When Your Garage Door Predates The Energy Code
The Colony homes built before the early 2000s often predate insulation-code garage doors, leaving older one-piece doors leaking heat into the attic above.
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When Your Garage Door Predates The Energy Code
The Colony homes built before the early 2000s often predate insulation-code garage doors, leaving older one-piece doors leaking heat into the attic above.
What Your Garage Door Is Trying to Tell You
Most homes in The Colony went up between 1973 and 2014. Here's what that era of hardware tends to sound like right before it fails, and what's just noise.
Why Power Cuts Hit Garage Door Openers Harder in The Colony
Most openers in The Colony's 2000s-era homes predate battery backup. Heat and power cuts hit aging units hardest - here's what to check before storm season.
Why Garage Doors in The Colony Let the Draught In
In The Colony, TX, most garage doors sit on homes built 1973-2014. Texas heat dries out factory bottom seals fast, leaving gaps and draughts at the slab.
What Actually Happens When We Come Out to Your Door
A straight answer for The Colony homeowners on what a garage door service call actually includes, based on local housing age, climate, and household numbers.
Is Your Older Garage Door Worth Fixing in The Colony?
Most homes in The Colony went up between 1973 and 2014, median 2002. Here's how to tell if your door's original hardware is worth repairing or replacing.
When a Spring Goes in Cold Weather in The Colony
The Colony's housing stock dates mostly from 1973-2014 and sits in a moderate-heat climate band, so a cold front finds springs already worn thin, not freshly stressed.
Why a Door Goes Off Track in The Colony
The Colony's housing mostly went up in the 2000s build boom, and that era's track hardware is now old enough to work loose. Here's why doors jump the rail and what actually causes it.
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