Windows on Your Garage Door: Benefits and Drawbacks

Garage doors have many designs to choose from, including windows. If you have considered having windows in your next garage door replacement, discover a few benefits and drawbacks to this specific design element.

Garage Door Window Benefits

What do you stand to gain when you incorporate windows into a garage door? Discover a few benefits you can enjoy.

Increased Natural Light

Many garages are dark because of a lack of natural light. Even if you have a window or two in your garage, you might struggle to see without a light switch. With windows in your garage door, you'll have increased exposure to sunlight during the day to see where everything is.

That way, if you can't automatically find the light switch or simply need to grab something during the day, you can use the sunlight to find your way around. Additionally, increased natural light will limit the potential of accidents like falling down or tripping over something.

And with increased sunlight, you won't have to worry as much about electricity bills. Dark garages often need more artificial light, which can raise your usage and monthly bill. Therefore, with the right garage door windows, you can enjoy an increase in savings.

Enhanced Design

While garage doors without windows can be beautiful on their own, windows often add something special to the garage door. Garage door windows vary in their designs, particularly in their shapes and location.

Shapes can range from basic squares to complex or asymmetrical shapes with some sides longer or shorter than others. For the location, windows often are at or near the top of the garage door but can go anywhere you want them to be. You can often coordinate shapes and locations to complement your home or have the garage door stand out on its own.

Garage Door Window Drawbacks

With any design elements, you always have a few drawbacks. What are some disadvantages to adding windows to your garage door?

Decreased Privacy

While garage doors are often too tall for people to peer inside your windows, any garage door windows do carry that risk. If you want to have complete privacy inside your garage, then windows might not be the best idea.

Privacy inside your garage usually incorporates two major elements: privacy against noisy neighbors and would-be thieves. If you want to enjoy activities such as secret projects for a loved one's birthday, important projects for work, or social events where you gather with family or friends without curious passersby looking in, then bypass windows.

Perhaps even more important is privacy against potential burglars or robbers. You likely use your garage for storage, perhaps for potentially valuable items like your car, work equipment, or old heirlooms. If so, then garage door windows can provide an unwanted opportunity for unscrupulous thieves to peer inside your garage and see what you might have. If they spot something they want, you run the risk of a garage break-in.

Increased Heat

While garages usually don't have as much insulation as the rest of your home, they can be relatively protected against extreme shifts in temperature. However, with garage door windows that let in increased sunlight, you run the risk of an overly hot garage. This can make using this space unpleasant during certain hours of the day. If you want a cooler garage, you might want to skip windows.

Find a Garage Door Ideal for Your Home

Whether or not your garage door has windows, you probably want one that will serve your home well and last a long time. If so, get in touch with Guaranteed Door Service, Inc., today. We have a wide selection of residential garage doors, both with and without windows. Simply let us know what you want, and we'll install the perfect garage door for you.