5 Ways to Prepare Your Garage for Fall

Your garage door is the largest entry point to your home and stores some of your most valued possessions. Never miss the opportunity to keep your home safe and secure while ensuring your valuables are clean and taken care of. Modern Day Garage offers 10-point seasonal garage door inspections to ensure your garage door is in the best condition going into the cooler months. Proper fall garage door maintenance protects your home before colder weather arrives. See below for a few tips and tricks that you can follow to make sure your door system is ready for autumn.

1. Declutter & Reorganize

Clutter is one of the easiest ways to lose sight of the functionality of your garage, which is especially important as you enter the cooler months. Many people do not realize that dust and debris can throw off the photo-eye sensor on their garage door and hinder the functionality of the door. Walk through the garage and double-check that there is nothing blocking the sensors, and declutter the space to ensure nothing can harm the functionality of the door. As the season progresses, more items are stored inside, sometimes obstructing the track and blocking the rollers from moving. Remove any unwanted items and organize any hanging items, if necessary, as loose hanging items create a higher risk of entanglement or obstruction of the door. 

2. Check Seals & Weather Stripping

Garage door weatherstripping helps to keep unwanted drafts and pests out of the garage. As time progresses and the door goes through more wear and tear, the rubber on weather stripping tends to wear down because of the force put on the seal. We recommend checking seals quarterly for cracks, peeling, or gapping, and for any unwanted items from the garage. When a garage door seal or weather stripping is not sitting properly, this opens up the possibility for pests, leaves, and more to enter your garage space. As debris and miscellaneous items collect, this can affect the functionality of the door and potentially block the photo-eye sensor. If you do not know what to check for, or notice cracking and need your seals replaced, contact Modern Day Garage for service. 

3. Winterize Summer Tools & Equipment

Summer tools easily become caked up with dirt, mud, grass, and more, creating a foul smell throughout the garage if not properly cleaned. As the season progresses, this can become worse, and there is no better time than now to properly clean and winterize all summer tools, preparing them for fall. We recommend draining any old, sludgy oil and refreshing the equipment with new oil, along with servicing other parts such as the spark plugs, cylinder, or cords, and replacing any filters. Clean equipment and tools allow for a clean garage going into the cooler weather months. 

4. Inspect Your Garage Door Rollers & Cables

Your garage door rollers and cables are essential for the functionality of your garage door, and any damage to these components can become dangerous if not fixed.Routine garage door maintenance is critical going into fall. Modern Day Garage recommends inspecting all garage door rollers and cables for cracks, chips, fraying, rust, loose tension, or wobbling. If you notice any of the above, contact Modern Day Garage to replace any necessary parts, as they are essential for operating your garage door. 

5. Sweep & Wash Garage Floor

Your garage floor is a drop zone for oil, coolant, gas spills from your garage door, kids’ muddy cleats, chemical spills, and more. Before the freezing temperatures set in, sweep out and wash your garage floor, giving you the peace of mind that caked-up products are gone and your main entryway is clean. As the season continues, salt will build up and add another layer on top of all the summer chemicals that happened to spill. Save yourself time in the spring by prepping your garage space now. 

Upgrade Protection with Storm & Entry Doors

While prepping your garage door for fall, don’t overlook your home’s external entryways. Adding an energy-efficient storm door or updated entry door provides a vital extra layer of insulation against autumn drafts and wet weather.

A quality storm door protects your main exterior door from the elements, enhances security, and improves overall energy efficiency. Combining routine fall garage door maintenance with durable storm and entry doors keeps your entire home protected through every seasonal transition.

Modern Day Garage and our family of regional brands offer expert door installation, inspections, and repair services across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Shop storm and entry doors at one of our local branch locations near you:

• Michigan: Connect with our regional experts at Suburban Door.
• Ohio: Schedule local service with Action Door or Genie of Fairview.
• Pennsylvania: Get complete residential garage and entry door solutions at Installation Services Inc.

Fall Garage Door Prep with Modern Day Garage

Take the necessary steps to prep your garage for fall, and if you suspect any issues with your garage door rollers, cables, tracks, photo-eyes, and more, contact Modern Day Garage. We offer low-cost seasonal garage door inspections to keep your garage and home safe. Contact us today for reliable garage door services!

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