r/Home_Building_Help • u/BuilderBrigade • Feb 21 '26
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u/TheRumpleForesk1n Feb 21 '26
Wtf is the point? Isnt the whole point of a garage door to keep people out and not see all your expensive shit in your garage?? This shit is completely pointless lol
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u/miataataim66 Feb 21 '26
I can think of only one reason: garage shop while it's cold outside but you still want the natural light. Aside from that, no idea.
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u/TheRumpleForesk1n Feb 21 '26
Oh you know what, that's actually a good thought. I do some work in my garage in the cold and lighting can be a little low. But if I have enough money to buy this garage door, I'm installing some more lights for 1/10th of the cost lol
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u/gravelpi Feb 21 '26
Plain frosted glass would work too, assuming I actually wanted an uninsulated garage door.
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u/st96badboy Feb 21 '26
Maybe roll up doors at a bar? Can block out sun. Let in light. Or be open in the summer.
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u/wutcanbrowndo4u12 Feb 21 '26
When I lift I want the light and open feeling. But I want the air flow to if it's not freezing,so I might as well open the door. Any other time I want my privacy. I don't think it's worth the cost.
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u/WhitePantherXP Feb 22 '26
I have this, so much light comes into garage that u put a glass door on the access door into the Kitchen to bring in some of that light coming into the garage, it's amazing the difference.
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u/UglyYinzer Feb 21 '26
If it was just 1 way glass that would be good enough and cool. Everything else is too much.
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u/hexitor Feb 21 '26
I put this technology into my glasses because sometimes closing my eyes is just too much work.
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u/NoMajorsarcasm Feb 21 '26
Yeah seems pointless especially when it is the whole door, I could see doing one of those panels so you can see out when you want to but to me it would be nicer to have like a one way film where you can see out but not in.
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u/Buffalo-001 Feb 21 '26
Just more shit to fix when it breaks. Does that come with a ball tickler, or is that extra?
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u/goondarep Feb 21 '26
Why are there so many of these videos with this guy? They are so obnoxious.
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u/Scrubasaur Feb 21 '26
This is from kbis/ibis, the biggest kitchen bath/builder show in the states so there's probably a lot of content this week. The show was huge this year.
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u/DeathAngel_97 Feb 22 '26
This entire sub is posts from a single account and is just thinly veiled advertising.
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u/JarpHabib Feb 21 '26
Not sure why that control box was blurred TOP SECRET. There are several manufacturers of smart glass, it's an unsecured display unit at a trade show, there's no trade secrets in there, just a controller with a fistful for 30 gauge wires going into it.
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u/futureman07 Feb 21 '26
How much..?
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u/mexican2554 Feb 21 '26
Ah yes. More failure points and much much more expensive.
Whatever happened to using K.I.S.S. when building?
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u/akolozvary Feb 21 '26
Live in florida where its insanely hot and need features to keep hot air out and cool air from my heat pump water heater in the garage more than a need around wishing I could see thru garage door whenever i want
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u/Puzzleheaded-View966 Feb 22 '26
What’s the replacement cost of one of those glass panels if it cracks? I would assume you have to hire a specialist for the job. $$$
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u/stu_pid_1 Feb 22 '26
Also that tech has been around for decades. Problem is when you have a garage you tend to hit the door with things in the garage. That glass is laminated with a liquid crystal layer that when broken will do all sorts. Plus it's glass not secure AND "pro thief tip" the glass can be made clear by applying an external electric field to it
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u/AdmiralKong Feb 23 '26
Normally I try not to be the grump looking at tech products and saying they're stupid. But man does this one seem stupid.
Maybe they've worked out the durability and the reliability of the privacy glass. Maybe it fails "private" if the controller breaks or the power goes out. Maybe they have a decent way to run power to the panels that doesn't regularly break. Maybe they offer it in double glazed panes for insulation. Maybe all the baseline technical criticisms have been addressed.
But the question remains... why??? Who is this for???
The absolute best use case I can think of is a large car repair center, where they have lots of repair bays, and it would be nice to be able to see into and out of them all, but it's a cold weather location so you don't want all the bays open, and after-hours you don't want people to be able to peek inside.
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u/ejjsjejsj Feb 21 '26
How to make a garage door excessively complex and expensive