Repair of Your Garage Door or Garage Door Opener

May 24th, 2013 Posted in Garage Door Opener Repair
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Two common components of most homes are the garage door and garage door opener. When one of these components breaks or malfunctions, you will certainly want to have it immediately repaired. Otherwise, you won’t be able to use your garage. 

RESIDENTIAL GARAGE DOOR OPENER REPAIR

The typical repair of your garage door opener will usually include the realignment of the opener’s eyes or the replacement of stripped gears or sprockets. Other common garage door opener repairs include the replacement of any of the following:

  • drive chains
  • drive belts
  • brackets
  • limit switches
  • trolleys
  • circuit boards
  • motors

Widely known and often used brands of garage door openers include Craftsman,  Chamberlain, Lift Master, Genie, and Alister. You can have a professional easily repair openers from any of these manufacturers, as well as many others. 

GARAGE DOOR TRACKS, HINGES, & ROLLERS

Other common garage door problems include damaged sections, bent tracks, squeaky hinges, and squealing rollers. You can have repairs like these taken care of by a professional. In the event that your garage door or parts cannot be repaired, you can simply have them replaced. 

REPLACEMENT OF YOUR GARAGE DOOR’S BOTTOM SECTION

Damage to garage door sections is often due to mice having chewed through the bottom section that is made of wood, your car striking your garage door, or water damage eroding away the bottom section. If your garage door’s individual sections have only experienced minimal damage, then you can simply have the individual sections replaced. The wood or steel sections from most manufacturers can be replaced by a garage door repair professional.

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Benefits of Getting a New Garage Door

May 24th, 2013 Posted in New Garage Doors
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Some construction and development companies cut corners when building a new home in order to reduce their costs.  For the builders, this might be great; however, if they cut corners on your home’s garage door, you might be stuck with a door in constant need of repair and maintenance. Eventually, you’ll simply need to replace it with a new higher-quality garage door. 

The good news is that along with your new garage door, come some big benefits for you such as increased home value, better security, and a cleaner home.

Increasing Home Value

Your new garage door will usually boost your home’s value. The reason is doors that more modern last longer, require less maintenance, function better, and add greater appeal to your home. Should you ever choose to sell your home, having a new garage door will make the process easier because it provides better security, energy efficiency, and more for the new homeowners.

Better Security

A well-chosen garage door can provide better security and protection for your vehicle(s). More importantly, it protects your family, considering that most garages have an entry door directly into the home. You can select a new garage door that’s equipped with a security keypad for entry and remote control opening. With such features on one of today’s insulated and sturdy garage doors, your home will have an added layer of security.

Cleaner Home

Once you have a new garage door, you’ll likely find it to be a convenient alternative to your front door. Entering your home through the garage gives you a sheltered location when coming indoors from messy weather, yard work, or dirty jobs. Once inside your garage, you can strip away your dirty or soiled clothing before entering your clean home.

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Is Your Garage Door Safe?

May 9th, 2013 Posted in New Garage Doors
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Safety should be a top consideration when considering installation of an automatic garage door, especially if there are small children in the home. Unfortunately, there are records to indicate that children, between the ages of 2 and 14, have become trapped, injured, suffered severe brain damage, and even killed by automated garage doors closing on them and not retracting. 

Automated garage doors installed today are required by law to have optic sensors that detect a person or object below the door, prompting it to automatically reverse. Older automatic garage doors that do not automatically reverse should be replaced with newer ones that possess this feature. Homeowners should regularly inspect their doors to ensure that they are operating correctly. Items to look for include a balanced door (it stays open when stopped in a partially open position), photocell sensitivity activating the auto-reverse feature, properly aligned tracks and functioning wall control. Also, check the door rollers and track for missing screws, unusual wear or loose connections.  

If the door is out of balance, enough energy exists in the springs of the door to cause bodily damage. The photocells can be tested by placing an object to block their path, which should activate the door. Another good test of the automatic reversing feature is to put something directly in its path and attempt to close the door; the safety feature should signal the door to immediately bounce back up when coming into contact with an object. 

If anything at all seems even slightly off with your automatic garage door, contact your local overhead garage door professional for a routine service and maintenance check. Without proper installation, maintenance and testing, automated garage doors cannot operate properly and run the risk of injuring children or pets.

 

 

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Is Your Home’s Garage Door Secure?

May 9th, 2013 Posted in Garage Door Openers
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While we may keep our overhead automatic garage doors well maintained and repaired when necessary, few of us look at that modern convenience as a weak link or vulnerability when it comes to our home’s security. It is one of our most vulnerable places because it can provide intruders with easy access to our home. Furthermore, garages are often targeted because most of us Americans typically keep many of our expensive valuables there such as cars, motorcycles, sporting equipment, and tools, to name a few. 

One of the major things you can do to ensure the security of your garage is to keep the door closed. As simple as it sounds, people often habitually leave their garage door open when they are home, in the neighborhood walking the dog, or a quick trip to the corner store. Leaving your garage door open, for any length of time, is an invitation to a potential intruder. This can be especially true if you are in the habit of leaving your internal entry doors into your home from the garage unlocked, thinking that they are safe as long as the door is down. If this is familiar to you, check to make certain that your garage windows are secure from easy access. 

You may also wish to call your local overhead garage door professional to check on the technology of your garage door opener. Since automatic garage door openers first became the “must have” item in most homes, technology has made some advancements that make it harder for would-be intruders. For instance, the code used to unlock automatic garage doors today is usually a revolving random number that cannot be obtained by another remote.

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