Living in Maine presents homeowners and business owners with unique challenges when it comes to garage door performance and durability. From frigid winter lows to salty coastal air, the climate can wreak havoc on traditional garage doors if they are not built to withstand such extreme conditions. At Alpine Garage Doors New England, we recently...
When a Maine Winter Knocked on the Door, Literally It was a bone-chilling January morning in Bangor, Maine. A homeowner called Alpine Garage Doors New England, visibly stressed and concerned about how unbearably cold his garage had become. The cold air was so severe that pipes in his laundry room, which shared a wall with...
Picture this scenario: A homeowner in Maine named Emily notices that her garage door no longer closes properly. Initially, she suspects a minor problem with the garage door opener, but as she examines the door closely, she finds the frame surrounding the door has several cracks and signs of rot. The door appears to sag,...
A Real-World Example Last winter, one of our customers in Portland, Maine, called us in distress after finding a thick layer of frost coating everything inside their garage, from holiday decorations to their snowblower. Although the garage door appeared fine from the outside, cold air was sneaking in through small gaps along the bottom seal,...
Imagine coming home on a freezing February night in Bangor, Maine, only to discover your garage door refuses to open. That exact situation happened to one of our clients last winter. Their door had been sticking for months, and finally, the aged garage door springs gave out. The entire system had to be replaced. When...
Why a New Garage Door Is a Smart Investment One chilly winter morning, David O’Mara, a homeowner in Glastonbury, CT, called us with an urgent issue: his garage door wouldn’t open. After years of withstanding harsh New England weather, the old wood garage door had warped, and the springs had failed. The outdated opener could...
A few months ago, a family in Stamford, Connecticut, reached out to Alpine Garage Doors New England with a pressing issue: their old garage door had become increasingly unreliable. It would shake during opening, stick halfway down, and lacked proper insulation. After assessing the situation, our installation team determined that a new garage door installation...
When a commercial warehouse in Hartford contacted us after a harsh snowstorm, their traditional garage door had buckled under wind load pressure and jammed. The downtime impacted their operations and created a shipping backlog. We recommended switching to a heavy-duty roll-up garage door model designed with certified wind load resistance and built to meet Connecticut’s...
