Garage Door Repair and maintenance can be confusing. There are a few things that you can do yourself when it comes to maintenance, but if you have a bigger issue, it often time seems like the best thing to do is call a garage door repair person. Then, since it’s the garage and you may…
Turn your Garage Into a Home Gym
With the gyms still closed and it being cold and dark, many of us may feel like we need a dose of serotonin. Working out regularly can help us feel happier because it can boost our serotonin levels (more info on that here). During the warmer, drier months, you may have found it easier to exercise…
How your garage can help you have a more socially distanced holiday
The Holidays will look different for all of us this year in 2020. Some of us will spend time away from loved ones in person, and some of us will be able to find ways to be together in some shape or form. Of course, we all love a good video call, but sometimes there…
How To Choose a New Garage Door Opener
I’d wager that your garage door opener isn’t something that you think too much about unless you are revamping your door system or your garage door stops working. Revamping your door system is fun, but a broken opener isn’t so much. But either way, you need something that’s gotta fix your budget and all of…
Childproofing Your Garage
Last week we talked about how to build a makeshift playground in your garage. Without activity options somewhat limited and the cold weather coming soon, we will have a harder time finding safe places for our kids to play. My kids are like many other kids- they are super active. If they don’t run and…
Tips on painting your wood garage door
Garage door style has evolved quite a bit in the last 15 years. Many of the homes built in the ’90s and late 2000s had wooden garage doors that were wood finished or painted the same color as the house. Now, doors are most typically made of steel and are often a contrasting color to…
Turn Your Garage into a Makeshift Jungle Gym
With the cold weather coming, and the Covid pandemic still looming over us, more and more parents will be looking for spaces for the kids to play! The parks won’t be as fun as it gets rainy, and indoor activities in public places are often a no-go zone. If you are one of those parents…
Different Types of Garage Spring Systems and Why Garage Door Torsion Springs Our Favorited
All garage doors use a spring system to open and close the doors. Springs are necessary because they actually do most of the work when it comes to lifting the doors. Torsion springs are our favorite method here at Hung Right Doors, so if you have the opportunity to convert your spring system, we recommend…
How to style your American garage door
As such an imposing sight, your garage door can take up a lot of space in front of your house. Because of this, a little bit of styling will go a long way. By adding a few potted plants, and a wreath or two, you can transform the front of your garage into something special. …
To Tip, or Not to Tip… Your Garage Repair-person
These days its so difficult to know who and when to tip. There are several people that are obvious to tip, restaurant servers, baristas, hotel staff ect. But do you tip your garage repairman? And if so, how much?! So to be honest with you it is always nice to tip someone if they’ve done…
How to keep bugs out of your garage
A little bit ago we talked about how to keep rats out of your garage. But rats are not the only pests that love to hang out in garages. At my house we have lots of bugs. Wasps, spiders, flies, you name it we’ve got it! Usually I’d be excited about having such variety in…
Why your garage door is opening on it’s own
A call that we occasionally get Is from people who have garage doors that are seemingly opening up on their own. The caller will come home after a long day to find their door wide open, or wake up in the morning to a gaping door. This is understandably nerve-wracking because for many people the…
Why you should be parking in your garage
The Garage! It’s a whole room in our house outfitted with thousands of dollars’ worth of hardware made specifically for accommodating your car. However, many of us use the garage as a storage room, essentially making it impossible to park our belongings that are some of our most expensive investments. Now, obviously we at Hung…
How to keep rats out of the garage.
One problem that anyone with a garage can experience is rats. Rats love to get their way into garages because they are warm, and often have some materials that they can chew through and burrow into. A garage is basically a rats greatest dream. But is it a persons?You may know how to get rid…
Repairing a garage door panel.
It happens to everyone, a lone rock while mowing, a child accidentally throws a baseball, or sometimes you aren’t paying enough attention and you hit your garage door a little with your car, and your door is dented. In one way or another most garage doors will probably suffer some dents and dings at some…
How to Make your Garage More Secure
For many of us, our garage is the main entrance to our home. Ever since I was a child, the front door was rarely used by our family. The garage door was the most commonly used door in our home! Not only are our garages the main port by which we enter, it’s also a…
How much does a new garage cost?
You may have come to the place where you want to replace your garage door. But If you go online to look at prices, it can be difficult to know what exactly you need and how much it’s going to cost. The cost can vary greatly, and the best way to get a firm price…
Are Garage Door Safety Sensors Really Important?
In 1993 it was federally mandated that all garage door openers manufactured and installed have photo eye safety censors. These are meant to ensure that a garage never closes when there is something in the way. The thing about them is that they can be very sensitive, and stop working unless they are super clean,…
Why You Should Schedule An In-Person Garage Door Estimate
One of the services that Hung Right Doors offers is totally FREE, estimates. This means that you won’t pay us a dime, or be in any way obligated to us after we give you a pricing estimate on anything. The most the estimate will cost you is your time. That is the primary reason that…
Why Hung Right Doors is the Best Garage Door Company in Western Washington
Hung Right Doors is a garage door company that has been locally owned from the start. Two best friends, Rusty and Allan started it 20 years ago out of their homes, and ran whatever jobs they could all over western Washington. They used to put in doors in Long Beach, all the way up to…
How to add flair to your home with decorative garage door hardware
Decorative Hardware are added accents such as straps, and handles that are purely cosmetic in nature, and add flair to a garage door. Decorative hardware can be added to any door, but it comes standard with a few of our collections. Gallery, coachman, and Canyon Ridge are among the doors that come standard with hardware….