g60_corrado_91
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- IL
- Car(s)
- 2006 GTI 6MT Pkg 1
Late September/early October 2015 garage door replacement
The existing garage door I had wasn't in too bad of shape, but the entire mechanism was shot. I got a quote from ASAP Garage Doors for around $575 with a new garage door, track, bushings, etc. What a difference. The old spring would "skip" every time I went to open or close it. It was rather sketch.
A month later, I decided to buy an insulation kit from Lowes and installed it myself. That was rather fun lol. It does help a bit in both the summer and the winter. While I was at it, my dad helped reinforce the garage door opener itself with an x beam pattern. We had different plans to mount an additional metal bar on the ceiling itself, but my garage ceiling has a false ceiling to it and the studs don't grab onto anything but drywall. And yes, I realize the opener itself is from the 90's and loud as hell, but until it completely fails, it does the job.
Last but not least, I upgraded from a full bed to a king bed. Hand me down from my parents when they upgraded to a new king bed set. I just had to buy a new mattress and box springs. Love it.
The existing garage door I had wasn't in too bad of shape, but the entire mechanism was shot. I got a quote from ASAP Garage Doors for around $575 with a new garage door, track, bushings, etc. What a difference. The old spring would "skip" every time I went to open or close it. It was rather sketch.
A month later, I decided to buy an insulation kit from Lowes and installed it myself. That was rather fun lol. It does help a bit in both the summer and the winter. While I was at it, my dad helped reinforce the garage door opener itself with an x beam pattern. We had different plans to mount an additional metal bar on the ceiling itself, but my garage ceiling has a false ceiling to it and the studs don't grab onto anything but drywall. And yes, I realize the opener itself is from the 90's and loud as hell, but until it completely fails, it does the job.
Last but not least, I upgraded from a full bed to a king bed. Hand me down from my parents when they upgraded to a new king bed set. I just had to buy a new mattress and box springs. Love it.
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