A garage door is like a feature wall for the front of the house. It can be a subtle feature or can help your house stand out! If you like the idea of a funky garage doors, you can experiment with different colours, different textures or different styles of garage doors. I love seeing the different approaches that people use, and I like to include really cool technology trends for garage doors on my blog. Who knows what a standard garage door will look like in a few years - but isn't it fun to imagine what the future holds?!
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Is It Time to Upgrade Your Home's Garage Door and Opener?
Kirk Gomez
You might consider a new garage door and opener for your home as being a bit expensive, but a quality garage door helps to secure anything you store in the garage, and can also help secure the entryway to your home for an attached garage. When a garage door gets older, it may not only be more difficult to operate, but it may be very noisy each time it's opened and closed, and it may also be downright unattractive! Upgrading the door and opening system can also provide many added benefits; note a few of those here so you know when to upgrade your automatic garage door system in your home.
Early rust on items in the garage
Tools and lawn care equipment will naturally begin to rust with age; however, when your home's garage door is thin and without any insulating materials, the door can allow moisture and condensation to build up inside the garage and then settle on anything stored there. In turn, those metal pieces may show rust and other damage far sooner than they should. An updated garage door with an insulating layer between metal skins can keep out more humidity and moisture, so that your items don't get corroded and ruined so easily.
Opener consistently wears out
If you're constantly having problems with the garage door opener, or need to replace the springs and chains far more often than you should, this can mean the door is too heavy for those pieces. In some cases, you might upgrade to heavy-duty springs and chains to open the door, but it can be good to replace the door to something lighter so those chains don't wear out as well. A lightweight wood or vinyl door can mean less weight on the opener and less cost for maintenance and repairs overall.
Outdated opener
If your garage door opener never seems to work until you're in your driveway, if you need to push the button on the remote or your key fob several times over, or you need to replace the remote more often than you should, it may be time to replace the entire opening system. A new opener can work with apps on your smart phone so you can even check if the door is closed from a remote location, and close it long after you've left the house. This can ensure the security of your home as you never need to worry about that access point being left open for any length of time.
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