Overhead Door Company of Sioux City Blog

A residential garage door is an important part of your home. At first glance, it may seem simple to understand the mechanics of it: a door plus an electric opener. But it’s a little more complicated than that. A garage door is made up of several parts that work together to safely raise and lower your door. If one breaks, it affects the rest of the door, usually rendering it unusable. It’s a good idea to understand the basic parts of your residential garage door so you can quickly identify where the issue exists when your door stops working.

A commercial garage door does more than just open and close - it protects your business and its assets. A high-quality commercial door gives you the ability to accept deliveries, move materials and store vehicles but also provides safety and efficiency while looking great. So, when you need to buy and install a new door, it pays to go to an expert.

Between horror films in theaters, haunted house attractions, creepy cornfield mazes and everything else that goes bump in the night, October is just a scary month. But, in our opinion, there are few things scarier than something happening to your garage door.

Now that the outdoor temperatures aren’t soaring into the 80s and 90s on a daily basis, it’s a great time to show your garage a little love before fall arrives. Your garage has likely been a dumping ground this summer for all your warm-weather projects. Spend a Saturday afternoon - while the temperature is still nice - to check these items off your fall to-do list.

Garage Door Replacements Offer Huge ROI Home renovation projects are big business and big expenses. To remodel a kitchen can cost anywhere from $12,000 to $33,000, on average for minor upgrades, or even more based on finishes, increased square footage, etc. Minor bathroom remodels are about $8,000 to $10,000 on average but could potentially be as high as $20,000. But if there’s one home improvement that should be at the top your list it’s replacing your old, shaky, inefficient garage door with a new, premium door.

Your garage door is an intricate piece of machinery that serves many functions; it is an extra door to your home, a security system and it protects your vehicles from inclement weather. We know a thing or two about garage doors. The upward-lifting door and electric garage door opener was invented by our founder, C.G. Johnson, in the 1920s.

Home improvement is big business these days. There are hundreds of television shows and videos dedicated to the subject; there are even multiple cable channels that only air shows about home improvement. And not only can we not get enough information about how to improve our homes, but we also love a big reveal. Luckily our DoorView design center offers the best of both.

Your garage door is probably the hardest working door in your home. It opens and closes each morning for your commute and then throughout the day for odd jobs like taking out the trash, grabbing the mail or getting out a bicycle. But every time your door opens and closes, the springs feel the wear and tear until one day, they break.

Your garage does a lot for you. It saves you from scraping your car each morning. It has your back when you need to store tools and outdoor supplies. It even helps reduce your heating and cooling costs when it has an insulated door (read more about that here). Show it some love this year by making it the best garage it can be with new paint, new organization or even a brand new door.

You’ve driven up and down your neighborhood streets, longingly looking at your neighbors’ new, updated doors and wished for one of your own. What are you waiting for? The holidays are the perfect time make your garage door wishes come true. Start the process online with our our free DoorView online visualization tool.