At Expert Garage Doors, we have over 17 years of experience helping our clients purchase, install, and maintain their garage doors. Over the years, we have developed a reputation for treating our customers as if they were the only customer we have, providing all of our clients with fast, personal, high-quality service. That’s one of the reasons why we are Utah’s most trusted garage door repair and service company.
There are few things more frustrating than getting in your car to go to work when you’re already running late, hitting the button to open the garage, and then nothing happen. Absolutely nothing. You’re essentially trapped within your garage, and you’re no expert, so how are you supposed to figure out how to safely get yourself(and your car) out of your garage? If you are having garage problems, you should always call an expert, but here are the top reasons that your garage door isn’t working!
Sometimes, it seems like you attract bad luck. This isn’t true, but it’s sure what it feels like when your garage door comes off the tracks after midnight on a weekend, and your wife is inside sleeping, not answering the phone. Any sort of home issues can be frustrating, because they never come when you have a hefty savings account, it’s always when you just paid your mortgage and have to wait until you get paid a few weeks later to call a repairman. So, what do you do if your garage door comes off the rollers?
Your garage provides a perfect transition between the outside world and your home. It acts as a shelter for your car, your sporting and gardening equipment, storage for food and Christmas decorations, and sometimes even a workspace for various projects. For most of these functions, it’s good for the garage to be an enclosed shelter. However, things are even better when your garage is more comfortable and insulated.
That’s why a lot of people opt for garage doors with special insulation. Here’s a guide to help you understand what that means, and how you can make the best decision for your home:
First of all, it’s important to understand that proper garage door insulation isn’t just about keeping out the weather. Effective insulation will also keep out street noise, humidity, and dust… as well as extreme temperatures, of course. Insulation for a garage is usually focused on the garage door because it’s the thinnest wall in your garage, and therefore is the worst at keeping the temperature regulated. But with proper insulation, the opposite can be true!
Common insulation materials for garage doors include:
It’s also important to note that the material of the garage door itself has inherent insulating qualities.
In the biz, we measure the insulation of your garage door using “r-values.” This refers to a material’s resistance to thermal flow. It’s often determined by an object’s thickness and density. Changes in age and moisture can also change the r-value.
Some people opt to do garage door insulation as a DIY project. It’s true that you can add elements to an existing garage door to make it more insulated, including batt insulation, foam insulation, or reflective boards. However, a garage door is unique from many other insulated surfaces in its mobility and flexibility. As it moves up and down over 1000 times per year, DIY insulation quickly becomes disrupted, messy, and ineffectual. If you want effective insulation, it’s best to opt for an insulated garage door.
Professionally-produced insulated garage doors look the same as non-insulated doors. There’s nothing to be lost in aesthetic value for your house if you choose an insulated garage door. However, you might find yourself with more limited options. For example, wooden garage doors don’t have a lot of insulation. You’ll find the highest r-values on vinyl doors.
Effective insulation for a garage door will go beyond the foam that fills the panels. Most outside air will come in through the joins in the panels and the cracks around the border of the garage door. Weatherstripping around the corners, along with sound construction, will ensure that your garage is kept warm in the winter and cool in the summer. If you’d like better insulation in your garage, give us a call.
A garage is able to function as the perfect workspace, if you are able to set it up that way. If you are able to section out part of your garage as an area that won’t get taken up by a vehicle, then you’ll have a nifty little area where you can make all kinds of projects. For many homes, the garage is the only area where this really makes sense to do this. Here are some nifty DIY projects that you can work on in your own garage… Read more
On your list of fun things to do, maintaining your garage door likely falls somewhere between getting audited by the IRS and hand-clipping your grass while reciting geometry theorems.
The only problem is you need a lot of things in your garage — your car, your tools and the cache of gold bricks you’ve been saving for the apocalypse — and a faulty door can get in the way of all that.
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