Most folks take their garage doors for granted. Until the day the garage door doesn’t work. A special learning tool entitled “D.O.O.R. Safe” contains four brief messages to help parents teach young children the dos and don’ts of garage doors. These messages are: Doors are heavy – never stand, run or play under or […]
One of the most overlooked “appliances” in your home is the garage door. You press a button. It goes up. It goes down. Simple, right? Not really. Like every other mechanical device you own – your cars, your kitchen and laundry appliances and your heating and cooling systems – your garage door and its […]
After all, the garage door is the largest and heaviest moving object in most homes. It can cause injury or even death if damaged or misused. Here are 10 things everyone in your household should know about garage door safety. It’s a good idea to review these with everyone in your household from […]
It’s important, after your garage door is installed, that you totally familiarize yourself with the operation and safety guidelines. Make sure you have owner’s manuals for the garage door, and for the garage door opener, too, if you have one. Your manual will outline the operation and maintenance requirements you’ll need to know […]
Patricia Spellman paid $500 down for a new garage door in January. Its now May and her old garage door is still there and can’t be opened. Spellman said, “Rain, sleet snow and hail and I can’t protect my vehicle because I have to park it outside.” Spellman wrote Garage Door Systems of Bellevue a […]
Clopay Building Products’ contemporary glass and aluminum Avante Collection door with the new ultra-grain faux woodgrain print finish has been named one of the “Best New Exterior Products” of 2008 by Custom Builder magazine. According to the company, ultra-grain delivers the best of both worlds: the realism of wood with the low maintenance benefits of […]
Headroom is the amount of space inside the garage between the top of the garage door and the ceiling. A more accurate way to measure headroom is measure the distance from the floor to the ceiling. Backroom is the inside length or depth of the garage, from front to back. Sideroom is the distance between […]
NEW! Canyon Ridge™ Collection The Canyon Ridge Collection has been created for homeowners who desire a rustic, Old World appeal of wood without the extra maintenance. Doors in this collection consist of high definition composite polymer molded from real wood species to achieve the intricate texture and grain patterns of natural wood. Cladding and overlays […]
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