What is a Walkthrough Door or Pedestrian Door for a Garage Door?
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Did you realize that a huge percentage of people use their garage door as the main door to their home? It’s true. What often happens is that people want to have a garage door installed, and after they do, they find that it is much easier to hit a button to open the door than it is to get out, go around, and enter into the main doorway. There are, however, a number of reasons why this is something that you might not want to do constantly. Many homes install a walkthrough door, or a pedestrian door, in their garage as an alternative option.
It can be hard to understand what a pedestrian door looks like, though, when you haven’t seen it, and there are many who have never even heard of such a thing. A pedestrian door is a door that is built right into the main garage door. It allows you to go into the garage without having to enter through any other door, and it is actually a great way to save yourself a lot of money.
What do you do whenever you open the garage door? You let the air into the garage. This might not be something that you think about, but it should be. Whenever you let air into the garage, you are essentially heating up, or cooling down, the garage. Garage openers take anywhere from 20 to 30 seconds to open, and then another 20 or 30 to close. The opening is large enough that it makes it simple for a vast amount of air to get into the garage. This can cost you hundreds of dollars a year in heating and cooling costs, especially if you work in your garage frequently and need to keep it a specific temperature.
A walkthrough door is a door that makes it easy for people to stop using the garage door as the main entrance. It’s easier to get to because it is right where the garage door is, so that your guests do not have to walk around the long way to get into your house, and yet it saves you money, as the opening is just a regular sized door opening, so not a great deal of air is let into the garage when the walkthrough door is opened.
If you’re someone who uses your garage to tinker in, a huge amount of space can be saved when you’re using a pedestrian door, as you could literally lock your garage door down and just use the pedestrian door. And because the wear and tear on the garage door is reduced, the life of the door is extended a huge amount, saving you even more money. A walkthrough door or a pedestrian door is a great way to get the most use out of your garage door, especially if you use your garage quite often and would like to save money.
