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Maui Garage Doors keeps island businesses and residents safe and secure
If you’re looking to add value to your home or business while ensuring your car and other valuables are protected, consider upgrading your carport or remodeling your existing garage with a new garage door from Maui Garage Doors, Inc. Choose from a wide selection of residential and commercial options including steel, vinyl, wood, composite, aluminum, fiberglass and other specialty garage doors and openers designed to fit every style — from contemporary and custom to classic— as well as budget and island microclimate.
“We definitely take the location of a home into consideration before we recommend a product,” explains Keri Quinsaat, owner of Maui Garage Doors, Inc. — a local company that evolved over 45-plus years from a one-man shop to a full-service garage-door supplier and installer with a team of professionally trained technicians servicing all of Maui County. “Steel garage doors do well in most parts of the island with rust-proof vinyl doors recommended for coastal areas.”
Quinsaat says she often recommends the Heritage line of steel garage doors because Heritage offers a lifetime warranty not only on the door sections, but also the hardware including springs, cables, hinges, etc. Garage doors made of fiberglass are also popular because they do well in most climates. “Plus, they are built to look like traditional wood without the maintenance and cost of real wood,” she adds.
As Maui’s oldest established garage-door company, MGD
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grew from a subsection of Maui Doors in Haiku in the mid-1970s to an incorporated enterprise in 1990 with an impressive office, warehouse and newly built showroom located in the Central Maui Baseyard.
Quinsaat, now president and owner of MGD, was a former millworks expeditor at The Home Depot coordinating garage-door orders and installations.
“I was given the opportunity to run the MGD office and gladly embraced working with a small local business,” she recalls.
With decades of experience since incorporating, MGD operates by the philosophy that no job is too big or too small. From routine maintenance on a residential garage door to installation of commercial grilles for the airport, every project benefits from a high degree of proven professionalism, workmanship and a razor-like attention to detail to guarantee that each repair, renovation or installation is built to last.
Capitalizing on strong partnerships with leading garagedoor manufacturers, MGD keeps popular door styles and sizes in stock for immediate availability to provide customers with a product suited for individual design and budgetary needs. Topping off the local company’s impressive list of services, MGD is the only authorized LiftMaster dealer on island.
“We also offer free ingarage consultations during which our installers take measurements and determine what the best options are,” Quinsaat elaborates, adding that the new showroom features panel samples of all product lines carried. MGD even displays a working garage-door system so customers can view the intricate machinations of garage-door assemblies.
“Our goal is to supply each customer with the best product for their unique situation rather than working with one manufacturer and pushing something that may be more costly and not exactly what is needed,” Quinsaat explains.
With the pandemic still keeping Maui County residents somewhat isolated, MGD offers virtual appointments via FaceTime for those who are not comfortable or able to come into the showroom. Additionally, the company has implemented a senior discount to assist kupuna during these financially uncertain times and interest-free payment plans for those who cannot afford to pay in full once the work order has been filled and the project completed.
“We also took this time to renovate our office to incorporate recycled pallet office dividers to ensure employees are socially distanced,” continues Quinsaat. “We provide masks, sanitizer and gloves to all field employees as well as in-person customers, and our field calls have gone almost paperless to limit contact.”
This commitment to providing the best products and services colors much of what MGD does. “We really pride ourselves on quality,” Quinsaat says. “We take employee training and safety very seriously and are proud members of the International Door Association as well as active members of the Better Business Bureau. We regularly send our employees to training and certification programs through IDA, and we’re looking forward to resuming this practice once it is safe to do so.”
MGD’s current best-selling product, according to Quinsaat, is the Amarr Steel Line, specifically the Lincoln Collection Garage Door. “It’s offered in three models from non-insulated to fully insulated with four panel styles and 10 color choices included in the base price,” she continues.
Other big sellers include screen doors designed specifically for the garage.
“These are great for life in Hawaii,” Quinsaat says. “These screen doors are available with or without a passthrough main door in the center and can be installed with a garage door or alone. They are great for enclosing the space to keep animals in, bugs out and allowing air to pass through.”
For property owners or businesses in need of a new or repaired garage door, MGD is Maui’s one-stop shop for reliable, quality service, installation and products, offering in-stock and special order doors and openers suitable for every situation. All repairs include a full service and safety inspection backed by a 90-day warranty (30 days for commercial repairs), as well as 24/7 emergency service.
No matter what type of weather or other issues your home endures on a daily basis, MGD can supply and install a door of appropriate material and strength to keep your garage dry, safe and comfortable.