ᐅ Which surface finish for the garage door?

Hello,

we are currently looking for a suitable prefabricated garage. We initially wanted an anthracite-colored sectional door with a "woodgrain" finish, meaning this wood-look texture. This was also recommended to us by a garage builder (as scratches can be repaired more easily). However, another garage builder advised us against the "woodgrain" finish, saying it would cause unattractive reflections on an anthracite color and that we should choose a smooth surface instead.

What type of surface do you have on your garage door?

Best regards,
Sabine

In my opinion, fake wood looks even more ridiculous when it comes in metallic shades. Up close, it somehow resembles recycled park bench. There really is no such thing as luxury plastic.

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I have seen this wood-look finish in anthracite quite often and didn’t notice anything unusual about it. I haven’t examined it very closely myself.

I wanted to get your opinion—what type of anthracite surface have you chosen?

Best regards,
Sabine

Well, I wouldn’t call it strange. There may be people who can look at surfaces without any materials science considerations. I know that sheet metal cannot be embossed with a wood grain and that plastic granulates do not come in metallic colors (meaning coatings have to be used, which generally do not promise decades of abrasion resistance). Therefore, to me, a “plastic made to look like wood with a metallic glaze” garage door always looks fake and resembles, in my opinion, the kind of material you might screw onto balcony railings.

For anthracite-colored surfaces, I always recommend aluminum. My own garages are rented; I have the classic Hörmann Berry in cream white or reddish brown. Of course, those would be impossible for a designer house.

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I don’t know anything about the surface that @11ant describes. I had to look up what this woodgrain stuff is, and I can say: We have this embossed texture on an anthracite-colored sectional door, and it looks classy and good. M-ribbing, of course.

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ypg schrieb:
I don’t know about the surface that @11ant describes there, had to google what this strange woodgrain thing is first,

That wasn’t me, that was Curly. I also had to google it at first, then I saw what it is (I knew it, just didn’t know the name) and said I find it ugly.

If you can look at the surface without feeling it’s a fake, it initially looks good. From a materials science perspective, however, I consider this effect to be less durable than the price advantage compared to real metal (which I personally would never emboss with a “wood” pattern purely for aesthetic reasons).

My two cents on the topic of “anthracite-colored building components” is that other trends have been temporary as well. There was a time when glass blocks were all the rage, but nowadays they show the age of otherwise well-maintained houses quite clearly (simply in terms of the year they were built).

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