Historic Garage Doors

Owner very happy to no longer have to tie his doors shut to keep his car in the garage anymore.

Historic garage doors. At quality window door we not only carry some of the industry s most respected door manufacturers we also employ some of the industry s best trained and most experienced window and door experts. Garage carriage and freight doors can be important character defining features of historic buildings. The history of garage doors dates back thousands of years to 3500 bc or perhaps even earlier. Why choose qwd for historic door replacement.

Bring your home s era inspired architecture back to present. Our directory of manufacturers and installers of period style garage doors for old house restoration projects including carriage house doors wooden metal garage doors salvaged garage doors historic reproduction garage doors swing out garage doors roll up doors and more. In order to maintain our. Today s garage door makers reproduce the old look in roll up doors that have almost invisible section breaks.

Representative of the same era carriage garage doors look like they swing open but in fact they operate as any modern overhead garage door would by rolling up and down with an automatic opener. The electric garage door opener debuted in 1926 wood is still the gold standard for doors on a period house or a detached garage. Original barn built in 1836. Our historic replacement doors are available with energy efficient features to improve your home s comfort and help decrease your energy bills.

Carriage style garage doors are beautiful and practical the historic charm of a victorian style house is best replicated in carriage style garage doors. Sectional overhead doors themselves are old enough to be historic appearing in the early 1920s. One large door may be the single most prominent element of a carriage house or the rhythm of several freight doors across. Cambek s historic traditional style garage doors entry doors shutters and gates are always custom designed to match your homes traditional and historically accurate architecture and is created using the same craftsmanship and highest quality materials available.

Conversion from swinging doors to an overhead door while maintaining the look of this period home. City and town gatehouses served as the first vehicle storage spaces back in ancient times. That s when the first wheels appeared. Today our fourth generation is continuing the efforts started so long ago.