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Martinez, CA 94553
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Design Idea: Match Your Front Door with Your Garage Doors

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Boost the visual interest and curb appeal of even the most ordinary home with matching entry and garage doors. These fixtures represent a large portion of your home’s exterior and are often the first design feature people notice, making this technique one of the easiest and most effective ways to make your house stand out. Create a stylish new look with these design ideas for matching your front door with your garage doors.

Match the Material or Color of Your Entryway and Garage Doors

Matching your entryway and garage door is like matching your purse or belt to your shoes. Choosing similar materials such as custom stained wood doors or ensuring a precise color match with custom painted garage doors pulls the design together. There are many ways to achieve a unique look:

  • Choose a contrasting color that pops
  • Pick a bold or neutral color that complements your home
  • Match entry and garage doors to your home’s shutters

When selecting your preferred material and color, consider how your options will look in the day’s varied light. Also, keep architecture in mind: Bright colors might work on a beach house, but they will look out of place on a Tudor-style home.

Choose the Same Door Style

Choosing a style that will work for both doors will give your home an inviting, unified appearance. Popular custom garage door styles include:

  • Traditional garage doors
    Match your front door and garage door to your home’s Spanish, Colonial, Tudor, Mediterranean, or French Country architectural style.
  • Carriage house style garage doors
    This popular and time-tested garage door style works well on many homes, from period-specific to contemporary. Though they look like traditional carriage garage doors, they offer modern roll-up operation.
  • Contemporary doors
    The clean lines of glass-paneled contemporary garage doors are ideally suited to today’s modern home designs.
  • Popular raised panel doors
    Raised or flat panel doors are a common and popular door style available in many materials.

Match Windows and Accessories on Entryway and Garage Doors

Add unique details with matching hardware and windows. Specialized features like antique brass hardware, curved window panels, frosted glass, and decorative inserts are the perfect finishing touch to any custom garage door installation.

Make an impression with these design ideas, matching your front door with your garage door. Create a custom garage door for your Lafayette, Blackhawk, Alamo, or Alameda home that meets your exacting requirements. Contact Madden Door & Sons at 925-208-4907 today.

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Could Your Garage Door Need Structural Reinforcement?

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Does Your Door Need Reinforcement Struts?

Structural reinforcement is essential to ensuring your garage door system is safe. U-shaped struts, when added to your door via hinges or clips, stiffen your garage door, safeguarding it against bending and breaking, preventing binding when the door is in motion, and ensuring the long-term structural integrity of your door. However, every garage door installation is unique, and garage door reinforcements are not necessary in all situations. Does your garage door need structural reinforcement?

Your Garage Door Needs Structural Reinforcement in Specific Circumstances

  • Structural reinforcements support your door when it’s in the open position.
    Single doors for residential use typically don’t require struts unless they’re motor-driven. However, because larger, heavier doors over 10 feet wide and doors made of steel without added polystyrene or polyurethane insulation could bow without the proper structural reinforcements, our garage door installation professionals add struts to these larger, heavier systems for stability.
  • Doors in areas prone to high winds and hurricanes benefit from door reinforcement.
    Our experienced team understands that garage doors are the largest opening into your home and are most vulnerable to the high winds of intense storms, so we reinforce them to meet the challenges of area weather extremes.

Custom Design and Expert Installation Ensures Stability

Custom door design and expert installation by Madden Door professionals ensure a door that is safe, stable, and built to last. Our custom designed doors allow you to personally choose high-quality, sturdy materials that offer added structural stability for withstanding extreme weather, safeguarding your home and extending the lifespan of your garage door investment. We manufacture custom designs to any size or shape to offer solutions for challenging spaces, helping you maximize storage space and functionality of even the smallest garage.

Learn more about Madden Door & Sons customized garage door options.

Could your garage door need structural reinforcement? Ensure the door on your Livermore, Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, Vallejo, Richmond, Moraga, Lafayette, or Berkeley home is safe. Contact the experienced professionals at Madden Door & Sons at 925-208-4907 today.  

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Avoid DIY Garage Door Installation

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Considering DIY Garage Door Installation? Read this First!

It can be tempting to consider DIY garage door installation to save a buck. However, your sweat equity can quickly turn into injuries and repair costs. What makes do-it-yourself garage door installation so tough?

The Pitfalls of DIY Garage Door Installation

At best, installing a garage door without the help of a pro could result in costly repairs; at worst, you could sustain severe injury. What leads to these situations?

  • Inadequate knowledge of garage door components and functionality.
    Garage door service professionals frequently get called to bail homeowners out of DIY door installation snafus. These issues often occur due to a lack of knowledge about door parts and their functions. Choosing the wrong track system, low-quality lumber, or even a simple misplaced hinge can cause your entire garage door to malfunction, resulting in additional repair expenses and potentially dangerous situations. Remember, contemporary garage doors with windows weigh 100 lbs. at a minimum, with larger models topping 300 lbs. and more. In motion and malfunctioning, they can cause serious injury.
  • Lack of tools and equipment.
    Garage door kits commonly lack installation hardware. In this situation, many homeowners fail to understand the exact equipment they need to accomplish a safe installation or where to purchase it. They also seldom have the tools to achieve a secure install, such as a counterbalance spring system, an essential device for lifting heavy garage doors. Worse, they are ignorant of the dangers of door springs, which can quickly unwind and launch, potentially causing severe injury. (Click here to learn more about door spring dangers.) Having your garage door installed by a pro will circumvent these issues and preserve your warranty, which may be void with homeowner installation.

Avoid DIY garage door installation drama in your Livermore, Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, Vallejo, Richmond, Moraga, Lafayette, or Berkeley home. Contact Madden Door & Sons at 925-208-4907 and ensure the safe, secure installation of your new garage door today.

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How to Ensure a Quiet Garage Door

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Nix Garage Door Noise With these Tips from Madden Door

Is your noisy garage door interrupting your life? Needing to yell to be heard over the sound of your garage door or being woken up at inopportune times due to garage door volume can be frustrating. Luckily, there are a few ways you can reduce garage door noise with the help of the experts at Madden Door & Sons. 

5 Ways to Dampen Garage Door Noise

Door construction, component selection, and worn or broken parts all play a role in the amount of noise your garage door makes. What can you do about it?

  1. Design your door with the right components.
    Each of your door decisions affects decibel levels. To construct the quietest door possible, when changing or installing a new garage door opt for a rubber belt drive reinforced with steel rather than a noisy, chain-driven door, and an insulated sandwich-style door over a non-insulated door.
  2. Replace rollers.
    Worn rollers are usually the main culprit for door noise when they slide as opposed to rolling, which they were designed to do. Quieter black nylon rollers without ball bearings or white steel rollers encased in rigid nylon with 11 ball bearings can reduce noise.
  3. Add a vibration isolator.
    To prevent noise from being transferred through the structure of your garage, avoid attaching door tracks to roof trusses, muffling door sounds with an added vibration isolator between the door opener housing and metal hanger brackets on the ceiling. 
  4. Address loose or worn parts.
    Examine your garage door closely, checking for loose, worn, and broken parts, tightening and replacing components as needed.
  5. Grease the wheels.
    Lubricate wheels and other components, addressing metal parts like hinges and the spring system with a petroleum-based lubricant, and perimeter weather-stripping with a silicone-based lubricant to prevent sticking.

Time to tone it down? Ensure a quiet garage door in your El Cerrito, Fairfield, Lafayette, Oakland, Berkeley, Vallejo, Hercules, Walnut Creek, or Pleasanton home. Call Madden Door & Sons at 925-208-4907 and request a service appointment today.

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