Save time when painting the garage door with the Super Finish Max paint sprayer. To get an even coat, walk from one side all the way across the door, move the paint sprayer down and paint the next section walking back across the door. Measure your garage panel area for your faux windows. Score and cut your plexiglass to fit the window size you need. Leave the protective plastic coating on the plexiglass for this step. My garage door has 3 panels 39" wide and 11" high across the top.
I choose to put 2 faux windows in each panel with a 7" space between them. At 10" x 16" per window panel, you can get four panels from one sheet of plexiglass. Set your miter saw straight to cut the inside frame dividers.
Spray paint each panel by removing one side of protective plastic coating and covering that side with an outdoor rated black flat spray paint. Stick the screws into a cardboard box or foam surface to hold them and spray paint them black as well. Assemble the windows. Remove the protective plastic coating from the non-painted side of the plexiglass.
Use an outdoor rated adhesive and glue the pvc window frames to the unpainted side of the plexiglass. Allow to cure for 24 hours. Place each window in place and mark where the pilot holes are then drill pilot holes with the metal drill bit. Amazon sells a set of two windows per kit in three different color options; almond, sandstone and white. And luckily for us, the white is the most affordable color option. We were really impressed with these faux garage doors windows.
You can see in the picture below how much they really do reflect. The fourth option I really would not recommend, but it seemed like quite a few people still went this route.
The last method we found for creating the look of faux windows was simply by painting. First of all, I think it would be difficult to keep this route from chipping and pealing. Also, the thing we loved most about installing the faux garage door windows was their realistic reflective look. You would not be able to recreate that type of look with just painting black windows on your garage door.
Again, we were really impressed with the ease of installation. Please note, that it would be tricky to do this project with just one person, having another set of hands is key. First, we centered the middle two panels on the garage door and making sure each panel was level, marked with a pencil where each panel would go. The kits come with a paper template but after the first window is installed, it tears and is not really needed at all.
The next step was to mark the hole locations and then drill pilot holes. We have this Makita Cordless Drill and even I love using it. It makes everything a million times easier when putting together furniture or doing small projects like this. Then using a level once more, we double checked that the windows were properly aligned. Since we had pre-drilled the holes, the windows went up easily just using a simple screwdriver.
Since we originally helped my mom install these Faux Windows, she had to get a new garage door. It was as easy as her removing the Faux Garage Door Windows and reinstalling them! After we helped my mom install these faux garage door windows, her best friend fell so deeply in love that she immediately went out and bought the same set for her home.
She then found these cool magnetic garage door hardware. It gave her garage door more of a traditional Carriage Garage Door look. Have I made a believer out of you? Who is up for making your garage door look a million times better with me?!!
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Great post.. Thanks for sharing such a valuable information. Tri-M Windows and Doors Winnipeg, we offer a complete selection of window options, styles and price points to meet your needs whether you are a homeowner, do-it-yourselfer, architect or contractor. Commercial Windows and Doors Winnipeg. But I did find them on Amazon and they come two windows in a set. I too like the plexiglass option to look almost reflective like a window.
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