My Garage door has rotten wood

[Scooter]

My garage door has some rotten wood. It must be the original wood garage door. Some of the rotten pieces are milled.

Should I try and get this repaired?

Who repairs old wooden garage doors?

Or should I just replace it?

Replace it with what?

Thanks for the help.

 

[jmatt]

Replace it with a metal one. Any repair would be temporary at best, unless you replace entire sections.

Oh, and I would get the insulating inserts.

 

[hollisdude]

I had a wood double garage door and the bottom panels rotted from "rain splash" over a period of time. I think it cost me about $120-$150 to get those panels replaced and painted. They are starting to show rot again. This time I will just replace the whole thing with a metal garage door and be done with it.

 

[BigWill]

yep. Vinyl or steel. Insulated is a must, because it makes the door thincker and stronger.

 

[Baboso]

Scooter, depending on the type of garage door you have, you may just be able to unbolt the bottom panels and replace them yourself for a significant cost savings.

 

[accuratehorn]

Contact a garage door installation person. They regularly remove the wooden doors and install metal ones. If your panel is a standard size, the installer may give you a cheap price on replacing it with a good used one that was not the lower one down (which always is the one that gets rotted).
Otherwise, put in metal doors.