Dave Martin poses with Taylor Sublett, center, and Scott O'Neill of Madden Door in front of a new garage door installed on Sublett's home. The door was installed as part of a home makeover for Home & Garden Television's show “Curb Appeal.”

“It is great. It changed our lives and it changed the way we use the garage,” Sublett said. He said the garage door really adds class to the front of the home.

The small garage has now become a showcasing point of the home, according to Sublett, who still marvels in telling others “look how quiet it is.” The homeowners painted the door blue to match trim around the rest of the home.

A Martin Door was installed on the Oakland home earlier this year as part of Home and Garden Television's popular makeover show. It is the third Martin Door that has been installed on a home, as part of the ongoing TV series. Madden Door & Sons, Inc. of Martinez, California installed the door.

Dave Martin, chairman of the board for Martin Door Manufacturing, was on hand during the installation to be interviewed for the show.

Scott O'Neill, sales manager for Madden Doors & Sons, Inc. says the TV shoot was his first opportunity to meet Dave Martin and to see how passionate Martin is about the little details of a garage door.

“My favorite moment came when he asked for a tool and got inside the door and began making some adjustments to the brackets. It was just classic,” O'Neill said.

Annie Sloan, a producer for HGTV, said the TV show will include extensive footage about Martin Door, especially near the end of the show. The show ends by showing Sublett's brother's band playing in the garage, as the garage door comes down.

The segment is expected to air sometime late this year or in early 2006, according to Sloan.

Curb Appeal is a popular prime-time weekly television show hosted by Rick Spence. It can be seen in over 90 million homes across the country and is broadcast multiple times throughout the year.

The focus of the series is to show how to improve and enhance the front of a home's appearance as viewed from the street. On each episode, designers take a house and help the homeowners literally transform it from the curb.

	Dave Martin was very hands on for the filming of “Curb Appeal” recently in Oakland. Here he helps make an adjustment on the door while Taylor Sublett looks on.