June Is Garage Door Safety Month – A Basic Checklist
June 19

June Is Garage Door Safety Month – A Basic Checklist

has posted numerous blogs about the importance of regular homeowner inspections. We deal daily with garage door problems, sometimes in an emergency mode, that might… View Article Read More

If Your Garage Door Is Grumbling, Pay Attention
June 19

If Your Garage Door Is Grumbling, Pay Attention

A misaligned garage door has worn parts, or simply needs a good lube is probably telling you so. Listen carefully. If your automatic overhead garage… View Article Read More

An Open and Shut Case for Scheduled Garage Door Maintenance
June 19

An Open and Shut Case for Scheduled Garage Door Maintenance

Noticing the Little Things Can Prevent Big Problems Does your garage door hum, or does it groan? Does it flow smoothly, or jerk and clank?… View Article Read More

Garage Door in San Diego, CA
May 15

When Your Garage Door Won’t Budge

Automatic garage doors, mostly overhead sectional doors, are a fairly sophisticated assembly of components that require all the elements to work in synchrony to function… View Article Read More

Garage Door Spring in San Diego, CA
April 19

What to Do When a Garage Door Spring Breaks

What Happens If a Garage Door Spring Breaks? Garage spring broke? The first step in understanding how to fix it is understanding how it happened… View Article Read More

Glass Overhead Doors for Restaurants and Bars
April 7

Glass Overhead Doors for Restaurants and Bars

These amazingly popular automatic glass sectional “doors” have revolutionized the sidewalk cafe ambiance of Southern California dining – and has been at the forefront. Many… View Article Read More

The Eyes Have It: Keeping Your Garage Door Opener’s Photo Eyes in Top Form
June 25

The Eyes Have It: Keeping Your Garage Door Opener’s Photo Eyes in Top Form

Garage doors have for decades been manufactured as sectional doors that raise and lower electronically, either by a remote device or a keypad. We’re all… View Article Read More

Garage Door Safety: That Was Then, This Is Now
June 1

Garage Door Safety: That Was Then, This Is Now

The history of garage door safety regulations, as with many industries, begins at a low level in the 1970s and remained at a weak level… View Article Read More

Hot Days, Cool Garages: How to Keep Your Garage Cooler This Summer
August 22

Hot Days, Cool Garages: How to Keep Your Garage Cooler This Summer

To keep our energy bills down and take the pressure off the region’s overtaxed energy grids, there is a large and growing list of ways… View Article Read More

When Your Garage Door Opener Nears the Last Cycle
August 8

When Your Garage Door Opener Nears the Last Cycle

Overhead sectional garage doors are mostly operated remotely via a ceiling- or wall-mounted garage door opener, which uses a motor (horsepower will vary per model)… View Article Read More