Adding Glass block is one way of adding natural lighting to your Garage, other ways are by adding Glass Inserts to your Garage Door and also adding a Sky Tube or Sky Light, all available here at Rawsons. Any of these items will give you the natural lighting you are looking for, do keep in mind all these items require to break the weather tight integrity of your home. For the most natural lighting a 12"x12"x4" Glass block installed in between your framing would give you the best results and Yes, it is very possible to add Glass block. Drufus come see us here at Rawson Builders Supply, We can help you get started.   « less

One way to reduce heat or cold transfer into your Garage is by insulating your Garage door or purchasing a pre insulated Garage door. A Steel Back.Here at Rawson we offer you several Top name brand Garage doors. We carry Windsor, Holmes and Martin Garage doors. All of these manufacturers carry the same insulated Garage door options, that seems to me you are looking for.   « less

You have several options. Here at Rawson's we offer Kolbe & Kolbe, Built Best and Alenco windows giving your home an excellent upgrade. The Alenco windows are our more popular economical brand of windows for the Las Cruces area.They come in the Energy Star LOE 240, 270 Vinyl & Aluminum with the option of LOE Thermaly Broken. all these windows are a long term investment.   « less

Shannon,It is difficult to remove a pocket door track to a degree. Depending on the size of the door, the smaller the door the easier it could be to replace the track, and the larger the door the more difficult it is.You will have to cut out some sheetrock along side the track big enough for your hand and drill or screw driver to fit to be able to remove the screws."keep in mind prior to cutting into the sheetrock, poke through the sheetrock with a small nail or so, find some anchor points in the wooden door framing or studds that will help you in the reinstalling of the sheetrock".The smaller the pocket door, you will have to remove the door and hopefuly be able to reach your arm inside the opening to remove the screws and replace the track. One long term good idea would be to replace your pocket door track with a Heavy Duty Double Track and Rollers.   « less

Hello Mando, My understanding is your trying to decorate your french doors giving them a bit more attractiveness by adding some devided lite pattern, excellent choice. That is very possible knowing if the Door Lite is an removable INSERT and Stanley carries the 9 Devided Lite INSERT your looking for, for your style of door. If for some reason Stanley does not offer that option come see me here at Rwasos Builder supply.   « less

Paula,I am glad to hear that we share going Green is a concern of yours as it is to us here at Rawsons, we carry a variety of green products for example, such as recycled steel doors from Rustic Alegance,recycled materials Skylights from Velux. energy efficient Kolbe & Kolbe Energy Star Windows just to name a few. To answer your main question on where to start, well your home is fairly new and so are your products used to build your home, If your budget can afford replacement of windows i would start there due to heating and cooling is a big factor of usage of energy. The lack of knowledge of the term Going Green has not quite hit this area completely, and most of our area Home Builders stay with in the Las Cruces Economy Competitive Home prices, Thus the higher pricing of Green products would cause a substantial price increase to the new home and although inturn the investment would be long term. Comunicating with the Home builder prior to the build can get you as Green as possible.   « less

Good question Gene, From the look of things it looks like a simple repair. You can use Spakle to fill in the crack, wait a day and paint to match. Although if your wall switch feels a little lose in the fixture ? I recommend you contact a certified electrician immediately .   « less

Rawson Builders Supply is a "Do it Best" distributor with over 80,000 quality home repair products. We can assist you with your repair or upgrade products.    « less

Chico, Most windows can be re-glazed. If you can identify the name brand and exact size of the window, the glass can be replaced without removing the frame. If you are unable to identify the brand, obtain the following measurements of the glass. Exact width x height x thickness and the type of glass, clear, LoE, bronze, tempered. If all else fails, a technician will usually come to to you at no cost.   « less

By planning ahead you are already ahead of the game. In order to answer your quedtion properly I need some information. Are your windows aluminum, vinyl or wood? Are the exterior walls stucco or another material? Is there brick mold around the windows? Does water seem to be comming in through the window or around the frame?   « less