gauge exterior point seven cajun -- is there any insulation. Yes it now has two inches of polyurethane insulation and it gives an."

" Now that's probably like thirteen -- more than what you had here are again maybe fourteen yeah picnic there was not much there. And the the the finish on the doors interest thing I mean it says. Kind of an embossed wood grain on this side is this beside the goes to the weather this is actually the back -- the door Bob. That's this exposed spaces this embossed panel. It has a carriage door designed to last very nice source for enhancements that yet looks like a paneled and has a wood grain embossed far as well it has. Very similar parents to wood grain door with all the performance characteristics of back prefinished metal excellent now Bob what's the first happened in installing something it's three panels writer is -- forestry and everything else. These are the pieces go with the track all right swatches -- put all together. Okay so we've got hardware pieces and and the roller pieces in and this came through with the door right. Yes this is probably one of the more important parts of the door you have that -- rubber gasket will actually keep the air waterfall and from trading in the garage through very important to seal was to place. All right Bob let's just would we have to flip it now. So before you fiddle with the tracker anything you put your first piece end. And now you have to go get the track and start assembling it right yes okay -- do all right."

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