Decorating Your Garage Doors for the Holidays
While electronic garage doors are a convenience, they are also dangerous. To help prevent injuries, they have sensors and fail-safe options. These systems can lead to garage doors not completely closing. Here are the main reasons your garage door isn’t closing the whole way and what you can do about them.
Check the Sensor Lights
Most garage doors will have sensors on either side of the door. All sensors should have lights that are always on. Read More»
Torsion springs for the garage typically have a life expectancy between 15,000 to 20,000 cycles, whereas tension springs have a life expectancy between 5,000 to 10,000 cycles. At some point, the springs will stop functioning properly and need to be replaced. Never repair or even touch broken garage door springs, as the springs contain a lot of potential energy and can snap at any moment and cause serious injuries. While waiting for a technician to come, here are 3 ways you can prevent the springs from becoming a hazard. Read More»
There are many different areas of a modern garage door that can stop working. if you’re having problems with your garage door, here are the key areas that you should check on.
Check on the Photo Eye
One simple area to check first is the photo eye of your garage door. Between the beams of your garage frame, there are two sensors that send an invisible laser beam to one another. Read More»
If you’re about to have a new garage door installed on your home, you’re likely looking forward to having a door that functions smoothly and that doesn’t have the cosmetic flaws of your old door. But before you install the door, ensure you’ve made arrangements for these three things that you may have forgotten about. Depending on where you live, forgetting these could make your garage door installation a lot less satisfying and a lot more expensive. Read More»
There may be multiple reasons that your garage door is not functioning the way that it should. Here are a few of them:
The photo eyes of your garage door may be dirty.
Your garage door may include a mechanism called a photo eye. There should be one eye on each side of the door. Between the photo eyes, there is a beam that prevents the garage door from shutting when the beam is interrupted. Read More»
