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Oct 20 2013

WinterizeYour Durham Garage Door

Winterize your Durham garage door with tips from Hanson Overhead Garage Door Service!

The weather is getting cooler, and Halloween is just around the corner. That means winter is also just around the corner. It’s important to get ready for the cold winter months ahead of time. October and November are the best months to winterize your Durham garage. Your garage can be one of the greatest sources of air leaks. Be sure to pay special attention to your garage and garage doors, to make sure they are ready for the cold weather. To make your garage more energy efficient and organized, consider these tips for winterizing your garage:
Minimize air flow: Check for gaps along the bottom of your garage door, entry doors and windows. Use weather-resistant caulk or masonry sealer to protect your home’s exterior walls and siding. Check to make sure your weather stripping does not interfere with the garage door’s operation.
Cover exposed pipes: A burst water pipe can lead to additional unwanted issues both in and outside your home. Insulate exposed pipes in your garage by wrapping them with plastic or foam pipe wrap. You could also use newspapers, old towels and duct tape for a moneysaving alternative. Also, be sure to shut off any pipes that lead outside to keep them from freezing and bursting.
Invest in a new Durham Garage Door: An insulated steel door from Hanson Overhead Garage Door Service is the ideal choice for efficiently winterizing your garage for winter. Older garage door technology didn’t have the insulating capabilities we now have today. If you can’t afford a new garage door just yet, you can get thermal seals to go between each section of your door to prevent heat loss.
Check for bent or loose hinges: Bent or loose hinges can cause serious damage to your garage door and hinder the ability to keep your home warm during the winter. For issues concerning broken bottom brackets, cables, pulleys or springs, contact our Durham garage door experts at Hanson Overhead.
For more tips for winterizing your Durham Garage Door, check back with us in our next post. We will give you a few final tips for making sure your garage is ready for the colder weather to come. To schedule a yearly maintenance check to make sure your Durham garage door doesn’t need any repairs, contact us! Our expert garage door specialist will come out and assess your door to make sure it’s safe and functioning properly!

Oct 16 2013

Maintenance Checks are Important for Garage Doors

Durham Garage Door: Maintenance Checks are Important

Proper maintenance checks of your Durham garage door and its components can go a long way in preventing major problems down the road. Though the maintenance checks require a lot of time and effort, they’re fairly easy to do. Establishing a routine that to consistently check for problems is usually the more difficult part. Below you’ll find the components of garage doors that need maintenance checks more frequently. Once you’ve detected a problem, it’s a good idea to call Durham garage door company Hanson Overhead for repairs!

•Rollers and Tracks – The rollers and the tracks of the garage door are vital to precise function and must be avidly maintained. The rollers, which are located in the tracks on the sides of the garage door running vertically and parallel to each other, must be oiled often. Any silicone-based lubricant is recommended for the rollers, but it’s important that you don’t use too much. For the tracks, a visual inspection is sufficient. The tracks must be straight with no bends and no stones or debris should be clogging the track.

•Torsion Springs – The total installation of garage doors depend on the two torsion springs. The springs are the most essential part of garage doors. The torsion spring provides the main force for lifting and lowering the garage door. It also contains a large amount of potential energy; being coiled tightly and held in that position. A general inspection is all that is recommended for the average homeowner to do; if the garage door is tilted or crooked it’s possible one or both of the torsion springs may be broken. Do not attempt to adjust or replace these springs as an improperly done job could result in very serious injury. Call a professional garage door technician for an inspection.

•Hinges – After the torsion springs, maintaining the hinges sounds like no problem at all. It is in fact quite simple. Hinges as garage door parts work just as any other hinges do by allowing a construction to bend to an angle. However, in a garage door with multiple panels, there may be a dozen or more hinges. Just make sure to give them a quick inspection every six months or so to see whether they are coming loose or are in working order. About once a year or more as needed spray some WD-40 on them or apply the lubricant of your choice. It is important not to overlook them however because a broken hinge can add undue pressure to your system and cause more serious problems.

If you are in need of garage door repair in Durham NC or would simply like more information, contact us at Raleigh, Durham, and surrounding areas.

Oct 04 2013

Choosing Safe Garage Doors

Safe Durham Garage Doors are Important Aspects of your Home!

We know choosing a new garage door system for your Durham home can be an overwhelming task. There are a great deal of decisions to make:

Considering a style
Selecting a color or material
Price concerns
Quality of material and overall product

When trying to make these decisions, it’s easy to forget about the most critical aspect of garage doors. Safety is the most important, yet often overlooked feature of the garage door buying process.

Fortunately, Hanson Overhead Garage Door Service pays close attention to all safety components and guarantee that our garage doors are built with the essential safety features needed to keep you, your family, and your home safe. Below, you’ll find all the components that make our garage doors the safest available.

Lighting

Lighting systems that activate when you open your garage door are a great aspect to consider when upgrading your garage doors. If you already have a lighting system that works with your garage door and opener, be sure that you keep it well maintained. A garage door light that activates when you open your garage door and switches off automatically is a key safety element.

Accident Avoidance

All our garage doors come standard with an opener that stops and reverses a closing door when an object passes through its infrared beam. This helps to avert any accidents that might occur as your garage door closes.

For further security, Hanson Overhead offers a garage door opener remote. In addition to opening and shutting the door this remote helps remind you that you did in fact close the garage door on your way out! Many people have to turn around countless times a week to make sure the garage door is closed! When your garage doors is closed, our remote blinks a green light for confirmation.

If you have any questions about the safety of the garage doors that our Durham Garage Door Company offers, you can find more information on our products and accessories that improve garage safety by visiting our services page. We would love to help you make your home as safe as possible. Upgrading your current garage doors to new ones will ensure continued quality of safety. To have a technician come out and take a few measurements, contact us and we will set up an initial consultation!