A Des Moines Garage Door Blog

If you’re looking for a fun way to dress up your commercial property, consider investing in an ever-glamorous garage door! You may be wondering how it’s possible to incorporate a garage door in your business…or how a garage door can be glamorous, period. We’ve compiled seven awesome commercial garage door applications for you—just in time for summer!

Your industrial garage door is a helpful asset to the inner workings of your business. Commercial doors provide increased usability, security, and functionality. Unfortunately, a commercial door can also pose a safety risk to you and your employees. Be sure to follow these safety tips so you can enjoy the many benefits your industrial doors have to offer.

Your agricultural buildings hold important goods: your livestock, harvest, and equipment. It’s important to protect them. You don’t build the walls of your agricultural building out of flimsy, unreliable materials, so don’t weaken the structure of your building by choosing a flimsy overhead door. Dozens of options are designed to suit a variety of structural and budgetary needs. Here's what to consider when choosing an overhead door solution for your agricultural building.

If you own a business with commercial sized garage doors and aren’t taking advantage of Wayne Dalton’s Thermospan insulated sectional steel doors, then you’re missing out on the industry’s newest technology, which can cut your energy bills and provide many other benefits. Check out the features of our TS200, TS150, and TS125 models.

Just as having your oil changed helps your car run smoothly and having your teeth cleaned helps keep your mouth healthy, regularly scheduled maintenance on your garage door can improve its life and performance. A preventive maintenance program is especially helpful when it comes to commercial doors.

These days, more and more residential and commercial buildings are opening up their floor plans and filling their spaces with light. One cool new way to enhance your home or business’s light, bright atmosphere is with a luminous glass garage door. Available in a wide variety of styles and privacy options, these high performing doors can transform your garage or business front from boring to beautiful.

Every year, Builder Magazine conducts the in-depth Builder Brand Use Study, where they research building product brands and manufacturers throughout the country, ranking them according to which brands builders know best and use most. Companies are ranked in four different categories: brand familiarity, most used brand, brand used most within the last two years, and product quality.

In April of 2016, NBC premiered a new fitness competition called “STRONG,” and their state-of-the-art training facility features beautiful Wayne Dalton aluminum garage doors!

“STRONG” is a 10-episode series that takes competitors on a journey to reach their full potential through intensive training. Gabrielle Reece, professional volleyball player and fitness expert, hosts the show. Each of ten women chosen to be on the show is teamed up with an elite male fitness trainer. Throughout the season, teams work to conquer a series of challenges meant to push each contestant to her physical and mental limits.

As we all know, you can’t believe everything you hear or read online. You use your garage door every day, so it’s important to understand the basics of how your system operates and how to take care of it. Whether you were misinformed by a “professional,” Uncle Carl, or the internet, don't be fooled by these misconceptions about garage doors and their operating systems. 

If your garage door is old, worn down, outdated, or doesn’t work anymore, it's time to look into buying a new one. Installing a new garage door can increase the resale value of your home, improve its overall look and feel, and save you money you'd otherwise be spending on costly repairs. If you can relate to any of the following scenarios, it's probably past time to replace your garage door.