Garage doors are essential for providing security and convenience, but a noisy garage door can be a nuisance. From squeaks to squeals, there are several common reasons why your garage door is making noise. Here are a few possible culprits. Out-of-Balance Door An out-of-balance garage door occurs when the door's weight is not evenly distributed across its supporting components, such as the springs, cables, and tracks. This imbalance can arise due to normal wear and tear, changes in temperature, or even improper installation.
22 June 2023
As an integral part of the system for your home's garage door, the torsion springs not only carry the weight of the door while it is opening and closing, but they also hold it in place. When these springs stretch or break, you will either not be able to use your garage or have to manually open and close the heavy door yourself. Although the springs can break unexpectedly, there are often indicators that there is something wrong with them.
30 March 2023
If you own rental homes, take a look at the garage doors. If you haven't installed garage door openers, now's the time to do that. You might not know it, but installing a garage door opener on your rental homes can bring a lot of benefits for you. If you're not sure you need to make the investment, read the list provided below. You'll find four reasons to install garage door openers on all your rental homes.
5 January 2023
When you think of an exhaust fan, you likely consider its handiness in your bathroom. It's important, however, to realize that this type of fan can be useful in other parts of your home. If you've hired a garage builder to construct a custom garage that attaches to your home or stands on its own, you may want to discuss having one or more exhaust fans in the ceiling of this space.
26 September 2022
If you are a homeowner, and if your home has a garage, then you will need to be prepared to make various types of repairs in your garage at some point or another. There are a few common types of repairs that people often have to have done in their garages, such as the ones listed below. Garage Door Repairs First of all, it's very common for homeowners to have repairs done to their garage doors and garage door opening systems.
29 June 2022
If your garage door opener is on its last legs, and it's time to invest in a new one, don't try to handle it as a do-it-yourself installation. Instead, hire a professional garage door service to handle the installation. You might think that installing a new garage door opener would be a straightforward procedure, but that might not be the case. This is especially true if you don't have any experience with garage door opener installations.
10 March 2022
Convenience is invaluable in today's world. When you get home from work, you don't want the trouble of hoisting your garage door and then lowering it. Instead, you want to open and close the garage door without exiting your vehicle. And this is why garage door openers exist in the first place. You only need to push a remote button, and voila, the magic happens. Read on to learn other benefits of garage door openers.
2 December 2021
Your garage door is one of the most utilized parts of your home. Every morning, you open it to get your car out and then close it as you head off to work. In the evening, you have to open and close it again. Your kids may also open the garage door during the day to get their bikes out. With all this activity, it's no wonder that garage doors break down from time to time, requiring urgent repair services.
26 August 2021
When you are a homeowner, one of the components of your home that you always count and rely on is your garage door (as well as your garage door opener). Many homeowners take it for granted that their garage door will always be functional, and they don't think about committing to routine maintenance and observation of their garage door's performance. However, just like any other mechanical system, your garage door could malfunction or break down.
5 August 2016
Ah, the garage door—that commonly taken for granted door that opens and shuts your garage. It was there when you bought the house, and you probably have not given it a second thought, really. Yet, what happens when the door suddenly does not work as it once did? How familiar are you with how a garage door works? A better question to ask is, are you familiar with garage door spring repair?
30 June 2016