There are many options for updating and refurbishing your home, but replacing your garage door(s) is a smart choice. Here's why:
Functionality
Today's garage doors are more functional and enjoyable to use than ever before. Options include automatic lighting when the door is raised, smooth lifts and closures, highly safe locking and closure, remotes, by-the-door keypads, and even app-linked information.
Since most of us use our garages for much more than our vehicles, updating to an insulated door allows you greater climate control.
Aesthetics
Since newer garage doors come in an array of colors, textures, and features, your home's curb appeal can be drastically enhanced. Dingy garage doors or outdated styles immediately date your home, while a newer door can instantly update it. Features to consider include windows versus windowless, modern versus the newly popular barn style, and textured versus flat. The aesthetics are as varied as the consumers who choose them.
Value and Convenience
Many years ago, very few automobiles had automatic windows. For years, vehicle passengers laboriously cranked their windows up and down. The same is true for automatic locks. Today, few vehicles are without either of these conveniences. Today's updated garage doors are the same type of advancement in value and convenience.
Battling with a poorly functioning garage door is more than an aggravation. Whether your garage door is so antiquated that it only operates manually or it's so worn out that it screams in mechanical protest when used, you can rejoice in the great financial (as well as convenient) investment of an updated, smoothly-working door.
The best garage doors aren't really something you think about. In the back of your mind, you may appreciate its looks, and know it connects to the overall appeal of your home, but you enjoy its ease of use and convenience. It's not on your "needs to be repaired" radar.
By replacing your garage door(s), you take stress out of your daily routine. You add convenience and you enhance your home's look in the process. It's a smart option.
We encourage you to contact us with any questions or service requests you may have!
Monday, April 23, 2018
Monday, April 9, 2018
How to Tell if a Garage Door Spring Has Broken
When it comes to garage door repair, typically you don't realize it needs
repair until it actually stops working. While there are many issues that can
contribute to a broken garage door, one of the more common ones is that of a
broken garage door spring.
In most garage doors, there are only two types of springs that it will use - extension springs and torsion springs. In both systems, they use springs attached to cables so that the springs extend when the door is closed and that energy is released when the door is lifted. It is this energy that helps lift the door. The difference between the two systems is the placement and the set up of the cable and spring system. They both function in a similar way and if those springs break, it can be devastating.
Typical signs of a spring pre-breakage are that your garage door will be harder to lift and your automatic garage door opener will struggle as well as create much more noise than the usual racket. As a noisy garage door can be the sign of a number of different problems, it should never be ignored. However, if left unchecked and a spring has reached the end of its lifecycle, you need to be careful. Typically springs break one at a time, and if one has broken, your garage door will suddenly feel like you are lifting the full couple hundred pound weight that it actually is.
Usually the tell-tale sign that a garage door spring has broken is the noise. Since the springs are more likely to break when they are extended and filled with stored energy, a spring breaking in your garage can be as loud as a gunshot. Unfortunately, the force of that spring snapping can cause it to fly off, making it not only loud, but it has a huge potential to do big damage to anything it hits. This is why ideally when your door starts to become heavier, move a little slower, and makes a lot more noise than usual, you want to address the problem before this happens.
If you’re concerned about your garage door springs, contact Roadrunner Garage Doors. We’d be happy to set up an appointment to get your garage door in tiptop shape.
In most garage doors, there are only two types of springs that it will use - extension springs and torsion springs. In both systems, they use springs attached to cables so that the springs extend when the door is closed and that energy is released when the door is lifted. It is this energy that helps lift the door. The difference between the two systems is the placement and the set up of the cable and spring system. They both function in a similar way and if those springs break, it can be devastating.
Typical signs of a spring pre-breakage are that your garage door will be harder to lift and your automatic garage door opener will struggle as well as create much more noise than the usual racket. As a noisy garage door can be the sign of a number of different problems, it should never be ignored. However, if left unchecked and a spring has reached the end of its lifecycle, you need to be careful. Typically springs break one at a time, and if one has broken, your garage door will suddenly feel like you are lifting the full couple hundred pound weight that it actually is.
Usually the tell-tale sign that a garage door spring has broken is the noise. Since the springs are more likely to break when they are extended and filled with stored energy, a spring breaking in your garage can be as loud as a gunshot. Unfortunately, the force of that spring snapping can cause it to fly off, making it not only loud, but it has a huge potential to do big damage to anything it hits. This is why ideally when your door starts to become heavier, move a little slower, and makes a lot more noise than usual, you want to address the problem before this happens.
If you’re concerned about your garage door springs, contact Roadrunner Garage Doors. We’d be happy to set up an appointment to get your garage door in tiptop shape.
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