Easy Tips to Protect Your Garage From Winter Damages

With winters on the doorstep and temperature dropping continuously, there's great need to look around and take care of the home essentials. Along with preparing yourself for winter protection, concentrate on your home drains and garage door too. In winters, whenever a garage door is opened, one can feel the cold air spilling through.

If the door is opened frequently, the chances are that your entire garage will be filled with cold air that will decrease the temperature efficiency. To tackle the winter issues, its important to focus on garage door insulation. If a door is manufactured using insulated materials, there's no need to take extra measures. In case its not already insulated, call a Brampton overhead door installation expert to end the battle between cold air and energy efficiency.

Few tips to winterize a door are:

1. Check the weather stripping: Weatherstrips are installed beneath the door to save it from external elements such as dust, rain, snow etc. Inspect this strip before the oncoming of winters. If its worn out or damaged, get it replaced to keep the dirt, pests and other debris out of a garage. Weatherstrips come in variety of sizes, therefore, measure the overhead door breadth to avoid any top and side gaps.
2. Insulate the door and walls: To maintain the temperature inside the garage, its crucial to insulate the door and walls. For proper energy efficiency and insulation, its better to replace an old garage door with an insulated one. In case of garage walls, one can consult a local renovation contractor for the best insulation advice.
3. Inspect all moving parts: Since the temperature in winters crosses the freezing point, the overhead door parts are prone to freeze or restrict their movement. Therefore, its important to inspect and lubricate all the moving door components on regular basis.
4. Examine the tracks for debris: The door component that is most affected by dust and debris is tracks. For smoother door operations, its necessary to remove and clean the dirt or dust buildup. Also, inspect other hardware elements such as hinges, handles, rollers, latches etc. for any dust.
5. Clean the door: Washing, cleaning and polishing a garage door on regular basis not only enhance its looks, but increases its lifespan too. Try to clean a door at least once in two months to avoid build-ups and dust scratches.

These were the few tips that can make an overhead door ready for the cold season.

Brampton Garage Doors is a locally owned and operated garage door repair and replacement company in Brampton. Our licensed and insured technicians specialize in residential and commercial garage door repair and replacement services.