I bought and installed a Clopay 14' x 7' steel 4 section roll up from Lowes
for $400. Works like a champ and is lightweight.
At 01:22 AM 4/19/00 , William M. Gilroy wrote:
>I am in need of a new garage door for my house. The door is for
>a single car garage. The current door is a really thin fiberglass
>and it has several cracks and the seal at the bottom is shot. That
>is allowing mice into the garage. Just tonight I found a nest in
>the trunk of my Midget, the wife heard a mouse in the attic (and
>it really wigged her out.) So I set some traps and about 2 hours
>later we hear my dog, Charlie Chan the wonder Shar-Pei crashing
>into the kitchen cabinets. By the time I get there I see him
>swallow a mouse. This further wigs out the wife. In the process
>of smashing his head under the cabinet to get the mouse he busted
>open 3 cuts, one that might need to be stitched close. This further
>annoyed the wife. So as I was sitting on the floor cleaning out
>the dogs cuts and stopping the bleeding, he barfs up one half chewed
>mouse into my lap. Now I am wigged out. Now it really time for a
>new garage door, I have reached my limit.
>
>Since I am hoping to move in about one year I don't want the worlds
>best door, and a roll up door is out. The door must be paintable to
>match the house.
>
>I guess my choices are a wood door or an insulated door. I do not want
>any windows. It must have a mouse proof seal at the bottom and at
>the edges. Is there anything I should take into account when
>shopping the door. Any recommendations. Type of weather stripping
>around the door?
>
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>Bill Gilroy
>77 Midget
>90 Shar-Pei (who has to stay)
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Tom Stangler, Va Beach, VA
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