Why Replace Your Garage Door?

Your garage door especially if it faces the street is one of the first items that people see when they come to visit or even drive by your home.

A fresh looking garage door creates “curb appeal” for any home, and whether you are contemplating selling or just want your house to stand-out on the block, a new garage door will increase the value of your property.
Garage doors make a statement about the overall aesthetics and maintenance of your home. Garage doors are available in a host of different colors and styles that can accentuate any property.

Modern garage doors are now insulated, and for those homes where one or more garage walls is a common house wall, and/or there is a room above the garage and/or the garage is used as a workshop, an insulated garage door will save you energy in both heating and cooling your home. As well, an insulated garage door, with an added thermo-barrier and weather stripping will protect household items that are stored in the garage from large swings in temperature.

Heavier layers of insulation are now available that will allow you to use the garage as an extra room.

The latest metal garage doors are very low maintenance with backed on finishes that only require washing to bring them back to a new appearance. You will never be faced with painting your garage door again.

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How does smart meter technology work?

Q: My utility is changing my electrical meter to a smart meter. Does this really have any benefit for me?

A: Smart meter or smart grid technology allows the utility to offer its customers a lower killowatt rate if they use electricity at times when the demands for electricity are lower.

If you utilize the benefits that smart meter technologies can provide, you can save hundreds of dollars on your electrical costs each year.

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Hanging Wallpaper in Corners

Q: I am planning on wallpapering the master bedroom in my home. I have applied wallpaper in the past, and have had numerous problems aligning the wallpaper in the corners of the room. In some cases, after the wallpaper has dried, the corner seam separates and you can see the painted wall behind it. I have also had problems with creases appearing in the wallpaper just as it goes around the corner of the wall. What is the best method to hang wallpaper on the inside corners of a room?

A: Hanging wallpaper on inside or outside corners is one of the most complex parts of hanging wallpaper.

If walls were plumb and flat, there wouldn’t be a problem, but as most walls in a home use drywall, with mudd and tape to complete the project, the walls are not actually flat and this is highlighted in the corners. Hence when you try to wrap the wallpaper around the corners, the distance that the wallpaper has to travel at the top of the corner is less than it must travel at the middle or bottom of the wall. This causes the wallpaper to crease or wrinkle as it comes around the corner.

The overlap method hides any creases or wrinkles and prevents the wall from appearing when the wallpaper dries and shrinks.

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