Garage Door Styles

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Popular Garage Door Styles To Use

In the same way that there are many different styles of houses, there are also several different styles of garage doors to compliment its structural design. Garage door can account for as much as 30% of the front view of a house when it comes to style and a certain degree of visual appeal. For newer homes, garage doors are easily the most noticeable feature when the house is viewed from the street.

Because of this, when homeowners are shopping for a replacement garage door they ideally want a style that is in line with the rest of the house from an aesthetic standpoint. With that in mind, some of the more popular garage door styles are outlined here:

Traditional
Some of the most common style homes fall under the American and European categories, such as:

  • Cape
  • Ranch
  • Victorian

Craftsman-style homes are popular in the Canada while Spanish, Mediterranean, French Country, and Tudor-style homes are commonly found in European neighborhoods. Garage door manufacturers use these various types of style of home to design doors that are visually aligned with them and they manufacture these doors in a wide variety of materials suitable to withstand any climate.

Raised Panel

Raised panel garage doors are fairly common as well depending on what part of the country you are in. These types of doors are generally what come to mind for most laypersons when they think of garage doors. By popular demand, manufacturers have now produced raised panel doors in a wide variety of materials.

Carriage Garage Doors

Carriage-style garage doors are a particularly interesting, because they have worked well for both traditional as well as contemporary homes. Their aesthetic appeal stems from the fact that they are designed in the vein of the old-fashioned carriage houses, but are timeless enough to be appropriate for even the most modern of homes. Carriage-style doors traditionally do not have horizontal paneling and have the functional ability to be swung open. There are, however, some manufacturer models that fit newer homes and can essentially fold open but still have the appearance of a traditional swinging door when closed.

Contemporary Doors

As the name implies, these types of garage doors are specifically suited for the most modern-style homes and feature contemporary and even sometimes futuristic looking design qualities. They often are made with advanced materials and have painted aluminum frames along with tempered glass paneling which can be either tinted, frosted, or clear.

Contact Canadian Garage Door Repair and installation Edmonton, about questions regarding which garage door styles you may want to consider when replacing or installing your new garage doors today at (780) 478-4600