Should I paint my garage doors black?
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I am in the same boat as you and am going to replace our almond non insulalated garage door with a black insulated one. We visited the company’s showroom that we are buying from and the guy said they add a green color to the black to reflect the heat. I’d go with the advice that lady gave you that spoke about the Cloypay door.com website. We are buying from a company named Overhead Door and he gave us the paint code from Sherwin Williams just like that lady mentioned that talked about the clopay co. We have a gray ranch with a black door and black shutters and the sales guy sent us pics what it would look like black or white and the black looks much better since we have white trim already on our house. I hope this helps.
Hi Amy we are in the same boat as you and we are going to paint our garage door black. We are buying one from a Nationally well known company and the guy at the showroom said they add a green color to the black to reflect the heat. He gave us the paint code and it was from Sherwin Williams like that lady mentioned that spoke about that clopay company. I’d take her advice and mine since I was struggling with this also knowing that black attracts the heat. We are buying and having installed a insulated garage door called a Thermacore door. The sales rep sent us a pic with a white and black garage door and the black looks so much better. We have a gray ranch with white trim and a black front door and shutters and now that the guy mentioned the color on the black garage door being mixed with the green and reflecting the heat we are going to go that route. I hope this helps.
Did you paint your garage door black? I think it would look great. Im considering doing the same, and am surprised by the many comments against black doors on this thread.
Here are some Pinterest and Houzz photos of houses with black garage and they look beautiful, not like black holes!
Hi, I am in the process of building a home and I am debating on black garage doors. I was wondering what did you decide on with your house? Did the heat affect it at all?. Thanks in advance
Hi Amy, hope this helps. I love the idea of black, but, it will get very hot facing west. white doors with black accents. Dark garage doors can absorb as much as 85% of the heat from the sun, while white garage doors absorb as little as 20 or 30 percent. If it's important to you to paint your garage door a dark color, consider installing an insulated door that will protect your garage from intense heat. You could paint it white with black accents
To stand out from the herd try something other then paint.
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