Archive for April, 2012
One Clear Choice Garage Doors will be participating at the Highlands Ranch Community Association (HRCA) Home Expo this weekend, April 28-29, 2012. With over 10,000 expected visitors and dozens of businesses/suppliers, this Expo is the place to be this Saturday and Sunday.
One Clear Choice will be doing a giveaway as well as offering specials available exclusively to Expo visitors. Make sure you stop by our booth and say hi!
One Clear Choice is proud to be a HRCA Community Partner.
From the HRCA website:
HRCA Home Expo
Saturday-Sunday, April 28-29, 2012
9 am-5 pm
Recreation Center at Eastridge (click for map)
Fresh ideas for your home from Decor and You. Looking for some home improvement ideas? Investigating window, paint, or basement finishing? Seeking decorating ideas? Landscaping in need of improvement? Head over to the Home Improvement Expo to explore the options available to you right here in Highlands Ranch as various suppliers showcase their services and products. “Do-it-yourself” seminars help you with your home improvement projects. Come Saturday and Sunday, April 28-April 29, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
This video presents a detailed view of the operation of the Breezy Living Garage Screen Door which contains a retractable roll-up passage door.
The passage door allows the homeowner to enter and exit her garage without having to put the entire screen door up like she would have to do for roll-up electric retractable screens.
Breezy works with your existing garage door. Breezy is spring loaded for easy operation, and Breezy works on practically every garage door. Above all, there’s nothing like the Breezy.
Notice how easy it is to operate the screen door and how it stores away out of sight when its not in use. Also, because it stores and operates entirely on the interior of the garage cavity and opening the Breezy Living Garage Screen Door is approved for installation in most communities where the HOA may have banned aluminum sliders and electric retractables which are unsightly and require tracks and frames to be attached to the outside frame of the garage opening.
The Breezy Living Garage Screen Door is also a green product because it uses no electricity or power and 90% of the materials used in its manufacture are recyclable.
Call One Clear Choice for pricing at 303-565-6409.
Even though there are only six days left in April – National Garage Organization Month – it’s not too late to transform your garage into a clean, organized space where you can actually park your car.
Is this what your garage looks like?
More designs, more colors, more energy efficient
OUR MOST POPULAR CARRIAGE HOUSE DOOR GETS A MAKEOVER
ENJOY THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: the beauty and historic charm of a painted carriage house door combined with the low-maintenance, durability and energy efficiency of insulated steel.
NEW DESIGNS to complement the look of your home.
We’ve added four new panel designs, giving you a total of 15 different looks to choose from.
Not all garage door companies are created equal. With so many choices, how do you know which company is going to offer you the best quality for the best price?
One Clear Choice Garage Doors, headquartered in Denver, CO, and with satellite locations all over the Denver Metro area – from Arvada to Thornton – have proven time and time again that we are the best choice for all of your garage door needs.
From routine maintenance to installation of a new garage door or garage door opener, One Clear Choice is the best in the business. That’s why we call ourselves “One Clear Choice.”
How can we make this claim?
- We are a gold star award winner with the BBB and have an A rating.
- We are Denver’s only authorized Clopay dealer. Clopay is the industry standard in garage doors, backed by the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.
- We have hundreds (and growing!) of positive customer reviews.
- We are actively involved in our neighborhoods and community.
- Our prices are listed clearly on our website. No hidden fees! No trip fee!
- Check out our Before & After photos for a small sample of our workmanship.
- Our technicians are rigorously trained employees, not contractors. They are professional and courteous.
Call us at 303-565-6409 – we would love to speak with you and find out how we can help you with your garage door needs!
You can also join our community on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/oneclearchoicecares.
Chris Chapman from One Clear Choice Garage Doors appears on Colorado’s Best TV show to discuss the innovative Door Imagination System and how it helped transform a historic firehouse in downtown Denver.
Although One Clear Choice guarantees the best quality, value, and price on the install, repair, and replacement on doors of all brands, we choose Clopay, the only garage door manufacturer with the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.
Whether you live in the middle of the country, in a higher elevation or along the coast, chances are your garage door could be exposed to damage from high winds. This could leave your home or business subject to a greater amount of damage in a wind storm.
Garage doors are susceptible to wind damage, and double-wide doors more vulnerable than single doors. The wind may cause the door to buckle, force it out of the roller track, or the track could be vulnerable to the pressure, especially if it is light weight or the fasteners don’t penetrate the wall deep enough. Wind coming into your home or business through an opening this large poses grave problems for the rest of the structure, especially your roof.
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) offers the following guidelines to help determine if your garage door is at a higher risk of wind damage:
Look for a sticker indicating wind pressure rating suitable for your location.
If there is no sticker, consider three options:
- Install after-market vertical braces that are code approved and available at a local home improvement store.
- Check with the door manufacturer for a kit to strengthen the door and its track so that it has the properties found in new wind-rated doors appropriate for your location.
- Follow the IBHS guidance to perform the retrofits yourself.
- Replace the door with one that is pressure or pressure and impact-rated; see local code requirements.
Read more about how to determine if your garage door is at risk.
Source: http://www.disastersafety.org/blog/post?blogPostId=1073
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One Clear Choice can retrofit your garage door for high winds. Call us at 303-565-6409 or visit our website at oneclearchoicedoors.com to learn more.
