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Garage Door Repair: A Brief Guide to Painting Your Door

Your garage door works well. It’s got a few years left in it, but let’s face it: The paint job dates it. The paint is either out of style or...

2 Things You Can Do to Lower the Cost of Garage Door Repairs

If you own a garage door, it’s going to break eventually. And sometimes those repairs can be expensive. It’s an intrinsic cost of owning a home. Fortunately, there are several...

Here are the Answers to the 3 Most Common Garage Door Repair Questions

The Garage Door Repair Questions You Should Be Asking At our professional garage door service in Elk Grove, California, our service technicians are asked for their advice all the time....

How to Safely Open Your Garage Door if the Power Goes Out

In Elk Grove and throughout California, any garage doors installed this summer are required to have battery backup. The law that took effect in June was inspired by a Congressman...

Why You Need Battery Backup Regardless of How Old Your Garage Door Opener Is

It’s now official: California requires battery backup on all new construction doors. All automatic garage door openers sold require a backup power supply. But take it from us — the...

Spring Cleaning! 5 Steps to an Immaculate Garage

It’s spring — time to open the windows, shake off the dust, and get your fresh back on. What better place to start than in the garage? Spring in Rosedale,...

Extension Spring to Torsion Spring Extension: a Step by Step Guide

When it comes to garage door springs, many homeowners are oblivious regarding which are the best. After all, garage door parts aren’t the most exciting topic to be researching. That...

Tips to Making Your Garage Door Chain Last Longer

Most garage door companies will tell you to replace your chain every 10 to 15 years, but it’s not that simple. There are a lot of variables that will affect...

How Lit is Your Garage Door? How Lighting Affects Security and Curb Appeal

We talk a lot on this blog about how a beautiful new garage door can increase the curb appeal of your home. But that’s only if people can see it....

How to Turn Your Garage into a Yoga Sanctuary

It’s a California double negative: You need to do Yoga to help remediate your stressed out lifestyle, but the very demands of that lifestyle make it nearly impossible to follow...

Should You Install a New Garage Door? Here’s What Your Neighbors Think!

A recent study done by the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NAR/NARI) shows there are good reasons why your neighbors are installing a...

Have a Warped Garage Door? Why You Need to Fix It

Warped or bowing garage doors don’t just look bad. They’ll cause the whole structure of your door to malfunction and can cause serious damage to your tracks and other components....

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Is that “Garage Door Repair Near Me” Actually Near You or Just a Scam?

When you’re looking for garage door repair near you, make sure they are actually local to the community. Thanks to the age of the Internet, many companies establish a website but have no real presence in the local community. They contract out their work to often inexperienced freelancers. The company gets away with this because their overhead is so low. They can pocket a bunch of quick orders, don’t have any real location, and don’t care that the work is shoddy because they’re onto the next website. It’s important to check that they actually have a physical location, do accredited work, and guarantee all their jobs. That way their business if focused on earning customer trust through quality.