Garage doors

As Sean Bean once said, winter is coming. And while many are scrambling to buy their winter woolens and sports gear, others are prepping their homes for snow and frost and burst pipes. An often overlooked part of winter prep is the garage door, which can allow drafts to enter the house and drive up heating and energy bills if it is not properly maintained. Once you ensure your garage door is ready and able to withstand the arctic blast that’s coming your way, you can be warm and toasty with a properly insulated house with every opening covered, while everyone else is pretending to have fun making snowmen in their living rooms.

When you make improvements to your home, you are not just thinking about how the project will impact your home right now, but also how it will impact its value later on. Is what you are about to do going to increase the value of your home? How much? Is the investment worth it?

If you never considered a garage door as a statement piece, think again!The garage door is the focal point of these Pinterest entries.

Let’s say you had a garage door installed a few years ago and, at the time you bought it, you ordered it without any windows. Now you find that your garage is dark and dreary and you’re wondering if perhaps you could have some windows installed in your garage door. The answer is “yes”. However, there are several important things you should be aware of before you do. Don’t rush out and buy window frames without first reading these recommendations.

Garages can be messy places, which can make cleaning up intimidating. However, there’s an easy solution to a messy garage: pegboards. Pegboards may look old-fashioned, but that’s just proof of their durability and versatility. Let’s take a look at what makes them such a good choice for organizing your garage.

Sure, you think that selecting a garage door dealer is all about finding the right door and someone to install it for you. But, in actuality, there’s a lot more to it than that! Rather obviously, you want your garage door dealer to have a great reputation. But, there are other things you should look into as well. Do they stand behind their work by offering a warranty for their services, for example? With this in mind, here are some things to consider when selecting a garage door dealer.

How much time and effort have you already spent making sure that the color of your house is perfect? Chances are you spent hours looking for the perfect paint or siding that you love for the property, as many homeowners will do. You put in all of the work to choose a great color to help improve the curb appeal of your home. You might’ve put in some extra weekends working on your own landscaping, or even hired someone to get things in shape for you. Everything’s perfect for your home’s exterior. Or is it? If you haven’t thought about the color you will be using for your garage door, then you still have some thinking to do.