Garage Doors

You might be wondering which type of door would provide the most benefits for your small garage, shed or small barn. Is a garage-style sectional door a good choice for these three structures? It could indeed be the best option. Here are four advantages of sectional doors.

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.

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.

Most people never stop to think about just how strong their garage door needs to be or the amount of work that it does, just to keep things safe. To be considered a worthy garage door, they need to go through certain performance challenges first. We’ve checked out a variety of these challenges, including many that most owners would never even think about. When you learn some of the things that your garage door goes through, you will never look at it the same way again, and you will realize just why it is so important to make sure you have a high-quality garage door for your home.

You’ve been designing your new home and you’re at the garage. One developer is showing you plans with a large double door. Another one comes to you with plans that have two single doors. Which one should you use? That all depends on the design of the rest of the home, and depending on that you’ll want to complement your garage accordingly. Some look better with two singles, others with a double. The following rules of thumb will help you make a decision about which style of garage door will best fit your home’s style.