APR Garage Doors

FREE ESTIMATES ON NEW GARAGE DOORS AND OPENERS Whether you need a garage door installed or repaired, give APR Garage Doors, serving the Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, a call today at 412-496-8091.

Need a new garage door? Focus first on construction: Single-layer models secure your space and provide fundamental protection. Double-layer models feature an outer skin and thin layer of insulation. Triple-layer models feature insulation sandwiched between an outer and inner skin.

If you are a part of the 75 percent of the population that enters the house through the garage door, then security is a must. Not only must your garage door have a sturdy lock, so too must the entry door into the house.

If you are looking for a garage door with a high degree of thermal efficiency and higher R value, it’s not the thickness that counts but the material contained inside. Polyurethane insulated doors are both thinner and offer a much higher insulation R value than other materials.

Are you having trouble with your residential or commercial garage door? Let us take a look to determine if a repair will help or if a replacement is needed. https://www.aprgaragedoors.com/contact

If you think that a garage door will ruin the look of your home, you might want to think again. There are literally hundreds of styles and designs available so you can rest assured that you will be able to find something that works with your planned aesthetic.

Garage doors made of fiberglass are popular for many reasons. Lighter in weight than wood or wood composites, fiberglass is also more resistant to dings and dents than thin gauge steel. Fiberglass doors can be painted and many are factory insulated.

The earliest remote garage door openers weren't wireless, but were operated by a button mounted on a post that could be reached by motorists while they were still in the driveway.

Is your garage door opener only working part of the time or when it wants to? It is likely in need of electrical repair or replacement.

If you live in an area where it snows, a roll-up overhead garage door is a better choice than one that swings up or out. Why? Because swinging doors can be blocked by snow.

It is highly recommended that you replace the garage door opener if it does not have a safety-reversing feature or if the safety reverse no longer works. The safety reverse utilizes two sensors about six inches above the floor to detect any moving objects under the door while it is closing.

A nationwide survey of consumers said that 71 percent of homeowners use their garage door openers to get into their homes every day, even more often than the front entry door. The key to the front door is now the garage door’s remote control and keypad.

A thorough cleaning of your sliding door’s track and rollers can be tedious and time consuming. It’s best practice to regularly vacuum out the track whenever you vacuum the rest of the room to prevent buildup from the start.