![]() ![]() This new industry of screen garage doors appears to have started around 1992, but is now picking up some serious steam. My guess is, if you can install a sectional or rolling door, you should be able to handle one of these doors. What other product is that similar to our products? And they are available as commercial or residential doors, as sectional or rolling doors, and as motorized or manual doors. They are parallel, or comparable, because they also fill the same openings that our sectional and rolling doors fill. They are parallel products, not only because they are physically installed “parallel” to our own products. You could call these screened doors “parallel products” for our industry. Or, as we described it in our fall 2002 issue, “Garages: The Next American Fascination.” Rafter then explains how the Carlsons’ garage is just another example of the growing trend of homeowners who are transforming their garages into useful, attractive space. “At night, they raise the garage door to reveal a fully functional screened-in room,” writes reporter Rafter, “where the Carlsons relax, read, eat dinner, or watch the evening news.” What was the attraction? Yep … A screen garage door. ![]() The story begins, “Bob and Nancy Carlson own the most famous garage in their … neighborhood, not to mention the most unique.” Then comes the kicker.Ībout the same time, I noticed a feature story in the Chicago Tribune (“Where an open-door policy is encouraged,” by Dan Rafter, March 7, 2003). Three screen doors in one issue! When has that happened before? Then, the summer issue of Door & Access Systems published press releases from three different companies, announcing their new screen door products. In our summer 2003 issue, Mark Talon of Overhead Door of Bangor (Maine) mentioned two of these screens as among the “hottest new products” at Expo 2003. Then, this year at Expo, at least four companies attracted crowds to their exhibits of new screen garage door products. After all, the product is practically installed in tandem with a “regular” solid garage door. Then, last winter, Brian Lucas of F & L Doors in Hazleton, Pa., wrote a Letter to the Editor, mentioning that he is “patiently waiting (for a) bug screen for the residential garage door opening.” He also mentioned his interest in commercial applications of the same product.īrian helped me realize that a screen garage door may be an ideal product for a garage door dealer to sell and install. But frankly, I never thought much about screen doors. Ordering is easy, just specify unit size, color of frame and screen material choice.I’m always watching for new trends in the door and access systems business. All Mystic Z-Box units will have a left hand mount motor (from outside looking in) and a single channel hand held remote. The Mystic Z-Box is 4” wider than the opening to allow for the 2” wide side rail and 7” taller than the opening to allow for the hood and weight bar to be up and out of the opening. The Mystic Z-box is pre-made and cannot be modified. The Mystic Z-Box System is specifically designed to surface mount on the most popular garage door sizes. The aluminum frame is available in white, brown, and sandstone with your choice of 17/20 pvc coated polyester screen material in either white or black. The Z-Box comes in a variety of sizes to be surface mounted to fit the most popular garage door sizes, 8 x 7, 9 x 7, 10 x 7, 16 x 7 and 9 x 8. Mystic Screens Z-Box System is an industry first, in-stock, ready-to-ship motorized screen system designed for surface mount applications on popular size garage door openings. ![]()
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