Published May 23, 2020 By admin

The strong Summer heat of Los Angeles might be something that most Las Vgeas  natives are used to – however, there’s some aspects of the hot temperatures that’s of unique concern to the professional garage door repair team here at A1 Garage Doors & Gates. In this blog post, our expert garage and garage door opener repair technicians will detail some of the ways that Summer heat can affect garage door openers.

If your garage door isn’t closing properly, it may be due to issues in the safety eyes, technology that detects obstructions to the door’s opening and protects humans or animals from being hurt by having the garage close on them. Safety eyes are often placed around6 inches above the floor to detect any object interference, and if so, reverse the direction of the closing garage door automatically. This was made mainstream in 1993 when a law mandating these safety systems was passed.

• Misalignment of safety eyes
• Bright sunlight hitting the sensor eye and messing up the light protected for proper alignment
• Dirt, grime, or pollution covering the sensor eye or obstructing the light beam
• Wire shorts
• Physical objects blocking safety eyes

Safety eye issues can easily be fixed by professionals, like those here at Los Angeles Garage Door and Gate, who can efficiently realign safety eyes by carefully repositioning them to match each other.

Las Vegas’ summer sun can mess with your garage door by placing direct sunlight on the safety eye, thus interfering with its light beam. This problem is indicated if your garage door is opening but not closing unless the wall control is pressed. Make sure to periodically clean your garage safety eye with a damp cloth, and if it’s still experiencing issues, contact a professional garage door opener repair team.

Summer heat can further damage garage door openers and internal circuitry; so in order to keep your garage better protected from the heat, consider installing a ventilation system – or even install a ton of fans to help keep the heat inside your garage down. One solution is to purchase an insulated garage door that prevents heat transfer, keeping your garage cool in the Summer and preventing it from getting too chilly when the temperature drops. Insulated garage doors carry the additional benefit of noise reduction, making them an ideal choice for garages attached to Las Vegas homes!

 Published May 22, 2020 By admin

Here at A1 Grage Doors & Gates, garage technology is our bread and butter. Our expert technicians are skilled at the in’s and out’s of installing, repairing, and maintaining garage doors, garage door openers, and garage door accessories. While many people may not realize it, garage doors are actually quite history-spanning pieces of technology, with origins way back from the contemporary and high tech models that we professionally provide our customers. In this brief blog post, our expert garage door installation team will detail some of the storied history of garage door technology.

Garages were first invented when automobiles started becoming more widely utilized by families in the early 20th century. Families needed space to protect their new vehicles from the elements – and at the beginning, only the very rich owned cars which they stored in repurposed carriage houses, which were sometimes rented out. When cars became more affordable, there was more need for mass parking spaces, and the carriage houses became obsolete for holding all the new vehicles – not to mention the fact that they smelled from the domestic creatures and livestock that were often housed within them! This led to the beginning of the garage door industry.

The beginning of home garages was modeled off carriage houses, with barn-like doors that would quickly wear out due to continued use. Soon, more durable garage doors were invented in order to keep garages secure – and garage doors were made more compact to save space. C.G. Johnson invented the first overhead garage door in 1921, a door that folded upwards like the contemporary overhead doors we know so well. These doors were initially manually lifted and were very heavy – which is why Johnson created the electrical garage door opener in 1926. This was the start of his Overhead Garage Door Corporation, and his traveling across the country to promote his handy inventions – and his subsequent tendering of distributors across the nation, which in turn fostered competing companies like Wayne Door (the ancestor of the modern Wayne Dalton Garage Doors company) and Cornell Iron Works. Then, as time went on, these companies continued improving their own products utilizing modern technology and making doors more durable, strong, seamless, compact, and long-lasting; leading to the fantastically affordable and reliable garage doors that we at A1 Garage Doors and Gates we provide to our valued community every day!