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Troubleshooting Garage Door Openers

When you are having trouble with your garage door, you must consider your problem could be due to your garage door springs. Routine maintenance usually reveals the exact cause of your problem and it also helps to keep your garage door performing effectively. If you are having trouble with your garage door opening or closing, it could be because of your springs. Consider if the springs are worn. Even if just one of your springs is broke, it can cause your door to struggle to open up because the springs may be too weak to hold the door. The other springs may have been compensating for the spring that is worn and it also can no longer hold the weight of the door. Both are dangerous and should be avoided if possible. This is why Garage Door Repair Hapeville in Hapeville, GA, always recommend that you have routine garage door maintenance performed. During the maintenance of your garage door, our technician will make sure that they always check the springs of your garage door. They understa
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Determining Why Your Garage Door Won’t Open

When your garage door will not open, it’s no need to go into a full panic. Garage Door Hapeville in Hapeville, Georgia helps homeowners with this problem every day. We are your local locksmith service offering you 24-hour servicing . You are not the only person this has happened to. Trust us when we tell you this is a problem that we have to deal with on a regular basis here in Hapeville, GA. We have a team of competent service technicians who will make a complete evaluation of your garage door to determine why you’re experiencing a problem. In some cases, they may even determine that the cause of your problem is something that you are doing that you may not even realize. We don’t see anything wrong with homeowners trying to find out what the problem is but we always encourage you to let our trained and qualified professionals handle the job for you. We just do not want you to be harmed by your garage door and we certainly know just how easily this can happen. Perhaps it is something s
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Cambridge woman uses red duct tape to decorate garage doors for Canada Day

Ingrid Talpak decided to go all out to decorate her home this year for Canada Day and to celebrate Canada 150. The Cambridge, Ont. woman got red duct tape — another Canadian staple — and spent the equivalent of more than a day embellishing her property. “I always do something for Canada Day,” she told CBC News. “But I’m old enough to remember the last time we celebrated 100 years, so I really wanted to do something special this year.” She said her neighbourhood held a competition for best decorated house. Talpak decorated her home with red and white bunting made from tablecloth material and placed small Canadian flags on the windows. But Talpak wanted to do something different with the garage door. After a few days of brainstorming with help from her family, she took four rolls of red duct tape and a utility knife and got to work. “When I first started on it, I knew I wanted to have two big images,” she said. “I definitely wanted to have 150 on one garage door a
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Ten garage door security tips to prevent break and enters

Calamvale Police have noticed a recent spike in garage doors being targeted as an entry point for break and enter offenders. Garage doors are a common weak point when looking at security in a whole-home approach and an easy target for offenders. Garage door are not only a weakness, but provide offenders a shelter once inside. To the casual passer-by, an open garage with a work truck pulled up to it doesn’t look out of place or scream break in. Calamvale Police have put together some helpful tips to help you not become a victim of crime. Top 10 security tips Don’t leave the garage door remote in your vehicle. If a offender breaks in to your car and steal the remote he has a way into your home. Invest in a keychain remote opener. Stop using that remote you clip to your visor and get a keychain remote that you can leave on your keys. Secure your garage door emergency release. It’s easy to throw some zip-ties on your emergency release and still retain it’s intended fu
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Tips to extend the life of your garage door

Sometimes our Garage Door Repair Hapeville technicians are asked if it is possible to extend the life of a garage door. The answer is yes, it is! Like any other appliance or piece of hardware, your garage door lasts according to use, care and a few other factors. Actually, the correct answer depends on a lot of other factors. How was your garage door maintained before you had it? Was it installed correctly? Did it get much use? Are your garage door parts of good quality, or did the previous owner go “cheap” and insist on poorer condition hardware in order to save a few dollars? Here in Hapeville, Georgia, we have high humidity and cold winters. Weather can play a big part of how long your garage door lasts, too! What’s the average? People always want to know statistics; well, here’s some. On average, a garage door lasts for about for 3 decades or longer with regular use. Your garage door springs have life that is measured in cycles. One garage door opening and one closing is equal
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Securing your Castle – Garage Door Opener is “KEY”

Police in Langley are very concerned after two recent residential break and enters occurred while the residents slept. Both instances occurred in the Willoughby area and entry was gained by using the garage door opener. Here are some additional ideas to consider for your garage door… Many garage door openers are equipped with a ‘lock’ function on the control panel. You may want to consider locking the overhead door as you head into your home at night. Key Fob Garage Door Opening Remote – This option is available for less than $20 and is an easy way to NEVER leave your door opener in the car. Some of the newer garage door openers have a WiFi function that allows you to control the door with your Smartphone (ensure your WiFi is password protected). There is a product available equipped with a ‘timer-to-close’ feature to automatically close the garage door should you happen to forget. Lastly, make sure you lock your inner door at night so if burglars do happen to get a
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