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GUIDE TO INSULATED GARAGE DOORS
For many homeowners, the garage is one of the primary entrances of the home. It is often also the largest entrance on your home’s exterior. Because of this, the garage can be one of the biggest problem areas for heat loss in your home, impacting your home’s energy efficiency.
The best way to reduce heat loss through your garage is to install an insulated garage door. Along with increased energy efficiency, garage door insulation offers additional benefits, such as quieter operation and increased overall door strength and durability.
BENEFITS OF GARAGE DOOR INSULATION
REDUCED HEAT LOSS THROUGH YOUR GARAGE
An insulated garage door prevents heat from escaping through your garage in the winter, meaning it may require less energy to heat your home. In warmer seasons or climates, insulation prevents excess hot air from getting into your garage, meaning lower cooling costs and increased comfort while using your garage.
Because many garages are connected to the rest of the home (often called attached garages), this can have a big impact on your home’s overall comfort. For example, many garages lead into a high-traffic area of your home like a hallway or kitchen, or there are rooms above the garage. As the image here represents, this makes it easy for cold air to spread throughout the home in the winter as it enters through your garage. This will inevitably happen as you use your garage, but choosing a garage door with insulation minimizes heat loss that occurs even while your garage door is closed.
BETTER SOUND ISOLATION
Insulation also reduces means your garage door operation will be quieter. The figures below represent the difference in decibel levels between a non-insulated garage door and a residential garage door with Journey Garage Door technology.
COMPARING INSULATED GARAGE DOORS
If you are shopping for a garage door with insulation, you may see a few different numbers provided that measure the effectiveness of the insulation. Here is a brief definition of each:
R-Value
A garage door’s R-value represents its ability to slow the transmission of heat. A higher R-value means a slower transmission of heat, which means less cold air leaking into your garage in the winter and less heat invading your garage in the summer. When it comes to R-values for garage doors, the higher the better!
R-value is the most widely used measurement for a garage door’s energy efficiency. Journey Garage Door uses door section R-value’s for our garage door insulation testing, which is in accordance with the Door and Access Manufacturers Association guidelines provided in TDS-163. Journey Garage Door R-values depend on the door’s thickness, material and type of insulation, and range from 6.3 to 20.4. See each Collection or sell sheet for options.
U-Factor
Though not used as often as R-value, U-factor is another number you may see when shopping for a garage door. U-factor represents the flow of heat through a material, meaning the lower the U-factor, the better. Because these are not used across all residential garage door manufacturers, Journey Garage Door’s energy efficiency calculations instead currently focus on R-value.
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