Overhead Door Company of Sioux City Blog

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.

Winter is coming … is your commercial garage door ready? Just like at your home, a commercial garage door should be inspected and tested prior to winter’s frosty arrival.

The first of many cold days are already upon Siouxlanders and it only goes downhill from here. In November, the average high temperature in Sioux City is 46 degrees, in December it is 32 degrees and last January the temperature dropped to as low as 4 degrees. When it gets that cold, anywhere you can insulate your home, i.e., windows and doors, helps. An insulated garage door can also help keep your home cozy, especially if your garage is attached to your home. But, it has other benefits as well.

Your garage door protects your vehicle and home from intruders and inclement weather. But even with the most level garage floor, a garage door will never sit flush enough to create an air-tight seal. That’s where weatherstripping comes in. Weatherstripping forms a seal between the bottom of your door and the ground, keeping out pests, dirt, rain and flooding. The seal also keeps out freezing wind and snow and hot, humid air, helping to reduce your energy bills. But like any other piece of machinery, it needs to be taken care of to do its job properly.

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.

You’ve lived in and loved your home for years but the time has come to upgrade, downsize or just relocate. A lot of home improvement shows focus on kitchen and bathroom remodels to help your home sell and while these are both great ways to improve your home’s value, there are easier and cheaper upgrades you can make – like installing a new garage door.

As the temperature steadily drops outside, we fight the creeping cold by keeping our homes as warm as possible. We fill every crack around doors and windows and crank the heat up as high as our wallets dare. But there’s one giant door that may get overlooked, your garage door. An insulated garage door, like our Thermacore insulated steel doors, can not only enhance the overall look of your home but the comfort as well.

The Midwest can be mercilessly cold in the winter and unbearably hot in the summer. Thanks to heating and cooling, it is easy to maintain a comfortable temperature in your house, but unfortunately, it can be expensive to extend climate control to the garage.