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- What are the standard sizes available for your residential garage doors?
- What are the benefits of an Insulated Garage Door?
- What maintenance is suggested for my garage or Overhead Door?
- Can I paint my garage door?
- Can I install my own garage door?
- Can I replace a section of my door or do I need to replace the whole door?
- Do you have any green or environmentally friendly products?
- Which of your products are the most energy efficient?
- What is R-Value and how does it benefit me?
- How much does a garage door system cost?
- What maintenance does my garage door require?
- I have a low ceiling in my garage. Will a garage door and opener work in my space?
- How can I get a new remote control for my opener?
- Is my garage door opener safe?
- Can my non-insulated door be insulated?
- What are the safety features of overhead doors and openers?
- Can I program my car transmitter to the overhead door opener?
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What are the standard sizes available for your residential garage doors?
In general, standard sizes for door widths are 8’, 9’ 10’, 12’, 15’, 16’, 18’ and 20’. Some door series may have exceptions to this rule. Check with us about the availability of specific sizes or custom width doors which we can order for you.
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What are the benefits of an Insulated Garage Door?
A garage door opening represents a large opening in your home’s thermal barrier. Insulated doors help reduce the impact of outside air temperatures, thus reducing the amount of energy required to cool or heat your home. Insulated doors also reduce noise from the exterior of your home.
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What maintenance is suggested for my garage or Overhead Door?
While we suggest a certified professional undertake any major repairs, there are some steps you can take to maintain your door. They are:
- Periodically lubricate your garage or overhead door track, hinges and springs. Call us to determine the best methods for lubricating your specific door.
- Clean the frame’s weather stripping with vinyl cleaner and lubricate it from time to time with an appropriate product to keep the stripping pliable.
- Inspect the springs, cables and rollers every six months and call us to replace any that are worn or broken, or call us and have us replace them.
- If you have a painted door, periodically paint the exterior to help protect it from the elements.
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Can I paint my garage door?
All Overhead Door steel garage doors can be painted with the color of your choice by using latex paint.
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Can I install my own garage door?
A “do-it-yourselfer” can install a garage door, if he has skills and tools to do so — and, most important, if he has carefully and thoroughly read the installation instructions before beginning the job. However, many do-it-yourselfers attempt the job without fully understanding the complexities and safety issues involved. Given the high tension that door springs operate under, this can generate significant risk. We recommend that you save considerable time and prevent injury risk by letting one of our qualified installers do the job for you – safely, quickly and affordably.
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Can I replace a section of my door or do I need to replace the whole door?
Depending upon the damage involved to the garage door system, it is possible in many cases to replace a section of your garage door. We can evaluate your situation and give you a recommendation on the best course of action.
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Do you have any green or environmentally friendly products?
Overhead Doors are made out of a combination of recycled and new steel. On average, our steel products have the following makeup:
- 40.8% post consumer recycled material
- 19.95% post industrial recycled material
- 60.75% total recycled material
The glass used in our doors is produced from approximately 20 – 25% recycled materials. Though the rigid polyurethane foam insulation in our door contains no recycled materials, it does NOT contain any CFC’s or HCFC’s- ozone depleting agents or any VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds).
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Which of your products are the most energy efficient?
Our Thermacore doors are available in various levels of R-Value, as they are insulated and manufactured to prevent heat loss by filling the doors with environmentally safe polyurethane which save energy and heat loss.
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What is R-Value and how does it benefit me?
R-value is a standardized measurement of thermal efficiency. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulating properties. Overhead Door manufactures insulated doors with a broad range of R-values designed to meet your needs. Our Thermacore® doors offer our highest R-values – up to 17.5, the highest in the industry.
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How much does a garage door system cost?
The price of your new garage door is influenced by a wide range of factors. Please contact us for an accurate price for the specific product you are considering. You may be surprised at how affordable they can be.
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What maintenance does my garage door require?
We recommend you have your garage door inspected and serviced annually. We can give you the most thorough evaluation and perform routine maintenance as needed.
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I have a low ceiling in my garage. Will a garage door and opener work in my space?
Yes. A residential door requires a minimum of 4 1/2” of headroom space. Your system will need a low headroom extension track or a low headroom torsion rear track. For a garage door opener you will need slightly more headroom, about 6 1/2” minimum.
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How can I get a new remote control for my opener?
Overhead Door Co. can provide you with a broad range of opener accessories from remote controls to wireless keypads. You will first need to determine if your opener is a newer model with CodeDodger® or an older model that does not have CodeDodger®. However, if your opener was manufactured before 1980, you have an analog type opener that we no longer carry remotes for and your system will need to be upgraded with a new receiver kit. These kits are available through your distributor. Please call our offices (780-451-0060 or 604-420-4411) to get a new remote.
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Is my garage door opener safe?
Since 1994, automatic garage door openers are required to have infrared beams on either side of the door, six inches off the ground. Make sure that the lenses on each are clean and unobstructed. Test them by beginning to close the garage door and placing an object in their path. The door should pause, and some models will open up fully again.
If your garage door lacks this safety feature, replace the opener with a new, safer one that’s properly adjusted and complies with government standards.
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Can my non-insulated door be insulated?
Yes, Overhead Door Co. has insulation kits available for installation.
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What are the safety features of overhead doors and openers?
The Self-Diagnostic Safe-T-Beam® System alerts homeowners of improper installation or malfunctions with its new self-diagnostic feature. With this system, a closing door will be reversed automatically when objects pass through its infrared beam.
Plus, by using its red and green LED indicators, our new system will send a self-diagnostic code to help you quickly identify problems and solutions.
Six-part Safety Package includes:
- Safe-T-Beam auto reversing system incorporating infrared beam and LED diagnostic lights
- Contact reverse feature stops and reverses door within two seconds of contact
- Timed reverse stops and reverses door if it fails to close in 30 seconds
- Adjustable electronic force sensitivity control
- Relay switch monitoring stops and reverses door if a control relay switch malfunctions
- STB monitoring system stops and reverses door if Safe-T-Beam system malfunctions
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Can I program my car transmitter to the overhead door opener?
Both systems incorporate the Genie® Intellicode Access Security code into each product. With Intellicode®, both systems gain the security of a 4.3 billion combination rolling code and integration with Genie® operators.
HomeLink® is a factory installed transmitter option found in a growing number of automobiles. The HomeLink® transmitter is usually found on an automobile visor and is ready to open and close any Genie® garage door opener with Intellicode. There is no need to purchase additional transmitters.
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