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Tips for Maintaining a Safe and Secure Garage Door

At Universal Garage Door Repair, we’re celebrating safety month by reminding our customers to pay attention to a few important tips for maintaining a safe garage door. As the largest mechanical item in the average Utah home, a faulty or badly functioning garage door can become a dangerous hazard if left unchecked. Furthermore, a faulty… Continue reading Tips for Maintaining a Safe and Secure Garage Door

How LED Lights Can Cause Problems with Your Garage Door Opener

Did you know that the kind of bulb you use in your garage door opener can actually cause your door to malfunction? The bulb in question is the one that automatically lights up the room whenever you open your garage door, allowing you to see where you’re driving or walking. Users should opt for non-LED… Continue reading How LED Lights Can Cause Problems with Your Garage Door Opener

3 Tips to Keep Your Garage Door in Working Order

Your garage door is the first line of protection for your vehicle and other treasured possessions you keep in your garage. For that reason, it’s important to perform some basic maintenance. At Universal Garage Door Repair – a garage door company serving Salt Lake City and surrounding areas – we believe it’s important to have… Continue reading 3 Tips to Keep Your Garage Door in Working Order

Is it Time for a Garage Door Replacement? Know the Signs

Garage doors do last a while, but eventually, everyone needs a garage door replacement. Luckily, your garage will start to tell you when it is getting too worn out to do the job, and if you catch it early, you could avoid the cost of a last-minute repair. Why Replace? Your garage door is there… Continue reading Is it Time for a Garage Door Replacement? Know the Signs

How to Winterize Your Garage

You winterize your home, and you winterize your car. However, how much effort do you put into winterizing your garage and the garage doors? In Salt Lake City, temperatures average 38 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit as the high in the winter, with some nights dropping into the teens, says U.S. Climate Data. So, it’s more… Continue reading How to Winterize Your Garage

Creative Garage Makeover Ideas

We all know that garages are thought of primarily as places to park your vehicle. In other instances, they’re considered to be all-purpose storage areas for items that don’t necessarily fit in other rooms of your home. But this doesn’t mean that these are the only ways you can use a garage. Whether you want… Continue reading Creative Garage Makeover Ideas

What you need for the Ultimate Game Day Garage

Football season is upon us. Saturdays and Sundays are now all about cheering on our favorite teams and hoping they can win it all. This time of year calls for a perfect place to gather all of our fellow fans together and watch the game. If your home lacks an appropriate room for such an… Continue reading What you need for the Ultimate Game Day Garage

Garage Be Gone! How to Hide Your Wheels

Everyone needs a place for their car, but sometimes the garage can be an eyesore that completely dominates a home’s façade. You can’t get rid of the garage, because they are so vital to you and your cars, but luckily there are ways to make it more visually appealing. Let us at Universal Garage Door… Continue reading Garage Be Gone! How to Hide Your Wheels

Wood Garage Doors

There is little that can match the beauty and distinctiveness of natural wood. Doors of all types have been made of wood for centuries. The earliest records of wooden doors were in the Egyptian tombs with doors made of a single piece of wood. Doors in tombs were believed to be the entryway to the… Continue reading Wood Garage Doors