Author: AJ Sammons

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How to Insulate a Garage Door for Maximum Efficiency: Step-by-Step Guide

Insulating your garage door can significantly reduce energy bills, protect your belongings from extreme temperatures, and even soften outdoor noise. Whether you’re dealing with a residential or commercial garage door, this guide will walk you through the process of garage door insulation.  What is Garage Door Insulation? Garage door insulation involves adding a layer of […]

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Common Garage Door Sizes and Dimensions For Your Residential Garage Doors

If you’re pondering the perfect fit for your home, ponder no more. Garage door sizes play a pivotal role in your residence’s overall aesthetic and functionality. Understanding dimensions is essential for everything from single-car sanctuaries to double-car domains. But have you considered the benefits of oversized options or the allure of customized sizes that cater […]

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Why Invest in Clopay Garage Doors

We’re pretty picky when it comes to the products we carry. Because ultimately, our business does better when we make customers happy. And customers are most happy when they rarely have to see our faces because their garage door looks timeless and opens like butter. You are probably already familiar with the garage opener brand […]

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Why We Install LiftMaster Garage Door Openers

Is your old garage door opener on its last legs? It might be time to consider a replacement, and if you’re looking for reliability, advanced technology, and great value, LiftMaster garage door openers are the best choice. If we were a smart but horrible garage door company, we’d install a mediocre garage door opener that […]

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How to Reprogram Your Garage Door Keypad

Your garage door keypad is a convenient and secure way to access your garage without the need for keys or a remote control. However, there are times when you may need to reprogram it, whether you’ve forgotten the code or want to enhance security. (Or, as we’ve heard from homeowners, sometimes it just stops working!?) […]

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How to Fix a Squeaky Garage Door

Prepping for Cold Weather and Squeaky Garage Door Springs As the colder months approach, ensuring that your garage door operates smoothly becomes even more crucial. A well-maintained garage door not only provides convenience but also helps keep your home energy-efficient by preventing cold drafts from entering. One common issue many homeowners face during winter is […]

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Garage Door Opener Beeping After Power Outage

You know how it goes. You hear a click. The whole house goes dark. You scramble for a flash light. You wonder if the frozen peas stand a chance. Then the heavens open and you hear the beep of electricity come back. *The crowd cheers.* (So do the peas.) Only…… the beeping doesn’t stop. It’s […]

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5 Storage Tips To Declutter Your Chaotic Garage

If your garage is feeling cluttered and chaotic, here’s 5 tried and true storage tips that will help you whip that garage into shape for the summer fun ahead. Remember to continually check in with what’s working for you and what’s not. We are all about getting your garage door all fresh and pretty with […]

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Get More Bang For Your Tax Refund Bucks

If you’re looking to make a real improvement to your house’s overall look & feel, a new garage door can really do wonders. Here’s a few reasons why you should invest In a new garage door with your tax refund. If you’re looking to improve your home’s curb appeal, lower your energy bills, and up […]

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How to Reset Your Garage Door After Power Outage

Power outages can often leave you with an unresponsive garage door. If that happens, here are some tips on how you can manually use the garage door in a power outage and how to reset a garage door after regaining power. Please proceed with utmost caution! You should NEVER have to use brute force to […]

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Frozen: Garage Door Edition

Many of us know Frozen: The Movie, but if you’ve ever lived in Ohio throughout the winter, there’s a chance you’ve been acquainted with Frozen: The Garage Door. Not sure of your garage door is truly frozen? Some telltale signs of your garage door being frozen to the concrete are if ice or snow are […]

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Winter-Proofing Your Garage Door

Don’t let the fall weather fool you! Winter is well on its way, so that means it is time to prep your garage doors for the chilly season, schedule needed repairs, and hopefully keep any new repair needs at bay. By winter-proofing your garage door, you can create a more comfortable space while also protecting […]

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Garage Door Repair: When To DIY & When To Call A Professional

Whether your garage door is making strange noises or won’t open, your first instinct may be to grab your toolbox and attempt the repairs yourself. After all, DIYing can save you money, and nothing beats the satisfaction of a successful home repair. However, some garage door repairs can be dangerous and are best left to […]

New Garage Door Styles

Old Made New: Farmhouse Style Garage Doors

Welcome to the home of Allie and Ryan Lundeen, a couple who has been spending the past decade transforming this 120 year-old property into their forever home, complete with additions of a great room, an outdoor patio oasis, and an attached garage. As beautiful as it all came out to be, the garage building process […]

New Garage Door Styles

We got one word for you: Bridgeport.

