If you’ve been calling Roseville home for a while, you know firsthand how our winters can get a bit soggy. Admittedly, the weather’s fantastic for the rest of the year, boasting less than the average national rainfall (we’re at 24 inches compared to the nation’s 36). But here’s the kicker – most of that rainfall […]
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So you’ve got a broken garage door. Should you fix it, or is it time to replace? Consider how often a door gets used in a day – likely two to three times easy. Add that up over several years, and it’s understandable when you have issues from time to time. Your average garage door
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Ready for a new garage door? Have you thought about what kind of material you’d like? There are a variety of materials to choose from, and each has its benefits in terms of style and function. Here a breakdown of the most popular materials. Steel One of the most popular garage doors, steel is both
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Will insurance cover your garage door repair or replacement? That depends. If it’s a maintenance issue or a wear and tear issue, chances are you’ll have to pay for it out of pocket. Most maintenance issues aren’t covered by homeowner’s insurance because they are the inevitable result of owning a home. But if the damage
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Work a regular 9 to 5? So do the burglars. More often than not, they’re out to rob your house, not the bank or the jewelry store. And they’ll do it during the daytime, not the middle of the night when you’re counting sheep or sawing ZZZs. According to FBI stats, nearly 3 out of
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Who doesn’t love value for their money? As it turns out, investing in a new garage door considerably improves the value of your home. In fact, garage door replacement is one of the best financial improvements you can make on your home, improving the worth of the home by about 83.7 percent of the replacement
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We can tell you from personal experience. They don’t make garage door springs like they used to. You can find garage door springs installed just after World War II that still work great. Today’s springs, however, will be lucky to see 10 years. We’ve had bell-bottom jeans that have lasted longer than that. Spring Lifespans
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We just got an emergency call for a garage door repair that could easily be avoided, so we thought we’d share one homeowner’s grief. It seems his teenage son had accidentally locked the garage door from the outside. And then someone tried to use the automatic opener on the inside and ended up frying the
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If you’re doing your own garage door spring repair and happen to order the wrong spring, no worries. You can still save yourself the cost and time of reordering the spring with a few DIY techniques using household tools you probably have laying around in your garage. If the Spring is Too Long If your
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The occasional squeak that can be heard when opening and closing doors in your home is often ignored or considered minor. However, the sound of grinding or squeaking from a garage door when raised or closed should not be taken so casually. Performing biannual maintenance and visual inspections on the moving and non-moving parts of your garage door is an
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