I think it just depends on your personal preferences. I also prefer the sliders as we don't use our front door often. We used Thumpers 3 years ago and I think it was around 800.00. They stand by their work as we had an issue last year where something settled and the door wouldn't close properly. They came immediately and fixed it.

Lonnie from Coolbreeze did mine A month ago love it.

We have something totally different. Our screen is on a track. It slides up onto the track when not in use.it even has a door to go in and out. Our electric bill went down a lot. We got it at Michelle's Screens, Marion Market. CUSTOMER SERVICE EXCELLENT

Screened Garage doors
 

Cool Breeze Roll Screens has supplied motorized roll screens for homes and businesses for over 20 years with Quality products and customer service. Available in a variety of options and sizes. Roll Screens can be used to cover openings like lanais, garages, windows, gazebos, car ports, front porches, bay windows, open seating areas and more. A motorized roll screen will turn your extra room into useable space by keeping out the bugs, outdoor debris and intense rays.

Residential Roll Screens Benefits
• Can utilize extra space and keep that space protected from sun, bugs and debris
• Create more ventilation in your home while keeping the bugs out
• Enjoy your lanai or patio for a longer season
• Reduce internal heating costs
• Enjoy more privacy in your home while still being able to look out
• Protect furniture and woodwork from fading from harmful UV rays
• Cool breeze motorized screens accent the beauty of your home without losing aesthetic appeal
Cool Breeze Roll Screen Features:
• All extruded aluminum housing, side tracks and bottom bar, No plastic or nylon used in our products.
• We manufacture our units in Odessa, FL for our climate.
• Motorized units can be built and installed within two weeks or less.
• Quality products and customer service
• Internal motor
• Works within it’s own housing and tracks, not to interfere with garage door or warranties
• With the click of a remote, your roll screen will conveniently roll down to provide protection and roll up out of view when it is not in use
• Each screen is a customized full screen and available in a variety of color schemes to blend with your home
• Screens block 10% - 97% of harmful rays
• Screens block varying degrees of heat from your home
• Screens come in a variety of mesh to allow for as much ventilation as you want
• Units come with retention zippers to secure the screen to the track. This will ensure your screens keep out the unwanted bugs
• 10 year warranty on electronics ( If a part fails we replace with new, we do not repair it)

What would be an approximate cost for one car+golf cart garage?

Are the roll up type just as good keeping out snakes as the sliders?

We had Thumper install a garage screened door for us 8 years ago. Love the door.

Thumper and his staff are quality people and
are honest, fair and prompt.

Thumper has never left me disappointed

One minor problem with the full screen roll-up. Easy to forget it is down when viewing from the inside. Visited with someone who had a note in the center of their steering wheel. I asked, he said his wife backed into the screen twice. Yeh sure, blame it on the wife. We have been leaving the door up with no screen. No snakes yet but had a bird nest with eggs built in the garage.

A 1-1/2 car garage is a 12' door, a regular 2 car garage is a 16' door. I have 3 neighbors install the horizontal sliders by All Around Aluminum of Oxford, FL, so I went with them in 2012. They charged $850 all parts and labor. Another neighbor put a powered roll up screen by a dealer at Market of Marion and paid $1650 for his 12' door. He's not in the yard very much and thought that was better for him. Here's a photo of my horizontal screen and I'm happy with the job All Around performed.

I like it because in a CYV I find you'll spend a lot more time in your front yard or driveway than a single family home. This way I just slide one 3' section to go in or out, and then close it behind me. Also, our washer and dryer are in the garage and it makes a big difference in the heat. My wife is with me most times when I'm driving and she just gets out of the car and slides the screen open or close.

I installed it for 4 reasons:

• The first month in our CYV, a community of 88 villas, a neighbor found a rattlesnake in his garage.
  
• Once I picked up a 12 pack of canned soft drink that was in the garage to take inside, and a giant palmetto bug ran out.
  
• In the first year on Odessa Circle, that's the road that borders around our villas and Southern Star Golf Course, a large alligator was seen walking down Odessa Circle.
  
• As a by product, having your garage door open but yet safe from all of these above creatures, and even the 2 legged creatures who would find it hard to explain how they got into your garage when the screen was closed, the garage and the house is cooler. I crack the attic access steps about 6" and it creates a nice draft through the garage and helps cool the attic. I know it would bad in case of a fire, but I accept the risk in order to cool the house better.

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I have an insulted garage and it's always hotter outside, so I don't want the heat thru a screen. I'm glad they work for others, I just think they are silly.

We used Thumper for our roll up.. Absolutely love it. No idea at this point what the cost was - They are fabulous in terms of installation and customer service. We had a minor problem with it and they were out immediately - at no charge - to correct the problem. And that was more than a year after installation. Fully recommend them

We backed out and drove through the slider! Romac installed a roll up and we haven't ruined it yet!