Your roller garage door comes to be the best place for functional storage and also a great place for the works that require heat or warm temperatures. In fact, this thing applies best especially when the temperature goes far below the freezing temperature.
I hope you’ve heard about a variety of things inside a garage getting damaged during the winter. Well, it is all because of an unbearably cold temperature that causes the aging of the garage door rapidly. If you also have a garage, I’m sure that you, too; have faced this sort of problem during the winters; right?
If so, I’m sure you’d love someone suggesting the ideas to protect your roller garage door from the bad effects of the chilling cold during the winters; right?
Keep going through this blog to its end. Here, I’ve collected and listed some of the best tips to help you protect your garage door during the winter. I’m sure that you’ll love them all because once you follow these ideas you’ll surely save your time, effort and money to a greater extent.
FIX OR REPLACE THE WEATHERSTRIPPING ON TIME
The weather-stripping of your roller garage door plays a vital role in maintaining a stable temperature inside your garage. Guess how?
Well, it does so by simply creating a seal between your garage door & its opening.
A very important point in this context that you must remember is that the material used in the weather-stripping of your garage can get wear & tear or sometimes, it can also become brittle over the passing time. This process lets the cold air enter your garage very easily.
When this sort of issue happens with your garage, simply remove the weather-stripping and all other remaining sealants. The next what you need to do is simply take a measurement and then install a new one. Having done this much is enough to create an effective seal against the chilling cold weather for an easy operation of the door.
INSTALL A UNIT HEATER IN YOUR GARAGE
This is a very good idea to maintain a warm temperature inside your garage even during the chilling winters. The unit heaters are a very good way to keep your garage warm. One of the most important things in this context is that you don’t need to allocate much space for the unit heater as it requires a very small space.
The next thing that you need to be careful in this context is that you need to decide well if you want a gas or an electric heater as both of them have their pros & cons. For example, the gas heaters are a bit more difficult than the electric heater in terms of their installation while the electric heaters are comparatively costlier than the gas heaters for their operation.
Besides these two types of heaters, if you want something else to maintain warmth inside your garage, you can better opt for a mini-split heat pump. One of the great advantages of choosing it over both of those unit heaters is that it is comparatively the most efficient and relatively the easiest one in terms of installation.
INSULATE THE WALLS OF YOUR GARAGE
The next step in terms of maintaining a stable warm temperature inside your garage is insulating its walls. There are two ways of insulating your garage. The first one is buying readymade insulation while the second one is installing insulation.
Here, the insulation that needs to be installed is not so popular these days as it requires you to hire an expert. Meanwhile, the one that doesn’t require installation is quite more popular. And I’m sure you, too; would want the one that doesn’t require installation; right?
Well, if so; make sure that you purchase the insulation with the right thickness that you want. Moreover, you mustn’t forget to read the instruction carefully before you start placing the insulation on the walls.
Hence, a very important point in this context that you must always remember is that you must make sure to fit snug but make sure that you don’t jam it into the wall.
FIX UP THE GARAGE DOOR
Along with the walls of your garage, you can also insulate the doors of your garage. There are a variety of options available for insulating the door of your garage. Can you guess some of them?
No?
Well, this includes foam boards, reflective barriers, and fiberglass insulation.
Whenever you find any issue with the insulation of your garage doors or still feel cold after doing so, the best option that you can choose is replacing your old door with a modern one that is insulated with the latest design and better materials.
Now that you’ve explored all the tips to protect your garage door in the winters, I’m sure you’re going to apply all the techniques listed in this blog to your garage; right? Still, if you feel difficult to follow all these tips, feel free to open up in the comments section. Else, if you want an expert’s help, Statewest Garage Doors is always ready to help you out. Simply give us a call or fill up our form Here. Very soon, one of our roller garage door Perth officials will be there to serve you.