Tips & Articles

Did you know that 9% of burglars break in through the garage door? To keep your home secure, it’s vital to have a quality garage door protecting your home. There are also some things that garage door owners can do to enhance their security. Here are a few tips to...

When buying a new home, many people like to decorate it to fit their personalized aesthetic. Even if you have owned your home for a long time, it’s never too late to change its curb appeal to fit a new style. Switching out your old garage door for a new one will...

In the search for a new garage door, many questions arise–such as your choice of color, style, and materials. While all of these are excellent questions for your home’s curb appeal, they aren’t as important to homeowners as the crucial point of replacing a garage...

Whether you’re looking to buy a new home or update your garage, manual garage doors are less common than they used to be. When shopping for a new garage door, it is almost impossible to find any manual ones, as they’re simply not practical. Your garage door doesn’t...

Whether they’re building a house or looking to upgrade their current home, budget is the primary consideration for most people when buying a garage door. Several factors affect the price of the garage door itself, and you’ll have to factor in installation fees, too....

So, your garage door has stopped working. It’s shaking, excessively loud, or just not functioning as it should. You’ve called your local garage door service technician and set up an appointment, but there’s still much more to do before everything returns to working...

A garage door’s fire rating is an important fact to consider when choosing between different doors. Certain industries may even require a certain threshold of fire protection from a company’s garage door. Because of this, commercial properties need to be especially...

Spring cleaning is an endeavor that seems to appear on all our to-do lists. While the transition between the seasons seesaws between pulling us out into the warm weather and driving us into our homes, as Minnesotan’s we have learned to deal with the ebb and flow of...

If you’ve had the unfortunate luck of experiencing a garage door breakdown, you know how frustrating it can be. Perhaps it was the lift mechanism that broke, leaving your automated opener no more than an accessory for the now manual garage door. Or maybe the guide...

Deciding which residential garage door to add to your home brings with it a host of considerations. To make things simpler, your choice can be broken down into two primary decisions: the style of the garage door and the material the door will be made from. While...

Garages are where we build our dreams. Whether they are attached to our houses, across the yard, used for personal projects, or employed as professional business buildings, these spaces offer a unique importance to our lives. However, as Minnesotans, we know that we...

Diagnosing Winter Garage Problems If you’re having problems with your garage door this winter, you are not alone. We see dozens of cases during this time of year as the weather turns cold. Cold winter weather results in many issues with garage doors, some that even...

When shopping for a new garage door, investing in insulation is a common consideration for homeowners. A properly insulated garage door can increase the energy efficiency of your home and help regulate the temperature indoors. However, installing an insulated garage...

In some industries, maintaining a consistent temperature between work areas is essential. For example: sustaining cold storage in a produce department or a humid environment for greenhouse plant storage. In these cases, there’s frequent traffic between the storage...