Living in Arizona, you may not think it’s that important how insulated your garage is. But, in truth, an insulated door is going to reduce the cold AND heat transfer into your garage. The less hot air in your garage means less hot air gets into your home, which means less money you will spend on cooling your home. It also means the cool air from your home that transfers into your garage will not escape as easily.

When checking on the insulation value of your garage, you will come across the “R-Value” measurement. But what exactly is the R-Value measurement? Well, the R-Value is the measure of thermal resistance to heat flow and it’s used throughout the construction industry. Most manufacturers will show the R-Value on their product as an energy efficiency value. It basically a calculation derived from the thickness of insulation and it’s chemical properties.

Essentially, the higher the R-Value rating, the higher amount of heat flow reduction. It’s important to note that an R-16 rating is not twice as efficient as a R-8 rating, it’s simply more efficient.

To understand more about R-Value rating and new garage doors, we encourage to contact the experts at Parker Garage Doors.

As technology marches on, new advanced home automation systems have appeared on the market that can control things in your home such as lights, security systems,  thermostats, sprinklers, and even garage doors from your smart phone or tablet. These new applications not only provide convenience, they also provide security as well.

How many times have you driven away from your home and wondered if you remembered to shut the garage door? Well many of these new applications, such as the Liftmaster MyQ Internet Gateway system, will tell you if your door is open or closed, and allow you to close it remotely. Likewise you can open the door remotely to allow packages to be delivered or perhaps give your neighbor access to feed your pets while you are away on vacation.

Many garages are broken into when thieves break into a car parked outside a home and use the garage door opener in the car to gain access to the home. New apps, however, will eliminate the need for keeping a garage door opener in your car thus keeping your home safer. These apps also change their security code each time they open the door making them virtually impossible to hack.

While some of the new apps only work with one brand of opener, there are others that work with a variety of brands by adding easy to install hardware that pairs with you system giving you control of your garage from wherever you happen to be. Garagemate, Tap It Open,and MyDoorOpener are just a few of the applications available currently. Most models also work with automatic gates as well.

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With the cold weather coming on, one of the most common problems with your garage door is your garage door opener. What usually happens is that your garage door will go up without any problems, but when you push the button again, it will only go down a few inches and then go right back up, maybe you try this for several time and finally goes down to the floor.

The problem is usually the sensitivity that needs to be turn up more, but remember its not that simple, if you turned it up to far, it can possible crush whatever is under the door. Another common problem is associated with the screw drive openers, if the grease that is in the rail gets stuff in the cold weather, you might have to spray lubricant on the screw.

We recommend you trying not to do any of this by yourself since some of this can be dangerous, you should let the experts do it, to avoid getting hurt, or even doing more damage to your garage door. at Parker Garage Doors we can help you give us a call and visit our website https://parkerdoorsaz.com/