There are a whole variety of garage doors to choose from on the market today. And the good news is, certainly for the roller garage door market, garage door prices are falling.

Knowing what to look for in buying a garage door can be hard to work out. Prices can be for a could of hundred ££ or thousands of ££ for a similar end result – a garage door that opens and closes.

Of course one of the first factors that defines whether a garage door is cheaper or expensive is whether you opt for a manually operate garage door or decide to live the life of luxury and spend a little bit more for an automated garage door.

In my opinion, these days, if you are not looking to buy from the low low end of the garage door market then you would be wise to  consider automatic garage doors. These make a huge difference to your lives and increase value to your home as you no longer have to leave you car to open your garage door – great for personal security and safety as well as convenience. Not only this, the cost of having an automated garage door can be a little as £200 extra – when you consider you may be paying £1000 for a garage door in the first place, the extra 20% would be a wise investment.

Sow what are you options? Well There are many types of garage doors but the most popular by far are the stadard up and over style. These generally are manual but people do supply this style of door in an automatic fashion. The second is the roller garage door. This garage door is made up of individual slats and as well as being very secure when closed, they are also an extremely attractive choice in garage doors.

Of course both have their advantages and disadvantages and this is what I will talk more about next time.