Posted by Sasha the garage door replacement expert on Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Tags: Garage Door Windows, Garage door Wood, Garage Doors
The traditional carriage house garage doors that are typically depicted in movies showing America around the turn of the century conjure up thoughts of American splendor and country living even when they are shown in city settings.
Yet along with the industrial revolution we moved to making garage doors faster and with "new" materials like steel in place of traditional wood. Away went the swing open doors and glass pane windows and were replaced with plastic and fiberglass. Today we have a nation littered with an assortment of garage doors ranging from odd to downright ugly, well there is a bright side, garage doors have evolved to the point where modern garage doors look like the beautiful swing open doors of days past when they are closed. yet with modern conveniences like overhead roll up, and automatic openers, the new doors are energy efficient.
Today you can simply browse online and choose your windows from a vast selection of garage door window styles that will not adversely affect your garage door price. Garage Doors today can even be some
Posted by Sasha the garage door replacement expert on Monday, 26 April 2010
Tags: Garage Door Service, Garage Doors, garage doors prices
When it comes to older garage doors there are many good reasons why one should repair rather then replace, yet there are some doors that must be replaced.
Older Garage doors especially original doors that were installed when the home was built are usually the best representation of the architects design, unfortunately over time, weather, the elements, and not to mention neglect, reek havoc.
If your garage door is repairable you are one of the select few lucky ones, but that's not a total loss being that these days we can reproduce any garage door in any shape or size with a plethora of materials that far exceeds the original wood that's was used, in addition a new door will offer insulation that will make your home more energy efficient, a feature that was not a factor that was considered just a few years ago.
Posted by Sasha the garage door replacement expert on Friday, 23 April 2010
Tags: Garage Door Windows, Garage door Wood, Garage Doors
Choosing the right garage door for your home is a huge task being that it is one of the greatest features people will see when viewing your home, it surely will be the first and last thing you see everyday as you leave for work and arrive home each day, needless to say its important to get it right.
Rule number one: Go with a door that complements your homes design, Natural Wood Garage Doors look great but a modern home may be better suited with a metal and glass garage door.
Go with your homes natural curves: if your home has arched windows and a arched front door it will be odd if you went with a square door, we have designed doors for all sorts of shapes and sizes there is no reason not to excentuate your homes best features.
Color: You want your door to enhance your homes design, not stand out, if your home has natural wood windows and doors then go with it, if your home has beautiful painted windows and doors you will want to get a door that matches.
Windows: will be one of the items that you can play with to add a wow factor to a simple door, its where you get to mimic your homes window shapes and carry it over into your garage door.
Posted by Sasha the garage door replacement expert on Monday, 19 April 2010
Tags: Garage Door Service, Garage Doors, garage doors prices
We will present the main reasons why you should choose an insulated door even if your garage
is not insulated.
Your garage door is the largest opening in your home. having insulated garage doors will
help to reduce the transfer of heat or cold air into your garage and your home.
Having an insulated garage door
is important for a number of reasons
90% of garages in the US are attached to the homes, even if your garage is not insulated (most are) most walls are doubled sided, meaning that they have the exterior made of wood or stucco type of material, and separated by studs with an interior that is usually Sheetrock or plaster gypsum board, but your non-insulated door has just 1 layer usually wood in older doors and tin or steel in newer doors, studies have shown an increased in efficiency in energy loss in homes that have swapped the garage doors for insulated doors even in cases where the garage itself was not insulated. the US government has recognized the benefits and has initiated a 30% energy tax credit for homeowners who swap out the non insulated doors for energy efficient insulated doors. and as such hot or cold air in the garage can
travel through the doorway to your living area.
Not to mention that your garage will be a lot more comfortable and afford you to use it to store items you normally would not without an insulated door.
Most Garages are within the home and have a room above it, these connected parts of the home will be easier to heat and cool with a garage door is insulated, being that an
insulated garage will help keep temperatures fairly stable which will almost eliminate the temperature fluctuation in the rooms that are connected.
Noise, insulated garage doors help keep outside noise out.
Posted by Sasha the garage door replacement expert on Saturday, 17 April 2010
Tags: Garage Door Service, Garage Doors, garage doors prices
Your garage door wont open... We have all been there, and if you have not we are sure the thought must have crossed your mind, so what to do? do you call a garage door service company?.
Not just yet; here we will offer some useful tips on how to diagnose the problem which may be as simple as a dead battery or as large as a burnt out motor.
Lets start with the checklist:
1) Check your garage door remote batteries, just because you see a little red led you are not guaranteed that your batteries are not the culprit, in most cases where garage doors wont open its the remote batteries in-order to rule out batteries we must replace them.
After replacing the batteries your door still wont open.
2) check to make sure your power in the garage is working sometimes a circuit breaker will trip cutting power to the garage door motor, If the light on the motor turns on then the motor has power.
After making sure the garage door opener motor has power and the door still wont open.
3) unplug and replug the garage door motor, try it with the remote and with the wall mounted button, take note if there is any noise or movement from the motor or the door.
After making sure the garage door opener motor has power and both the remote and the wall mounted button the still wont open the garage door.
4) Check that the door is not stuck, there are many reasons that a garage door can get jammed or stuck, garage doors have an emergency release close to the center top of the garage door, Pull the release and lift the door by hand, if the door opens then we know its the motor or the remote.
At this point its best to call a professional garage door repair / garage door replacement company, as we have eliminated all of the smaller items like batteries and circuit breakers, and now the tracks, rollers, and motor need to be diagnosed to determine where the issue is and to figure out if its just a little grease and realignment of the garage door tracks, of if a new garage door opener motor needs to be installed.
We would love to come to your home, look at the issue and offer a free no obligation estimate to fix it, we have teams ready, if you live in Anaheim we have our award winning garage door Anaheim team ready to serve you, and if you live in San Diego, we have the best garage door repair and installers on our garage door opener san diego team, the same goes for our garage door orange county team and our garage door los angeles team, all told we have assembled the nations largest team of garage door experts. All we do is repair and replace garage doors, and offer always free estimates where we detail all of our garage doors prices so that there is no surprises halfway through.
