How to Guides for Garage Door Repair & New Installations

Ever Wondered What a Garage Door Replacement Looks Like?

11/21/2022

In this video, experienced SACS technicians walk us through replacing a residential garage door. The old garage door on this home was broken down the middle, and replacing it properly meant replacing the header beam as well as the fascia boards. Our professional exterior door

3 Most Common Garage Door Problems In Winter

Garage Door Maintenance & Repair Tips to Prepare for the Winter

11/14/2022

If you’re in higher elevations, cold weather is hard on garage doors. There are many problems cold, wet weather can cause with various parts of your garage door. The good news is, you don’t have to be at the whims of winter – some seasonal

Buying a New Garage Door - What Material Is Best

Ready for a Garage Door Makeover? Here’s Some Stunning Garage Door Imagery for Inspiration

11/14/2022

attractive, it turns out that there are a whole slew of amazing artistic options for garage door decoration. You can refinish your door, replace it with a new garage door that’s more modern, or install a dynamic wrap. Some companies even make optical illusion wraps that transform

Garage Door Materials: What are My Options?

11/7/2022

The first garage doors were solid slabs of wood, just like their carriage-house predecessors. Then came aluminum and steel. Then fiberglass, and now there are even more options for home garage door design. Let’s take a look at your options for garage door material construction

Sustainable Garage Door Construction & Design

10/24/2022

Installing a new garage door? Make it green! No – not the color; that’s a choice, and probably not the right one. But you can make your new garage door eco-friendly by taking a few things into consideration during the design and installation process. Choose

Carriage-Style Swing-Out Garage Doors: Vintage Modern Vibes for Your Home

09/19/2022

Whether you’re replacing an old broken garage door, installing one on a new build, or just generally giving your home a facelift, there are a lot of choices to make before you get to the garage door installation. Size, design, color, insulation, door opener system

Garage Door Parts to Pay Attention to During Your Seasonal Inspections

There are many pieces to a garage door’s infrastructure. If even one of those parts is on the fritz, you’re at risk of a cascade effect, resulting in other broken parts and even a broken door. Important parts to monitor and maintenance seasonally are the tracks, rollers, cables, trolley, tracks, and springs. These are the parts of a garage door that are the usual suspects when it comes to a malfunctioning garage door. Luckily, it’s pretty obvious to the eye when something’s wrong with them. If something looks, works or sounds wrong, but you’re not sure what to do, bring a professional in. Most maintenance is an easy DIY, but with all things garage-door-related, the rule is: better safe than sorry.