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Pros and Cons of Various Garage Door Materials
If you are looking to update the curb appeal of your home, you may be considering upgrading your garage door to some more modern, or luxurious, or fun. Once you start this quest of shopping for a new garage door, however, you may become overwhelmed with the sheer number of…
Garage Door Safety Sensors & Maintenance
Garage door sensors: chances are you don’t ever think about them until something goes wrong. We’ve all been there, trying to close the garage door and for some reason, it starts to go down but then goes right back up. This is probably due to a malfunction with your garage…
Spring Maintenance in the Winter
One of the most common problems garage owners will encounter are broken springs. Torsion springs, which are found above the garage door and attached to metal bars, are an essential part of the door’s opening and closing mechanism. Extension springs serve a similar purpose, but will be found on either…
Gift Yourself an Updated Garage Opener
Garage door openers. We use them everyday, but we rarely ever actually think about them. In fact, the only time they ever really cross our mind is when something goes wrong with them. Learning more about your garage door opener before something goes wrong will help you know what kind…
Hosting Dinner? Make Your Garage Extra Dining Space!
It’s not often that we think of our garages as extra living spaces. They’re made to house cars and outdoor items, and often they get turned into additional storage space once our belongings begin to outnumber the amount of closets we have indoors. Sometimes throughout the holidays, we need extra…
Keeping Your Garage Pest-Free
It is not uncommon to run into a pest here and there in your garage. After all, it is probably the part of your home most exposed to the outdoors, other than the actual outside of your house. While a few creepy crawlers may be fairly normal, it is never…
Haunted Halloween Hideout in Your Garage
It’s not often that we think of our garages as extra living spaces. They’re made to house cars and outdoor items, and often they get turned into additional storage space once our belongings begin to outnumber the amount of closets we have indoors. Sometimes garages can become scary places to…
Insulate Your Garage Against Cooler Weather
While it still may be extremely warm out in the desert sun these days, those brisk desert nights will sneak up on us pretty quickly. Is your garage ready for the cooler temps or are you going to get caught frozen in your tracks? We all know that insulation is…
Keeping Your Garage Door Maintained
It’s Friday, you have just left work and are ready to start your weekend. Pulling into your driveway, you tap the button on your garage door opener, humming the last few lines of the song playing on the radio, expecting to pull right into your garage like you always do.…
Giving Your Garage a Facelift
Often, when we think of remodeled houses, we picture pretty paint jobs, fresh flooring, an updated kitchen, and an array of other modernized fixtures and finishes. However, it is not often that an updated or upgraded garage crosses our mind. The truth is, an updated garage can not only add…