Meet the latest Clopay trendsetter: Bridgeport-style doors. These Shaker-style doors have all that you could want: Touches of Tradition and Modern. These doors showcase clean lines that are highlighted on a combo of traditional symmetry of wood stile and rail door designs. Tailored Options. Two distinct recessed panels are available to find the perfect design […]

New Garage Door Styles

Why Clopay Garage Doors Matter

You don’t shop for a new garage door on Amazon. That big of an investment requires some research, some thought, and the polling of many neighbors and friends to soak up their garage-door-wisdom. Then you probably mull over the four classic garage door pre-purchase questions: What kind of garage door is high-quality but isn’t over-the-top […]

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Garage Door Not Closing

When your grumpy garage door is being sort of “stuck up” and not closing, there’s a good chance it’s one of these problems. Garage door opener batteries might be dead. Before you get too deep in the weeds trouble-shooting, tackle the easiest possibility first and check your batteries to see if your garage door remote […]

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8 Most Common Garage Door Repairs

Check out the top 8 garage door repair issues we run into each year. Any of these sound familiar? If so, our 24/7 Garage Door Repair Pros are here to help get you back on track (quite literally). We do Garage Door Repair in and around the Columbus area, from Hilliard to Pickerington, Bexley to […]

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Garage Door is Stuck

Winter is here. It’s prime time for garage doors to get grumpy, and our team of 24/7 Columbus Garage Door Repair Experts are ready to go. One of the most common problems we see this time of year – besides broken garage door springs – are stuck garage doors. We paired up with our friends […]

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Stand Out With a Modern Garage Door in Columbus, OH

Transform your Columbus home with a modern garage door from Deluxe Door Systems. As Columbus’s only Clopay® Master Authorized Dealer, we specialize in contemporary garage door installations that blend sleek design with lasting performance. Our expert team brings over 30 years of experience to every project, ensuring your modern garage door enhances curb appeal while […]

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Garage Door Repairs

$99 GARAGE DOOR TUNE-UP | PREVENT MAJOR WINTER REPAIRS

If your garage door is being a drama-queen now — it’s only gonna get worse when the cold hits. Maybe it’s cranky and clanky.Or it’s making annoying screeching sounds while acting all….. up and down.Or maybe when you need your garage door to do something, it’s just…… “stuck up.” (Get it?) In all seriousness, the reason we […]

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RESTAURANT GARAGE DOORS

The new Gahanna “Sports Bar for Foodies” The sports bar scene and brewery boom in Columbus has kept us busy installing glass restaurant garage doors the last 5 years. And business isn’t slowing down. On June 27th, SuperChef’s founder Darnell Ferguson launched his newest restaurant venture – Stadium Sports Bar – in Gahanna’s Creekside Plaza. He refers […]

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New Garage Door Styles

CHOOSING THE RIGHT GARAGE DOOR STYLE

Choosing a new garage door might seem a little overwhelming at first. What style will look good on my house? And how do I know for sure the color will be right? The good news is, we’ve got some different styles to show you, along with some helpful ways you can have peace of mind when purchasing a […]

Fixxer Upper garage door style
New Garage Door Styles

“FIXER UPPER” STYLE | GARAGE DOOR TRENDS

“Fixer Upper,” the HGTV phenomenon, has been sweeping the nation with Chip and Joanna Gaines’ inspired decor. Here’s how you can get their farmhouse-friendly style in your own home. The Fixer Upper Style This year Clopay is introducing a “Fixer Upper” garage door. What makes it amazing? It’s all in the gray stain color and Mahogany overlays. In […]

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WOOD GARAGE DOOR REPAIR

Wood garage doors have a grounding, warming effect on a house. So much of our modern design has so much metal incorporated, and people are continuously using wood to warm up the interior and exterior of their homes. That may be the reason you have a wood garage door, or it could be that back […]

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New Garage Door Styles

CAPE COD STYLE GARAGE DOOR

It’s summertime, and many of you may be taking a charming beach vacation. It’s natural for us to wish we had that beach feel all year round, but the good news is – we can. All it takes is some Cape Cod style. Obviously as a garage door company, we’ve got to tell you about our […]

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Garage Door Repairs

LUBRICANT TIPS FOR COLD GARAGE DOORS

Well, it’s cold again. We sometimes get cranky about the cold weather, and garage doors do too. That’s when we normally grab the lubricant and spray like mad.  Nobody wants to get home one day and find the garage door just won’t move. But here’s a lubricant tip some people forget: When it gets cold, […]

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FIX YOUR UNEVEN, JERKY GARAGE DOOR

There are a lot of things that feel a little uneven in your life, and your garage door shouldn’t be one of those things you’re still trying to balance at the end of the day. If there is a little gap at the bottom of your garage door on one side, or your garage door […]

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Garage Door Repairs

GARAGE DOOR STUCK AFTER A POWER OUTAGE?

When your garage door is stuck after a power outage, your whole day can suffer. Summer storms hit, your garage door opener gets caught in the crossfire, and before you know it, your car is being held hostage by your garage. While it stinks to have your garage door stuck open because of safety issues, […]

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Garage Door Repairs

REPAIR MALFUNCTIONING GARAGE DOOR SENSOR

With kids in and out for basketball practice, endless strands of Christmas lights and cords, and the dog running in and out of the garage, your garage door sensors can get knocked around pretty easily. The good news is that they’re also easy to put back in place. We found a great step-by-step way to […]

New Garage Door Styles

COLUMBUS SHAKER STYLE GARAGE DOORS

We only sell Clopay garage doors at Deluxe Door Systems, because we believe they’re the best out there. And when Clopay announces a brand new garage door that has their Intellicore® insulation with a new look, we geek out a bit. Because they never let us down in quality or look. Three layers of steel for energy […]