I have a metal shop that has standard white commercial 10x10 non-insulated garage doors. I am going to partition off a portion of the shop by adding a wall and spray foaming this enclosed area to make a man cave/game room area. This area will be heated and cooled. My plan was to change out the 10x10 plain white garage door with a 10x10 all glass garage door that would allow for more natural light and could be open when weather permits.

In a perfect world I would like to get either double pane or insulated glass but these doors are crazy expensive. I can purchase just a single pane all glass door for a price that while high is within budget so I am thinking about pulling the trigger but then again I don't want to regret the purchase. The garage door faces the east so it will get the morning sun but most of the afternoon/evening it will not have any direct sunlight. I don't want the windows to always have condensation or suffering major energy loss where I should have just bit the bullet and got a better product. Then again most garage doors are not sealed that well around the edges anyways so paying for better glass may be a waste of money considering the other energy losses around the rest of the door.

Appreciate any thoughts. Thanks.

Ceramic tint on the windows?

My neighbor has frosted/translucent garage doors. Over the last 15 years, he has had 3 panes broken by weed eater or mower projectiles. All on the lower section.

Replacement of the latest took 4 months due to Covid supply chain.

Thanks for that insight. I had thought about that and there is an option to have the lower glass panels closest to the ground be replaced with solid insert instead of glass. Garage doors during covid were a disaster.

I have Clopay Avante Full Vision garage doors and the panels have survived multiple hail storms and soccer ball strikes over the last 5 years

agdoc2001 said:

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I have Clopay Avante Full Vision garage doors and the panels have survived multiple hail storms and soccer ball strikes over the last 5 years

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Thanks for the insight. Is the glass on your Clopay door insulated or is the door on a garage that is not heated or cooled?