Garage Doors

“Try On” a Garage Door Before You Buy

Shopping for a new garage door can be an overwhelming experience, especially when your home’s curb appeal is on the line.

For most, the hardest part is visualizing what an uninstalled door featured in a showroom or a brochure will look like on their actual house.

Clopay makes the visualization process easy with its Web-based Door Imagination System, an interactive tool that allows builders and homeowners to upload a digital photo of their home and “try on” a variety of garage door styles to find the perfect match.

“Today’s garage doors are built to last between 15 – 20 years so it’s important to make the right design choice. This tool gives you confidence in your decision,” says Pat Lohse, Clopay Building Products vice president of residential marketing. 

Once users have selected a garage door model, they can customize the design to complement their home by adding different windows, hardware and paint colors.

Selected images can then be saved into an online folder and printed or e-mailed to share with a garage door dealer, contractor, friends and family.

The Door Imagination System even provides a specification summary for each door image saved including the product style and decorative options so the user knows they are ordering the correct product.

The Door Imagination System is available at the Clopay Website, so go ahead and upload a photo of your garage and give it a try!

Clopay at International Builders Show Tomorrow!

Don’t forget, the International Builders Show begins TOMORROW!  Clopay Garage Doors will be at the IBS show in Las Vegas for the next 4 days, so be sure to follow our social networks to stay updated.  We will be talking about the show, what’s new, discussing products, and posting videos.

If you are attending IBS 2010, visit our booth at #C2445 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.  Clopay will be showing off the latest innovations in garage door design and materials!

Clopay has also been selected to be a part of the Builder Concept Home 2010!  This home represents the shift in housing trends toward energy efficient, affordable housing.  For the past 27 years, the Showcase Home has been constructed and people could take the tour during the International Builders Show.  However, with the credit crisis this year, the home was unable to be completed on time, so a new spin has been put on the home… it is virtual!  Visit the Builder Concept Home 2010 and sign up for a virtual key!  Virtual tours begin tomorrow!

Builder Concept Home 2010

Clopay is showcasing three distinct insulated garage door options on the Builder Concept Home 2010 tour: The Canyon Ridge Collection, a rustic faux wood door, a Coachman Collection steel and composite carriage house style door, and a steel grooved panel vintage style Gallery Collection door with Clopay’s Ultra-grain stained woodgrain paint finish.

 
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Preview of International Builders Show

Clopay Garage Doors Featured in BUILDER Concept Home 2010:  A Home for the New Economy

Clopay residential garage doors have been selected for the Builder Concept Home 2010: A Home for the New Economy, which will launch at the 2010 International Builders Show in Las Vegas January 19-22.

The Builder Concept Home 2010, designed by Marianne Cusato and Mark LaLiberté, exemplifies a dramatic shift in how homes are designed, built, maintained and lived in. The 1,700-square-foot home with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms adapts to homeowners’ personal budgets and changing lifestyle needs.

For the first time in national show home history, the house will be open exclusively as an online virtual tour using photo−realistic renderings and state−of−the−art movie software that enables a customizable experience for each visitor.

The online virtual tour and informational web site will launch January 19, 2010 at www.builderconcepthome2010.com, in conjunction with the opening of IBS, allowing tours anytime, anywhere, including Internet−connected kiosks at the Hanley Wood IBS booth #C2128.

Whether among the 80,000 building industry professionals attending IBS 2010 or the millions of homeowners, builders and developers unable to travel to the annual convention, this Web site will serve as the platform for the Builder Concept Home 2010 as well as the definitive source for up-to-the-minute information about IBS.

Canyon Ridge® Collection

Clopay is showcasing three distinct insulated garage door options on the Builder Concept Home 2010 tour: The Canyon Ridge® Collection, a rustic faux wood door, a Coachman® Collection steel and composite carriage house style door, and a steel grooved panel vintage style Gallery® Collection door with Clopay’s Ultra-grain™ stained woodgrain paint finish.

Gallery® Collection

Go to the builderconcepthome2010.com site and pre-register for a “key” to tour the home on the 19th. Be among the first to tour the home when it opens…

Coachman® Collection

Clopay Voted No.1 in Professional Door Dealer’s “Best of Business” Poll

Clopay Building Products, the nation’s largest manufacturer of residential garage doors and a leading supplier of commercial sectional garage doors, has been voted No.1 in Professional Door Dealer(PDD) magazine’s “Best of Business” dealers’ choice poll in the following categories:

Most Innovative Products
Best Residential Garage Doors
Best Customer Service
Best “Green” Products

Clopay also ranked in the top tier for Best Web Site, Best Custom Doors, and Best Commercial Garage Doors.

Professional Door Dealer is a trusted and independent source of information for the garage door and access control industry. Industry professionals were invited to vote via an online poll hosted by PDD. The poll was open for five months, and voters chose from more than 20 categories, picking their top three company choices in each.  

The winners of the poll received recognition in the December issue of PDD, and will receive an award from the magazine at the 2010 IDA Expo in Las Vegas.

“‘People committed to customers and the industry’ is the cornerstone of the Clopay mission,” says John Palazzolo, vice president of sales and marketing for Clopay Building Products. “It is rewarding to have members of the industry recognize the hard work and dedication of our team and confirms that we are accomplishing our goal to provide the best garage door products and service in the building products sector.”   

“Manufacturers and distributors work very hard to establish positive relationships with their customers,” added Lauren Vasquez, Editor for PDD. “This poll shows that their hard work is noticed and appreciated by dealers, who were able to voice their opinion by voting for the Best Customer Service, Best Residential Operators and Best Commercial Doors, to name just a few of our categories.” 

“PDD is thrilled to recognize all of our winners,” said Mike Saxby, Group Publisher for PDD. “Nearly 3,000 votes were received from industry professionals, and we were delighted at the overwhelming response from our readers.” 

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