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How to Insulate Your Garage This Winter Anyone who lives in the Midwest knows just how important insulation is in winter. When temperatures drop below freezing, your body and home need an extra layer of protection to keep heat in and the cold out. Your garage door is no different. A garage door without insulation is like a light jacket, which doesn’t do much good when it’s below freezing outside. But add insulation and now your garage door is like a goose down parka, which can stand up to the coldest temperatures. Besides keeping the cold at bay, insulation also acts as a barrier between street noise and your garage, ideal if your garage is attached to your home.

Turn Your Garage Into a Haunted House Halloween is around the corner. Make it an event for trick or treaters by turning your garage into a haunted house. Your garage is the perfect backdrop for a haunted house or any other type of special occasion. The floor is easy to clean in the event of spills. You don’t have to worry about moving lots of furniture. And you can control the temperature by leaving the door open or closed. Once you park your vehicles elsewhere, your garage becomes a big, blank canvas for frightening fun.

How to Choose the Best Garage Door for Your Business A commercial garage door is much different than a residential garage door. Where a residential garage door protects your home and looks great, commercial garage doors have other purposes.

Your Residential Garage Door Questions Answered A residential garage door helps keep your vehicles and home safe and provides curb appeal. But that doesn’t mean homeowners don’t have questions about the best way to maintain or even replace it. Here are some top FAQs about commercial garage doors.

Maintenance Tips to Extend the Life of Your Garage Garage doors are an important part of your house, but they don’t always get the attention they need. Regular maintenance can help keep your garage door looking great and running like it should for a long time.

5 Facts About Commercial Garage Doors

It’s that time of year again when temperatures soar to unbearable levels. July heat waves cause many Midwesterners to stay in the air conditioning. While running the air conditioning 24/7 keeps us comfortable, it also increases energy bills. In the winter, most people won’t hesitate to take measures to keep precious heat inside (adding film to windows, stopping air leaks around doors and making sure our homes are well insulated) but these measures are just as important in the summer. A well-insulated home, including one with an insulated garage door, will help maintain the temperature in your home and may even reduce your energy bills.

When your commercial garage door goes down, not only can production get stalled but it can put your business at risk. A commercial garage door protects your business and its inventory while allowing you to move goods and equipment. Luckily most commercial garage door issues can easily be repaired by a professional garage door company like Overhead Door of Sioux City™ and Overhead Door of Yankton™. Here are some of the most common repairs.

Block parties are nothing new, according to the New York Times, they’ve been around since the 1920s. The premise is to get neighbors together outside to celebrate on the street. But unless you’re willing to file a lot of paperwork with the city, blocking off your street is probably going to be an issue. Instead, convince your neighbors to open their garages for a socially distanced garage block party.

Most Midwesterners know there are only a handful of gorgeous, warm late-spring days before the mosquitos, flies and other insect pests infiltrate the outside. Installing a commercial garage door bug screen allows your business to keep the garage doors open (and fresh air coming in) while keeping the bugs out.