Whether you plan to build a new two-car garage for your home or you want to replace the door(s) on your existing garage, you may wonder if you should cover your garage opening with two single doors or one double door. Both garage door options have their unique advantages, and the right garage door design for your family depends on many factors.
Learn the unique benefits of both double garage doors and two-car garages equipped with two single doors. Also, learn how to change the door style of your current garage.
What Are Double Garage Door Benefits?
Equipping your two-car garage with a double garage door comes with numerous benefits.
Better Narrow Garage Option
Since installation of a double garage door does not require a supportive pillar in the middle of the door opening, cars can be parked more closely together in a garage with this door type. That means that if you build a new garage in a location with limited space, you can build a narrower garage when you equip it with a double door.
Simplified Door Maintenance
When you have one double door, you only have one set of springs, tracks, hinges, and rollers to lubricate on a regular basis and only one weather seal to maintain. In addition, only one door opener is necessary to open this large door, which leads to simplified door opener maintenance as well.
Versatile Garage Space
Adding a double door to your two-car garage also increases the versatility of the space. Do you want to store a boat or other large item in your garage? This item is more likely to fit through the opening of a garage with a double door than through one of the two smaller openings of a garage with two smaller doors. You may also be able to fit more than two compact vehicles in a garage with a double door from time to time when necessary.
What Are the Benefits of Equipping Your Garage With Two Single Doors?
Installing two single doors on your new two-car garage or switching out your current double door with two single doors also has its unique benefits.
Better Garage Accessibility
When your garage door opening has two smaller doors, your family can still enter and exit the garage through one door if the other door temporarily malfunctions or breaks. During the winter, some garage doors freeze shut or are difficult to open due to how garage door metal components expand and contract as temperatures fluctuate. When you have two doors, you can worry less about losing access to the garage if these problems do occur.
Easier Garage Climate Control
When outdoor temperatures are extremely hot or cold and you want to keep your garage interior comfortable, less outdoor air enters your garage with just one small door instead of a large double door.
If you heat your garage in the winter or cool it during the summer, you may see a drop in your heating or cooling costs when you replace your double door with two single doors.
Better Garage Privacy
Like many homeowners, you may have a two-car garage yet only park one car in it. Perhaps you use the other half of the garage as a workspace or as a place to store items. When your garage opening has two single doors instead of one large one, you can maintain more garage privacy. You only have to open a single door that exposes the half of the garage to park inside of it.
How Can You Change the Door Design of Your Current Garage?
Do you want to swap the double door on your two-car garage to two single doors or replace your two single garage doors with a double door? You can likely change your garage door style relatively easily with the help of a garage door expert.
To replace two single doors with one double door, the specialist first removes your garage door pillar. The specialist may add replacement structural supports to your garage. This ensures it remains structurally sound after the pillar is removed, especially if the pillar was part of the original garage support system. Then, the specialist will remove your existing single doors and hardware and replace everything with one double door.
A two-car garage with one large opening can be easily equipped with two single doors. The specialist removes the current double door and its hardware, installs a pillar in the middle of the garage opening, and then adds two single doors to the garage.
You can equip your two-car garage with a double garage door or two single garage doors. Each garage door design has its unique advantages. Contact the garage door experts at Edgemont Garage Doors for all of your garage door installation needs today. We look forward to meeting with you.
