by Rhonda | Sep 30, 2014 | Garage Door Security, Tips for Homeowners
Garages are fun places for a kid. There are hiding places to crawl into, shelves and counters to climb, tools to play with and containers to open. Unfortunately, what seems harmless fun to them can lead to fatal accidents. If you have children or grandchildren, you...
by Rhonda | Aug 6, 2014 | Garage Door Info, Garage Door Openers, Tips for Homeowners
Few machines in your home work harder than your garage door opener. According to Popular Mechanics magazine, the typical U.S. garage door opens and closes about 1,500 times a year. Each operation involves pushing or pulling hundreds of pounds of garage door. Most...
by Rhonda | Jul 14, 2014 | Garage Door Openers, Tips for Homeowners
If you’re a curious soul or a DIYer, it’s good to know how your garage door opener works. It’ll help when shopping for a new one, fixing an old one, or explaining what’s wrong while speaking over the phone to a professional repair person. Three elements work together...
by Rhonda | Jul 3, 2014 | Garage Door Openers, Tips for Homeowners
Here are steps that will help you buy the garage door opener that works best for you. Measure the height of your garage door. Virtually every garage door opener can open and close a 7’-high door without modification. However, anything taller may well require an...
by Rhonda | Jun 30, 2014 | Tips for Homeowners
Realtors talk about it. Home buyers look for it. Home sellers do all they can to achieve it. In fact, recent surveys reveal just how important curb appeal is. According to Professional Builder Magazine’s 2014 Home Exteriors survey, 60.1% of homebuyers stated great...
by Rhonda | Jun 16, 2014 | Tips for Homeowners
Remember when the main entrance to a home was through the front door? Not any more. Today, more than 70% of homeowners enter and exit their home through the garage door. The average garage door raises and lowers an average of four times a day. June is National Garage...
