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Although the Norwell house project primarily involves adding an in-law suite to the home, homeowner Howard Brickman is replacing the original garage doors and installing two doors on the new garage. Bob talks with Brickman, who built this home 24 years ago on a fairly tight budget. Brickman estimated that construction costs probably ran about $50 per square foot, a figure that would not be possible today. Bob talks with Robert Rainey of PJ Overhead Door about the installation of the new doors. The existing garage doors are fiberboard in a wood frame, with no insulating value. The hardware is worn and the track is outdated so they will be replaced with new hardware and operating mechanisms. The new two-sided steel door hs two inches of polyurethane insulation, a vast improvement over the existing doors. The interior side has an embossed wood-grain finish, and the exterior has an embossed panel with a carriage-door design. The door has the appearance of wood and the performance of factory-finished metal. A rubber gasket will act as a seal to prevent air and water from entering the garage. The first panel is put in place and then the track will be assembled.
