Overhead Door Company of Sioux City Blog

Winter survival is all about preparation. And while modern times have made winters much more bearable, Sioux City and Yankton homeowners still deal with temperatures that drop well below zero. The prep you do around your home this fall can make the winter, and its effects, a little easier. One area in particular to pay attention to is your garage door. Follow these tips for fall garage door maintenance to help keep it in working order all winter long.

One of the most important things a parent can do is teach their young children about garage door safety. Garage doors are big, heavy equipment that can be extremely dangerous, and garage door openers can cause just as much harm. If your garage is attached to your home, your child probably comes into contact with it on a daily basis. But be aware, when the weather is nice and kids are home for the summer, there is an even greater chance of garage door injuries.

The weather seems great right now, but it can turn-on-dime and be cold with even ice and snow. Don’t wait until it is miserable outside to complete some much-needed garage projects. Get them done now before fall arrives.

Look a new home in Sioux City and Yankton and most likely, there is a garage door keypad installed. Even homeowners with older garages have upgraded to a keypad. The small, increasingly wireless devices are typically mounted to a home's exterior, near the garage, and allow the user full operation of the garage door without the need for a separate handheld garage remote.

The Midwest can be mercilessly cold in the winter and unbearably hot in the summer. Thanks to heating and cooling, it is easy to maintain a comfortable temperature in your house, but unfortunately, it can be expensive to extend climate control to the garage.

Nothing says “Welcome Home” like a garage door that operates as beautifully as it looks. Today's home designs, particularly those in Siouxland, often feature street-facing garages, which means that up to 40 percent of a home's curb appeal is often covering whatever is in a garage bay. To make their homes stand out against the backdrop of standard suburbia, Yankton and Sioux City home-owners are upgrading their white raised panel garage doors to ones featuring unique windows, patterns, and colors. These trends for 2018 can easily be incorporated into your home.

Garage door scams may come and go, but they never completely vanish. Consumers need to be on the lookout for local garage door scams that promise big results for very little money. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Having tons of clutter stored in your garage can really be embarrassing, especially if you don’t even have enough room to park inside! Garage sales are the perfect opportunity to rid your home and yard of things you don’t use and make a little cash on the side.

You clean your windows, siding and gutters but did you know you can clean your garage door too? Cleaning your residential garage door isn't hard or complicated. It is an important part of garage door maintenance that just takes time, elbow grease, and a few willing volunteers.

Thunderstorms are commonplace in the Midwest during the spring. And, along with lightning, rain, wind and hail, storms tend to bring on power outages. People tend to scramble to keep the fridge closed and grab a flashlight when this happens. They usually don’t think much about the garage door opener, until they need to leave in a hurry.