Help for GARAGA Design Center

Goal and Benefits

An Interactive Design Center

We want to make it easy for you to create your own door; this is why GARAGA has simplified the Design Center so you can get a very good idea of what your garage door will look like before purchasing our product.

Now it's easier than ever to print out a copy of your door creation and take it to your nearest GARAGA dealer for a free estimate.

Click on "Request an online estimate", and hit the send button to receive a quotation. Our team customer service agents will refer you to the nearest authorized GARAGA distributor in your area who will contact you.

Benefits

Some of the Benefits of the GARAGA Design Center:

  1. Interactive: view your door creation in real time.
  2. Wide choice: of door designs, sizes (single door or double doors), windows and range of colours to choose from.
  3. Printer friendly: one click and see instant results.
  4. Photo Gallery: want to see an array of doors similar to your door creation, simply click on "View this door's photo album" for an array of door designs.
  5. Technical specifications: door specs are available by selecting the icon: "View the door technical data".
  6. User friendly: our Design Center works from any platform, no "Plug-In" downloads needed (like FLASH).

How to Use it

You can create your own GARAGA garage door in 5 easy steps.

Step 1: Home's exterior / facade

Select the exterior siding of your home and the closest color match. Choose from: brick, stone, or vinyl siding. Colors offered vary according to offering from manufacturers.

Step 2: Type of Door & Width

There are 3 types of doors to choose from: Single door (one vehicle), 2 single doors OR one double door (2 vehicles). Door width varies between 8 and 16 feet. Door height has been set to 7 ft. tall (4 sections of 21 inches). Helpful information: a garage door 8 ft. high is composed of 4 identical sections that are 24 inches. GARAGA garage doors are also available in 9 and 10 feet for RV's (recreational vehicles).

Step 3: Insulation factor & Design

a) Insulation: ranges from "non-insulated" to "R-18" (a highly insulated door). Keep in mind, the higher the "R-factor" the more the door insulation will be. Kindly refer to our technical specifications for comprehensive door material features.

b) Designs: six different door designs to choose from:

Step 4: Door Colour

Colours are available according to door model you have pre selected in Step 3. The choice range from 3 to10 colours. All doors come with baked on polyester paint that requires little maintenance.

NOTE: our "Top Tech" model is not shown in the Design Center. Only one colour is available: "Tex White".

Step 5: Window design

A large selection is available but will vary according to the door model selected in Step 3. To view the type of glass for each window we invite you to log on to our web site Window section.

The number of windows and their location may vary versus what you have selected for “Classic (CC), Grooved (LN), Elongated (XL), Mixed (MIX) or Flush (PL)” due to the fact that Garaga has certain production standards.

Location of row of windows ar follows:

NOTE: row of windows can be changed however we recommend you consult with your GARAGA dealer.

Four Window styles:

* NOTE: single pane glass for "ALTERNA" door model, all other door models come with double sealed (thermal) glass.

Next step after creating your door ?

All you need to do now is to print out your design and bring it to your nearest GARAGA dealer. They can assist you and estimate your project. Or you can click for an online request for estimate.

We welcome you to visit our GARAGA photo album and view a wide array of door designs and their specifications.

Have fun & Create your GARAGA door !

Minimum Technical Requirements

The GARAGA Design Center will function and display properly if the minimum technical requirements are respected:

WEB BROWSER

If your actual browser is not in this list or is older, we recommand that you download (for free) and install the latest version of Mozilla Firefox.

JAVASCRIPT OPTION

The Javascript option must be enable in your browser's options. If that is no the case, refer to your browser's help menu.

SCREEN RESOLUTION

A screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels is suitable to display the GARAGA Design Center because the interface contains a lot of information.


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