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Garage door repairs can be one of the more expensive types of upkeep you must do on your home. For just a broken spring and a few worn rollers, you could be looking at a repair bill of $250 or more! Here are five tips for keeping your garage repair costs to a minimum.

We might easily under appreciate our electric garage door openers…until they are not available when we need them most. The pouring rain when we arrive home, the bitter cold when the car is full of stuff, or the night we want to just get inside and relax…if the door doesn’t work, it becomes a major upset. Garage door openers typically last a very long time and don’t need to be replaced frequently. They do, however need maintenance and even the occasional service call. Some may even need to be replaced after years of service.

The floor of your garage gets quite a daily workout, meaning that it shows signs of wear long before other floors in your home. There are tire marks, oil stains from various types of equipment stored in the garage, bikes, sporting equipment…and that’s all before we even get to the dirt that your car tracks in!

Have you noticed your garage door isn’t working quite as it should? Does it make strange noises or seem as if it may stop working? There’s no time like the present for finding out exactly what is wrong and how you can fix it. Sometimes waiting is okay, but garage doors can become unsafe, so the best day for repairs is today!

When you think of place you should not leave kids alone, the garage is apt to spring to mine. That is generally a good course of action, and yet there are many steps you can take to make it a great, safe and useful place for kids to ride tricycles, play games, and more.

Summer is here and we’re all thinking about spending as much time outside as possible. Thanks to recent trends, it’s becoming increasingly popular to spend time outside, and to bring the outdoors inside. Outdoor living is a big thing, and we’re not just talking about your average patio set or swinging seat; we’re talking about outdoor living rooms, outdoor kitchens, and outdoor dining rooms.

Have you ever looked at the inside of your garage door, and all the various parts that make it work? If you have a double door, at least 16-feet wide, you’ll usually see a steel bar on the inside of the door. This bar is U-shaped, and attached via hinges. And it’s like this for an important reason. This is the reinforcement strut bar, and it is a very important part of a safe garage door system.

Throwing a party, or even just having a cookout at your home can be a lot of fun, as well as a lot of work. You want to make sure that everyone who comes to the party has a good time and is comfortable, and sometimes you might worry that you are going to run out of space. Well, when you use the garage, you can add to the square footage you have available for the party.

Have you seen those fascinating new garage doors that are appearing all over the Internet? If not, let us explain! They are a combination of regular garage door along with a separate panel that opens like a traditional house door.

Planting a garden is an extremely rewarding experience, but it definitely takes a lot of work.