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What Replacing a Garage Door Actually Involves

What Replacing a Garage Door Actually Involves

See what drives garage door replacement decisions in San Francisco, from the city's 1960s housing stock to its mild year-round climate and typical costs.

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Detached or Attached: The Door Isn't the Same Job

Detached or Attached: The Door Isn't the Same Job

How San Francisco's 1938-1988 housing stock and mild climate change what a detached garage door needs versus one built into the house - from San Francisco Garage Door Pros.

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Garage Doors on San Francisco's Older Housing Stock

Garage Doors on San Francisco's Older Housing Stock

Most San Francisco garage doors sit on houses built 1938-1988, before insulation codes existed. Here's what that means for the door, the springs, and the job cost.

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What Your Garage Door Is Trying to Tell You

What Your Garage Door Is Trying to Tell You

San Francisco homes built between 1938 and 1988 run doors on original hardware. Here's what grinding and popping in the track actually mean before you call.

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When the Power Goes Out on Your San Francisco Garage Door Opener

When the Power Goes Out on Your San Francisco Garage Door Opener

San Francisco's 1938-1988 housing stock still runs original chain-drive openers. Here's what a power cut actually does to a door that old, and what fixing it costs.

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Safety Sensors and Why They Drift

Safety Sensors and Why They Drift

Why garage door safety sensors drift out of alignment in San Francisco's older housing stock and mild climate, and what it actually costs to fix.

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Why Your Garage Door Lets the Fog In

Why Your Garage Door Lets the Fog In

San Francisco's damp, mild climate rots door seals slowly instead of cracking them fast. Here's what that means for the mostly 1960s-70s housing stock in this service area.

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What Actually Happens During a Service Call

What Actually Happens During a Service Call

A look at what our techs actually check, replace, and skip on a San Francisco service call, tied to the age of the housing stock and the mild Bay climate.

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What We Check First on a San Francisco Garage Door

What We Check First on a San Francisco Garage Door

San Francisco garages mostly date to 1962. Here's what a technician checks first on that hardware, and why the mild climate changes what actually fails.

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When It Makes Sense to Fix an Old San Francisco Garage Door

When It Makes Sense to Fix an Old San Francisco Garage Door

San Francisco Garage Door Pros on repairing vs. replacing a garage door built when this city's housing went up, with real numbers on age, income, and climate.

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What Wind Does to a Wide Door

What Wind Does to a Wide Door

Why wide, two-car garage doors built into 1960s San Francisco tract homes flex and fail under bay wind, what it costs to fix, and when replacement beats another repair.

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When a Spring Breaks

When a Spring Breaks

Most San Francisco garage doors run on springs installed when the house was built between 1938 and 1988. Here's why our mild winters still take them out.

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Why a Door Goes Off Track Around San Francisco

Why a Door Goes Off Track Around San Francisco

San Francisco's older housing stock and mild climate mean track problems here come from worn hardware, not weather. Here's what actually knocks a door off track.

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