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The best winter defense is a good winter offense, so if you want to guard your garage and your home against Old Man Winter’s chilly grip, add a monthly garage door inspection to your list.

There are few feelings as worse as when your garage door won’t open or close. Since normally you’d only open your garage door when you’re coming or going, you don’t have time for it not to work. Fortunately, there are a couple of quick, DIY fixes you can do to get your garage door back on track.

Telltale Signs It's Time to Replace Your Commercial Garage Door A commercial garage door has the important task of allowing you to securely conduct business. A quality commercial garage door can do a lot more though. Insulated doors can help maintain the temperature inside your building. Fire rated doors meet fire safety standards. Aluminum glass doors give your commercial building attractive curb appeal.

Frigid and blustery weather may seem to be months away but in reality, it could happen at any time. Perfect fall weather typically only seems to last a handful of weeks in the Midwest and is often disturbed by extremely hot temperatures one day and snow and rain the next. Most of us have a list we diligently check off to prepare our homes for winter, like winterizing sprinklers and lawn equipment, moving temperature-sensitive solvents indoors and adding insulation around windows and doors. But your garage door also needs some attention when temperatures drop. Follow our tips below to mitigate and prevent damage from cold weather.

Why Your Commercial Garage Door Needs to be Insulated Commercial garage doors aren’t designed to remain closed, no matter what the temperate is outside. When the weather gets frigid, as it does in the Midwest in January, opening and closing your commercial garage doors can quickly affect how it feels inside your workplace. It also affects your energy bill. Installing an insulated commercial garage door, like Overhead Door’s Thermacore® Series, offers the highest levels of thermal efficiency, air infiltration and wind load resistance. This means a commercial garage door that’s insulated can help regulate the temperature inside your building, even when you have to open and close your door.

How Commercial Garage Doors Protect Your Business Security is a top concern for most businesses. And while companies will invest in security systems, like cameras, they don’t always consider a potential security risk – their commercial garage door. If your commercial garage door is outdated, it might leave your business open to multiple threats.

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.