The Life Protector™ by Mangeney Controls detects and responds to the presence of CO by ventilating the affected area without human interaction. When the Life Protector™ system detects dangerous levels of carbon monoxide gas it responds by opening the garage door to quickly ventilate the area. It simply goes into action when you cannot, quite possibly saving you or your loved ones’ lives.
For installation information call 303-565-6409. Visit our Products page for details on pricing.
This garage door needs an operator reinforcing bracket, strut, rollers, and the opener sensitivity was probably not adjusted properly…
Yikes!
Enjoy the look of wood without the upkeep.
Discover CLOPAY® ULTRA-GRAIN®, a durable, natural-looking, stained woodgrain paint finish designed specifically for steel and aluminum garage doors.
BENEFITS
Ultra-Grain® eliminates the ongoing maintenance and staining requirements of a real wood door. It won’t rot, warp, crack or shrink.
Ultra-Grain® paint system carries a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
Ultra-Grain® is available on two of Clopay’s most energy-efficient insulated steel garage door models in a variety of styles and colors to fit your home style and your budget.
Ultra-Grain® colors complement Clopay’s ENERGY STAR® qualified entry doors as well as other exterior stained wood products including shutters, columns and railings.
Built-in WindCode® reinforcement is offered on qualifying doors installed in hurricane-prone regions.
3-LAYER CONSTRUCTION
With R-values up to 18.4, these doors are built to provide year-round comfort, long-lasting beauty and durability and quiet operation.
DIRECTIONAL GRAIN
Ultra-Grain® runs in two directions, both horizontally and vertically, following the stiles and rails.
COLOR MATCHED WINDOW FRAMES
Color matched window frames, grilles, and decorative inserts are available.
ULTRA-GRAIN® PRODUCTS
PREMIUM SERIES
Classic raised panel designs that never go out of style.
GALLERY® COLLECTION
Vintage style steel doors with updated appeal.
For a more contemporary look, Ultra-Grain® can also be applied to Clopay’s sleek aluminum and
glass Avante™ Collection.*
*Construction on the Avante™ Collection differs from the Premium Series and Gallery®
Collection steel doors.
Clopay is the only garage door manufacturer that has earned the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. ONE CLEAR CHOICE is the ONLY authorized Clopay dealer in Denver. Call us at 303-565-6409 or visit our website at oneclearchoicedoors.com to learn more about the Clopay Ultra-Grain products or any other one of your garage door needs.
Tips for homeowners for their garage doors in the sunny, windy, and cold climate of Colorado
By Chris Chapman, One Clear Choice Garage Doors Owner
Here are three garage door problems that are unusual for some areas, but common to the sunny, windy, and cold climate of Colorado, and what to do about them:
1. SUN – Safety eyes can malfunction
In Colorado we have a lot of sun, and not many tall trees to provide shade. This can cause a problem with garage door safety eyes.
Safety eyes are optical safety sensors that tell the garage door when something is blocking it to prevent it from closing on top of something or someone.
If there is too much sun or light interference near your garage door safety eyes, this can prove to be a difficult problem to diagnose because it only happens at certain times of the year at certain times of the day. However, there are some solutions – theoretical as well as proven.
One possible solution is to reverse the safety eyes. Move the transmitting safety eye to the receiving eye position and the receiving eye to the transmitting eye’s old position.
The other solution is to put a safety eye guard around the safety eyes. This provides shade. The guards are sold as a solution to this problem, and the manufacturer claims that it will improve this type of interference, but does not claim that it eliminates the interference from the sun and is therefore not a warrantable fix.
If you suspect an issue with your garage door safety eyes, call One Clear Choice at 303-565-6409 and we will come diagnose the problem.
2. WIND – Uninsulated doors can be blown in
In the windy areas of Colorado, high winds can blow in garage doors. This can be prevented by reinforcing the sections. Uninsulated garage doors should not be installed where high winds are present.
Read more in our post on how to increase the lifetime of your garage door in Castle Rock, where strong winds are a common occurrence.
3. COLD – Garage doors can freeze to the ground
On cold and snowy days, when moisture gets trapped under the garage door, the weather seal may temporarily freeze the door to the ground.
It may seem like your entire garage door is broken when this happens, especially if the opener is working properly. However, adjusting the sensitivity settings should prevent this problem from occurring.
If you need help with any of the above garage door issues, call One Clear Choice at 303-565-6409 and we will be glad to assess the problem!
By far, the most common threat to your home is burglary. According to FBI statistics, a house, apartment or condo is burglarized once every 15 seconds and most burglars enter via the front, back or garage door. SecureShield prevents overhead garage door break-ins.
This patent pending design mounts around the emergency release lever and protects it from outside access. It is easy to install and works with most garage doors. Intruders will no longer have the ability to enter your home, giving you peace-of-mind while keeping your family at home safe.
SecureShield is available now through One Clear Choice. Visit our Products page for pricing information (SecureShield is at the very bottom).
Call 303-565-6409 with any questions!
Congratulations to Karen, one of our Facebook friends! She is the lucky winner of our Facebook drawing for the free Liftmaster 8550 garage door opener!!
We are so grateful to all our 200 fans (and growing!) and will hold another drawing after we hit 250 likes. Thanks for all your support and we look forward to serving all of your garage door needs.
