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What's your preference for a screen on the large garage door. The partition type that slides across a track or the motorized kind that rolls down? What is the difference in price? Whom would be a recommended installer?

The sliders are much cheaper (less than 1/2 the price of motorized last time I checked) since they have no motor. I personally prefer the slider because you can just open it a couple feet to one side to walk in/out of garage with the motorized you have to raise the entire screen. Also slider is simpler with no expensive motor to fail. Slider does have a track on the bottom which could get jammed up with debris (but is easy enough to clean with a broom). Slider also has 4 smaller screens and therefore are cheaper to replace if you put a hole in one panel where if you rip the motorized one either you need an ugly patch or have to replace the entire screen which means taking down the whole unit. Motorized is easier to control just like a garage door opener (you can do it from your car when it rains).

Sliders seem harder to find these days because most of the companies prefer to sell the more expensive motorized.

Roll up model. So much nicer. Always out of the way when not being used. Looks so much better on your home.

I have sliders, but I bought the top hung roller version, so when the bottom track gets debris in it, it doesn't effect the door's performance. Bought them from Michelle's Hide-Away Screens at the Marion Market. They've performed very well for almost five years now and still look like new. Michelle's also sells the motorized screens.

Thumper installs a motorized garage door screen that operates on the same track as your garage door. I have had one for about 8 years and have had no problems. Very convenient.

2nd vote for Thumpers. Great company.

It comes down to personal preference. We have a roll up and are very happy. The main difference between the two type, for me, is with the roll up you can have both the door and screen down at the same time. With the screen that shares the garage door tracks, it is either the screen or door. If it is raining I can have the screen down and the garage door 3/4 of the way down. This gives me air circulation in the garage while keeping the rain out.

Cool Breeze is a good place to look for a roll up screen. They advertise on this site. Give them a call.

The sliders are not affected by the garage door at all as they are in front of it. There are 4 sliding panels, you can slide 1 panel over and walk in/out without having to raise the whole thing every time. Yes, it is personal preference.

Cool Breeze did my door.

Who did your screens? Thanks in advance.

No one yet. [emoji3] We are having our garage “stretched” and (if the contractor ever gets moving on it) we’ll have it done it but have been looking at them since we moved in 18mos ago. I did decide to go with the sliders after checking out all the types our neighbors have.

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Personally I like the sliders better because I have a dog. You can open the slider enough o get out and slide it back so your pets do not get out. The power ones open and your pet and scurry right out and be gone. Also if you have power failure the powers one do not open.

I also like that you can slide open 1 panel to go in and out,
which is helpful in keepng any little critters out,
since almost all of the opening is still screened.

Garage screens
 

Cool breeze roll screen uses a power inverter to raise screen if power is lost. Converts DC to AC from vehicle, golf cart or battery
That's one of our referrals gifts for our customers

A vote for Cool Breeze and Lonnie. Great product and service.

Sliders sounds like a good way to go for quick trips while working outside back & forth. I wonder if it is difficult to get the car or GC in and out around the track? Thanks.

We had rented a place with a slider screen before this home and had no problem with GC or car. Just a small bump. It does have to be cleared of debris. Plus it's closer to 1/2 the price of roll-up (last time I checked).


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Why do people want screens on the garage door in the first place?

I asked the same question when we were first looking at homes here. Never saw one up north. Had no idea what it was for. Well I learned and for me I like to do "stuff" in the garage and not have it visible to the universe at night (with "security screen"). Sometimes I work on the car or cart and/or just want to leave the garage door opened so a "breeze" can pass through the door and through the house. All this while keeping out the bugs and other critters like snakes, alligators and wild elephants.

I prefer the slider because I just need to open 1 panel to walk in or out or 2 panels to get the golf cart in or out vs. the roll up which has to fully open across 16' x 7' each time I want to just walk in or out. It's also noisier and has motors & gears & switches than can go bad vs. a screen sliding on a metal track.

Roll up has some advantages but for me I prefer the slider (which I still don't have because they are still doing construction on our garage).

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I prefer motorized roll up. The sliders are convenient for going in and out, I just can't stand the noise when one drives into the garage in a car or cart. A neighbor 5 doors down has one and every time he goes in his garage, the noise startles me.

I know this is an old thread but I am finally in the market for a SLIDER (not roll-up) garage screen for reasons discussed earlier in this thread. Our construction is finally over but the question I have for you is "WHAT NOISE DOES A SLIDER MAKE every time your neighbor 5 houses away goes into his driveway?" Maybe I am confused. There is no motor. I used a slider during a 2 month rental and drove in/out many times and there was absolutely no noise other than the barely audible "swoosh" when you pulled it opened or closed. I can't imagine any motorized screen making LESS noise than that. Maybe his bottom rail was loose and it rattled when he drove over it?

It took 5 months due to construction but I finally ordered from Michelle's. Now 5 weeks for delivery but no hurry since I have to have the driveway painted. :D .

We are considering just what you ordered. Please give an update after yours is installed and used for a couple weeks.

We bought a house with the sliders and took them down. We tend to use all the vehicles in the garage, sometimes both leaving at the same time. Opening one side, then opening the other got to be a pain in the neck. Not to mention having to get out of the car or cart to open the screen when we got home.

If you usually only need to open one side or the other this is not a huge issue.

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Yep. For us only 1 car which is rarely used and a golf cart (of sorts) used many times a day so just 1 side is needed and much more convenient than a motorized model that would have to be fully opened and closed every time I want to walk or roll out of the garage. :)

Will do but we had one in a rental we had for 2 months before buying and really liked it. That was the first time I had ever used (or even seen) one.

I installed the motor rollup screen. 3 remotes. Always out of the way. Totally quiet.

I also changed the rollers to neoprene rollers and motor to belt driven on my regular garage door. Sooo quiet. I still hear the neighbors several houses away, but they don't hear me.

That was my point. For my purposes I DID NOT want the screen always out of the way. Just had a belt driven opener installed with new garage door and yes it is virtually silent. Can even open/close it from my Apple Watch. :)



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Had it installed on Monday (it's Saturday now). PERFECT for us. FOR US AND OUR USE much more practical than a rollup. If you have a specific question LMK. If they made an "electric slider" I'd jump on that. It's not a question of "roll-up vs. slider which is better" it's what we wanted for the way we use it. Like gas vs. electric GC's there are a million opinions.