Cladding Above Garage Door

Wood is the most popular choice for garage door cladding.

Cladding above garage door. Adding aluminum capping around your garage door will make this one less area of exterior home maintenance you ll need to worry about. This covers the worn out doorframe containing unsightly cracks and chips. In this show i ll show you the process of how my carpenters clad this door with cedar. In the same way you placed the trim on above the garage make sure you place any weather stripping you desire first and then lay down the trim hammering in nails every foot to hold it into place.

This is usually done on the exterior of the garage door to give it a new look. The two systems work together to provide strength and low maintenance benefits that ll keep your doors looking new for years to come. Capping is the process of applying cut and formed aluminum sheeting over exterior wood trim. Garage door cladding refers to covering or coating garage door panels and frames with a different material.

Capping is a cladding or wrapping of aluminum sheeting over exterior wood trim. A standard metal door clad with wood looks fantastic. Aluminum capping is also referred to as aluminum cladding and aluminum wrapping. Thickest extruded aluminum clad in the industry resists rot mold mildew insects.

Your existing wooden garage doorframe is custom fitted with aluminum sheets that are custom cut and formed. Garage door frames are designed to match the profile and finish details of our exterior door clad frames. Do one side at a time and have someone hold the trim while you work to keep it straight and sturdy.