Prevent Your Door from Breaking Down

Garage Door Maintenance Tips

A garage seems like such a simple-looking mechanism. At just one push of a button you can tell your garage to open or close. That’s pretty powerful! While a garage is easy to work with when it’s functioning properly, if there are any signs of a broken garage spring or off track garage door, you should be careful. You should not attempt any major garage door repairs by yourself. Although, there ARE a few maintenance tips you can keep up with! Our hope is to help you prevent future garage door issues.

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Have you done all of these yet?

A noisy garage door is extremely annoying, and totally unnecessary! Most people think that you can spray a little WD-40 on your garage door springs and tracks and the sound will vanish. We’re here to set the record straight! WD-40 was not designed to be a long-term lubricant. Lithium or silicone lubricate spray’s are designed to work with the metal parts, chains, and rollers on your garage door.

Sometimes people assume that your garage track needs lubrication, when that’s not always the case. Adding lubricant can actually attracted more dust and interfere with how your garage is operating. Use a damp cloth to wipe down the tracks, that should take care of your cleaning needs. If there is more of a sticky residue on your track, it is a good idea to use a solvent metal cleaner.

If you garage door has randomly stopped opening or closing, we recommend checking your garage door sensors first. You will find your garage sensors at the bottom of both sides of your garage door. These are little but important aspects to a properly running garage. Make sure your garage sensors are aligned and that no obstructions are blocking their ability to work.

These are just little, but helpful tips to be mindful of while caring for your garage! For more information, your ARIZONA GARAGE DOOR company can help you with all of your garage door questions and needs!

Call us at: 602-396-4717

New Year, New Goals!

Arizona Garage Door CompanyEvery New Year brings new goals! While some people are setting fitness goals or changing eating habits, we are hoping to inspire each of you in a new way. Instead of waiting for spring, we are sending out a new years challenge to start this year on a clean slate. Or should we say, with a clean garage!

Here are our favorite tips for how to get organized this New Year!

1. The Sift Through 

If you have used your garage more as a storage unit for “stuff”, instead of a place to park your car, then this is the perfect place for you to start. Over the years we all collect random knick-knacks, and when we can’t find space for them in our homes, we toss them into the garage. But not in 2015! We encourage you to sift through everything in your garage. If you can throw it away, TOSS IT! But if it’s something that you can donate, stop by a donations center like Good Will or Savers. Help bless someone else, while simultaneously doing yourself a favor.

2. No storage? Buy storage!

We try to keep this tips as cost effective as possible. But let’s be honest, if you are going to spend the time cleaning everything in your garage, invest into some necessary storage solutions. Visit your local Container store, and find the perfect storage bins or shelving. If you find that your garage is filled with loose screws, scraps of crafting supplies, bike pumps, or basketballs, you need to find the exact kind of storage that will fill your needs. This will make a huge difference in the look of your garage.

3. Clean up 

Once all the unnecessary things are thrown away or donated, and the rest is properly stored away, we recommend actually cleaning your garage. Sounds more exhausting then it really is. If you have an outdoor hose that reaches your garage, we suggest hosing the floor off. (Please be careful with this step. We do not want you to hose your garage door censors, found at the bottom of each garage door tracks, and knock them off balance. So be conscious of that.)

We believe that this is going to be a great year for you! We want to be able to help you feel organized and “put together” so you can tackle everything 2015 has for you. For all your garage door needs, we can help. From garage door replacements, simple garage door repairs, or just for any of your garage door questions, we can assist you.

Contact us today at: 602-396-4717

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Does the cold weather affect your garage door?

As the weather has officially cooled down, we have customers who ask if the cool air is affecting their garage door. If you have already noticed that your garage door hardware is getting worn down or rusted, the cold air will only increase any screeching or shakiness that your garage door has been experiencing.

So how can you prevent your garage door hardware from getting increasingly worse?

Of course there are preventative measures we encourage all of our customers to be aware of, such as regular maintenance check ups. But, we understand that schedules get busy and your garage door functionality isn’t your number one priority. Although it may not be a conscious thought for you, we care about your home and the condition of your garage door. If you haven’t been able to keep up with any maintenance, you can still call for a routine check up. If you notice your garage door shaking, making loud noises or having trouble opening or closing, we have professionals that can diagnose the symptoms. We have garage door solutions for you!

Call us at:

Arizona Garage Contact

New Garage Doors

New Garage Doors | Installations And Repairs

With several garage door styles and materials, it can be a daunting task trying to find a new garage door that works perfectly for your home and for your family. We have been privileged to assist hundreds of individuals with finding the exact garage door that fits the design and feel of their home. We are also privileged to work with the top brands in garage doors, as well as providing you several different collections to choose from.  Such as, Heritage, Stratford, Hillcrest, Olympus, Oak Summit, etc.

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Garage Door Safety Month

In light of garage door safety month, we decided to dedicate this post to ways you and your family can stay safe when using your garage door. As technology has progressed over the years, it has become more and more advanced in its safety features. For example, the automatic retractable door helps ensure that the garage door will not shut on your car or on any small children. With the new and very helpful innovative garage door tools, we are better able to assist and take care of you!

Here are a few ways we can help:

1) We need to check your garage door censors

The alignment of your garage door censors is a very important factor in making sure your garage door retracts in a proper amount of time (while causing little to no damage). These censors are located at the bottom of your garage door tracks closes to the floor. That means, they are more susceptible to being bumped, accidentally, causing misalignment within your garage door censors. Once we come out and check your garage censors, you shouldn’t experience any more difficulties with your garage door retracting.

2) Talk to your kids about safety

Even with a flawless retracting test, it is important to inform your children (Especially the ones that can reach the garage door opener) that closing and opening the garage door is not a game and it is not safe. Our hope is that by educating even our little ones about garage door safety, it will help us decrease the amount of garage door accidents and injuries.

3) Don’t wait till it’s too late

We have seen some people postpone garage door repairs simply due to a lack of urgency. We strongly encourage you, even with minor garage repairs, to not wait and to contact us immediately at the sight of  and off track garage, broken spring, or a squeaky garage door. To avoid sever issues or injuries, make your garage door a priority by calling us at:

Arizona Garage Contact

Two Of The Best Garage Sale Apps

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If you are an avid bargain shopper or just love a good ol’ fashion garage sale, this may revolutionize your life! Instead of searching around town for the bright neon poster-boards that read, “HUGE Garage Sale,” we have found helpful garage sale apps that take the stress of looking for hidden treasures in your community or surrounding areas.

The first on our list of garage sale apps is:

Yard Sale Treasure Map

“Yard Sale Treasure Map is the original Yard Sale mapping companion for iOS, making it easier to find yard sales near you!”

Garage Sale Finder

With our free garage sale map, you not only can see at-a-glance where the garage sale hot spots are, you can print turn-by-turn directions to the garage sales of your choice. And, for the technically inclined, you can download the list of garage sales to your personal GPS device and go “high tech.”
If you are looking to host a garage sale at your house, make sure your garage door is working properly. We can help you with all minor and major garage door repairs, all you have to do is call us at:
Arizona Garage Contact