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Contemporary Exterior by Athens Architects & Building Designers Bork Design, Inc. Does your garage door announce to the whole house (or neighborhood) when you leave for work? If your Sioux City garage door sounds more like a Tyrannosaurus Rex than the melodic hum of a well-tuned machine, it may be time to take action. Luckily, many repairs and maintenance concerns are pretty easy to do; they just take time, elbow grease, and a little bit of instruction.

The best way to keep mice out of your Sioux City garage--and your home--is to prevent them from wanting to live there in the first place. Here are some tips to make sure rodents feel most unwelcome.

Your garage door is like a giant, movable wall in your home. To keep it weather and water-tight, you need to make sure your garage door fits snugly to the ground. Is your garage seal working properly? Whether you have a relatively new garage door or your current door has been installed for years, the attached rubber gasket at its base will likely be the first place where weather will take its toll. Ice formation, leaves, extreme heat, and salt accumulation can cause the seal to deteriorate. Here's how to repair your garage door seal.

The protective properties of your garage door are only as good as the seal around it. Here's how to make sure garage door seals, otherwise known as garage gaskets, are doing the job they were designed to do. What's so important about my garage seal? Try to think of your garage door as being a part of your home and not just your garage, like the home in this photo. You wouldn't want this door to leak, poorly insulate, or be an invitation to creatures, right? The same concern should be placed with your garage, which is an extension of your living space. Moisture, heat loss, and rodents in your garage definitely affect the quality of life for the rooms--and the inhabitants--of the home attached.

Traditional Exterior by Seattle Furniture & Accessories GR Home/Graciela Rutkowski Interiors Summer is a great time to clean garage doors. Luckily, washing your residential garage door isn't hard or complicated, and in the summer with the right volunteers, it can even be fun. Here's how to clean garage doors.

At Overhead Door of Sioux City and Yankton, we pride ourselves not only with our design and installation services, but also with the level of customer care we provide in ongoing maintenance and support. We've been creating and leading the garage door industry since 1921; that's almost 100 years of experience in customer satisfaction. You don't get to be 100 years old in any industry without products that deliver and a team of professionals that can install, maintain, and support them.

Ever notice how things tend to look and work better when they are cleaned and cared for? Your garage door--and your garage door weatherstripping--are no different. Weatherstripping on a garage door has a specific and important purpose. It helps form a seal against rain, bugs, dust, snow, drafts, and the hot summer sun. When it's lubricated and kept free of debris it will do its job for years.

You want your garage to be dependable and last, right? To prolong the longevity of your garage door, you have to be nice to it…look out for it…and simply, take care of it. These are the “Do’s and Don’ts” of maintaining a safe and working garage door. DO: 1) Visual Inspections – Use your eyes. Take a look at the garage door springs, cables, rollers, pulleys, and other hardware for signs of wear. If you suspect something is wrong, call for back up and have a qualified person come take a look at it.

No one wants a garage door that doesn’t let them in or out. Nor, does anyone want a garage door that doesn't operate safely. Take a second and look at these quick tips that almost anyone can do to check to make sure their garage door works correctly. It won’t take more than FIVE MINUTES of your time.

Traditional Exterior by Chanhassen Design-Build Firms Knight Construction Design | Chanhassen, Minnesota Your garage door does more for your Siouxland home than you probably give it credit for, especially when you live here in the Midwest. It safeguards your vehicles, insulates against extreme weather, protects your home against insect damage, rodents, and thieves. Such an important part of the home should be inspected monthly to make sure it's working properly. Here are 10 signs that your garage door is due for a repair or upgrade.