Garage Door Tips
and Troubleshooting
Light Bulbs and Garage Door Openers
Garage door openers include a light fixture, and the bulb used in this lighting fixtures can cause several types of problems with the functioning of the opener and the light bulb itself. Problems with Garage Door Opener Light Bulbs There are three types of light bulbs...
How to Prevent Garage Door Injuries
For almost fifteen years now, garage doors have been manufactured and sold with safety features required by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). These simple, but effective, safety components use a laser photo-eye and a pressure sensor to prevent what used...
Summer Safety Inspection for Your Garage Door
Summer is an active time for many people in Virginia. Besides trips to sporting events, amusement parks, campgrounds, swimming pools, beaches, and concerts, many Richmond and Chesterfield area families are also busy working on home repairs, property renovations, and...
Summertime Profits Might Be Hiding in Your Garage
The modern garage is often used as an auxiliary storage space, and eventually the space becomes hard or impossible to use due to all the accumulation. Given that the garage is also the entrance most often used into a home, a cluttered garage becomes even more of a...
Is Your Garage Ready for Summer?
Summer is a hot and busy time for families in Henrico County and the Richmond and Chesterfield area. There is often a lot of coming and going to swimming, biking, picnicking, hiking, sporting events, and other summer fun. And this is not to mention all the home fix-it...
Brightening-Up Your Garage with LED Fluorescent Lights
The garage is often a place lacking good lighting. Dim lighting in the garage makes it hard to find what you need or do whatever it is you need to do there. One solution people sometimes resort to when garage lighting is inadequate is opening the garage door, but...
5 Popular Traditional Garage Door Collections
There are literally hundreds of styles of garage door to choose from when you are replacing your old one in the Chesterfield area. Carriage-house garage door bring on a look of history and heritage, while traditional-style garage doors share a modern look, quiet and...
6 Styles of Carriage House Garage Doors by Amarr
Modern carriage house garage doors present an image of stature and heritage following the styles of 18th and 19th century country-manor stables for horses and carriage. These impressive garage doors have the look and feel of their stately predecessors but with the...
Insurance and Your Garage Door
The garage door is a bit unique compared to other parts of the house, making things more complicated when it comes to insurance claims. The garage door is big, heavy, and in close proximity to cars and other large, moving objects, increasing the chances of some kind...