When Should Garage Door Hardware Be Replaced?

A Smart Franklin Guide to Safe and Lasting Parts Surprisingly, a garage door is usually the largest moving object inside a home. Yet that large door depends on small springs, cables, rollers, hinges, bearings, brackets, and fasteners. Therefore, asking when should garage door hardware be replaced is a vital safety and cost question. As a […]
Garage Door Repair Tips for Older Residential Doors

Smart Garage Door Repair Tips for Aging Home Doors A major change in garage door safety rules was followed by a decrease of more than 50 percent in certain incidents, fatalities, and entrapment. That fact matters when you own an older residential garage door. An older door can keep working for many years when its […]
Full-Service Garage Door Repair, Installation & Maintenance

Here is a fact many homeowners never hear. Automatic residential garage door operators must meet a federal safety standard. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission states that these operators are covered by 16 CFR Part 1211. That matters because a garage door is more than a large moving panel. It is a complete system […]