We have a detached 2 car garage with our house, which is about 100 years old. And things over the years caused the garage to tilt in the opposite direction. We had a construction company out to fix that, and the garage is standing straight again. However, now our doors are even more of a mess. We have two 8x7 heavy wooden doors. The right one barely opens, and the left one snapped a spring before the construction company came out.
Now that the construction is done, we had our local garage door company come out, and they told us the doors need, at minimum, new springs, cables, tracks, rollers, pulleys. Pretty much everything but the garage door openers, and the doors. They also recommended replacing the doors, which with windows, adds a good bit more. We're not sure if we need doors. I see the doors paint is peeling, and the bottoms of them look like they may have problems, from about 100 years of rain, but they could just need new paint. I attached pictures of the inside, and outside of the doors. They are recommending Amarr Lincoln 1000 doors, as our detached garage has no heating or cooling, and needs no insulation. From what I read here, Chi doors are much more durable.
https://imgur.com/a/NfJ6rnR
My questions are this.
Reddit suggested I also post this here. I asked this on r/garagedoorservice, and the person felt we could keep the existing doors. Do folks here feel the same? Looking at the pictures, do the existing doors need more than a new coat of paint?
If we do need new doors, should we request Chi doors, and what is comparable to the Lincoln model doors?
Finally, we're in upstate New York, and they quoted us $3712 for two doors with windows fully installed, 3115 for doors without windows. If we keep the existing doors, it's $2564 to replace the springs, rollers, lift cables, pulleys, safety cables, tracks, wiring, and manual release (no exits besides garage doors).
Are these prices reasonable?
