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One area where commercial garage doors can make a huge impact is in education. Even the smallest schools receive deliveries, and they must put the safety and security of their students first. That doesn’t mean schools can’t benefit from the latest technology Overhead Door of Sioux City and Yankton™ has to offer in commercial garage doors.

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.

Don’t let your garage door be your home’s biggest safety concern this holiday season. Your garage holds some of our most valuable possessions, our vehicles, and if your garage is attached to your home, it could give intruders access to your entire house, even with an automatic opener. A security system is your best bet to keeping your home safe, but there are some DIY tips and suggestions you can to keep things secure this holiday season and beyond.

There’s a little-thought-about part of your garage door that does a pretty big job – it’s your door’s weather seal. This narrow piece of rubber or silica runs along the bottom of your door and seals it from whatever is lurking outside – snow, rain, sub-arctic breezes and so on. Given its vital task, this part of your door should be given some real consideration, especially in the fall.

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.

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.

The holidays are filled with many wonderful things – good food, our friends and family, and an abundance of happiness and cheer. Unfortunately, they are also accompanied by an increased crime rate. To keep your holiday season full of joy, make safety a priority by securing your garage door and following these other safety tips.

If you are reading this blog, chances are you searched for what to do if you backed into your garage door. And if you searched for it, chances are you’ve got a much bigger problem on your hands. Don’t worry. You aren’t the first person to back into your garage door, and you certainly won’t be the last. Darkness, distractions, decaf, and icy driveways happen to the best of us; the only thing we can do now is take steps to get your garage door fixed.

Photo by Scott Allen Architecture If you've been reading our blog for a bit, you know we're pretty proud of the fact that our company was the inventor of the upward-lifting garage door. We know garage doors better than anyone, from their design, their materials, their working parts, and what it takes to make them last as long as possible.

We all know that garages are big spaces. Big enough for cars, even, if you have room to store them there. Around our parts, people use garages for a whole host of things, from sport storage to graduation parties to workshops. While a garage is perfect for all of those things, there are a few things that you should never store in your garage.