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What to Know Before You Buy a New Garage Door

What to Know Before You Buy a New Garage Door

Rockville homes built mostly between the 1960s and 1970s often need a new door, not another repair. Here's what to weigh before you buy one for the house here.

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Detached and Attached Garages Need Different Doors

Detached and Attached Garages Need Different Doors

Rockville homes built between 1948 and 2014 mix detached and attached garages, each needing different door specs to handle this area's cold, snowy winters.

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The Uninsulated Garage Door Problem

The Uninsulated Garage Door Problem

Rockville homes built mostly in the 1960s and 70s often still have the original uninsulated door. Here's what that means for a cold-climate house and when to replace it.

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What That Sound Coming From Your Garage Door Actually Means

What That Sound Coming From Your Garage Door Actually Means

Rockville homes built mostly in the 1960s and 70s develop specific door noises as original hardware ages. Here's what each sound is actually telling you.

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What Happens to Your Opener When Rockville Loses Power

What Happens to Your Opener When Rockville Loses Power

Rockville homes built mostly in the 1960s-70s often run chain-drive openers with no battery backup, and cold snaps here can knock out power for hours.

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Safety Sensors and Why They Drift on Rockville Garage Doors

Safety Sensors and Why They Drift on Rockville Garage Doors

Why garage door safety sensors misalign in Rockville's older housing stock and cold winters, and what actually fixes it versus what just masks the problem for a season.

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Why Weather Seals and Draughts Matter So Much on a Rockville Garage Door

Why Weather Seals and Draughts Matter So Much on a Rockville Garage Door

Rockville houses mostly went up between 1948 and 2014, median year 1970, and the cold-severe winters here work bottom seals and side weatherstripping harder than most parts of the country.

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What Happens When You Call Rockville Garage Door Pros

What Happens When You Call Rockville Garage Door Pros

Rockville Garage Door Pros explains what a service call covers: spring checks on 1960s-70s torsion hardware and cold-weather seal and track inspections.

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What a Technician Checks First on a Rockville Garage Door

What a Technician Checks First on a Rockville Garage Door

A look at what a Rockville garage door technician checks first, tied to the area's 1960s-70s housing stock and its cold, severe winter climate.

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When an Old Rockville Garage Door Still Has Life Left In It

When an Old Rockville Garage Door Still Has Life Left In It

Rockville homes mostly date to the 1960s-70s, with stock running 1948-2014. Here's how to tell if your garage door is worth repairing or replacing.

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What Wind Does to a Wide Garage Door

What Wind Does to a Wide Garage Door

Rockville homes built mostly in the 1960s-70s carry wide double doors that flex under wind. Here's what that stock and this climate mean for your door.

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A Broken Spring on a Cold Morning

A Broken Spring on a Cold Morning

Rockville homes built 1948-2014 carry torsion springs that weren't sized for our cold snaps. Here's what actually happens when one lets go and what to do next.

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When to Stop Repairing and Start Replacing

When to Stop Repairing and Start Replacing

A guide for Rockville homeowners on when a torsion spring fix makes sense and when a 1960s-70s door with a cold-climate opener is done for good.

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Why a Garage Door Goes Off Track Around Rockville

Why a Garage Door Goes Off Track Around Rockville

Rockville's 1960s-70s housing stock and cold winters push tracks out of alignment. Here's why it happens and what to do before the door jams for good.

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