Garage doors

How noisy is your garage door? Lots of us don’t realize how loud the sounds coming from the opening and closing of the door have become. It is human nature to get used to sounds and even irregularities if they are repetitive. So, if the door continues to open and close, you might ignore the noise it makes.

Even if you do not own a garage or have never paid much attention to the garage on your home, you can probably give a good estimate of the general size of the door or doors. Most of us know that when we speak of single doors, they are most often 8 or 9 ft. wide by 7 or 8 ft. high. And when we speak of a double garage door, it will vary between 14 to 16 or even 18 ft. wide.

Pressing the button on your garage door opener’s remote will make it slide open or closed – unless you are suffering a power outage. Those of us who use the devices count on them to operate properly, yet we don’t know much about just how those devices work. To be sure you can do some basic troubleshooting and know when to call for service, we offer the following guide to all you should know about your garage door opener.

Whether you are getting ready to sell your home, or you are just trying to find ways that you can increase the value of your home, improving the look is a great way to start. When you make the home look better, inside and outside, through updates and renovations, it becomes easier to get the attention of buyers, and it can make the home easier to sell while still increasing the value of the home.

If you are like most people, you have a garage that is a bit overstuffed with items that you probably no longer need. They are making it difficult to get around the garage and might even find that you are having issues when it comes to finding items that you do need from the garage because it is disorganized. It is time that you finally did something about it and got things in order. A fantastic way to do this is by setting up a garage sale.

You may think your garage door is the exact same as everyone else’s garage door on your street. How different can they be, right? When the R-values or RSi of two doors are exactly the same, shouldn’t you be getting the same kind of electrical output and value for your dollar as everyone else?

Everyone wants to have a home that shows who we are. We want a place where we feel comfortable and relaxed. That’s why manufacturers of garage doors have been changing up the way garage doors look with many new designs on the market. One of the leaders in this realm is Garaga, who offer a total of 24 models, 7 of which are modern or contemporary models.

In an effort to make your garage more comfortable during the summer or winter months, you might have just finished adding some needed insulation to the walls and ceiling. However, your garage door is sitting there and it is currently lacking insulation, so you might be wondering if it is even worth insulating a non-insulated garage door. Let’s talk about that for just a moment.

Just because something was designed with a particular use in mind, doesn’t mean it cannot evolve over time into something with endless uses. Take, for example, the garage. Traditionally used as somewhere to park your car, work on your car or do DIY, recent years have seen garage transformations for endless purposes. Gyms, libraries, kids’ play areas, dog play areas, games rooms, offices…

When you are building a new garage, one of the things that you’ll likely notice is a large space over the garage door. Typically this is where the garage door trolley is installed, but that takes up a lot of space. Many homeowners wonder if there exists another type of door opener, one that would allow you to utilize that storage space over the door.