Garage Doors and More! | Hanson Overhead Garage Door Service of Raleigh, NC

Are you ready to get the outside of your home and garage ready for summer? Winter can cause debris and grime buildup that should be removed before summer. Below, our Raleigh garage door repair experts offer a few tips to help get things in shape! Outside Work - If you have plants or shrubbery outside your garage, it's important to get them groomed. Remove dead branches and twigs, and also be sure to get any overgrowth out of the way of your garage doors. Prep your flower beds and make a list of preventive maintenance around the garage, as well as a list of things that must be repaired. Outdoor Furniture - Many people store their outdoor furniture inside the garage during winter. Spring cleaning and organizing the garage can help you get motivated to take the furniture back outside. It will also motivate you to clean the furniture, as well! Cleaning the Drive and Walkways - When the snow is falling during the winter it often looks clean, however the salt and sand that is used to keep us from slipping on the driveways and walkways is not clean. Cleaning the drive and walkways off to remove the sand is a good idea. The sand can get stuck in your garage door track during spring winds and can cause real issues with opening and closing the door! Cleaning them also gives you a chance to see if there is any damage to the walkways that needs to be repaired before additional damage occurs. Clean the Gutters - Fall leaves, winter winds, and snow tend to do a number on clogging your gutters. Be sure that you get them cleaned out before April showers hit. Otherwise, the rainwater will have nowhere to go and could cause the gutters to pull away from their hangers and block your garage doors or other entrances to your home. Even worse, imagine using your automatic opener to open the garage doors while backing up, and running into a gutter that has fallen down through the night. That is not a great way to start the day. Checking the gutters for blockages is one of the most important springtime projects! Besides cleaning the gutters, cleaning the walkways and other spring projects there is always a need for oiling hinges and locks to remove squeaking noises from your Raleigh garage door. The winter weather has a way of causing grime and buildup in your garage door components. You could even use the oil on the external doors of your home as well! Hanson Overhead | Raleigh Garage Door Repair Hanson Overhead, Raleigh garage door repair, is a company with years of experience and service. If you are interested in any of our services, or just have general questions to ask about our work, experience, or service, be sure to give us a call; especially if you have a problem with your Raleigh garage door and need a quick repair!

1. What should I do with a fiberglass boat where the finish is turning chalky on the topside? can I use a wax?

I use OXY clean for outdoor furniture and give it a good scrubbing with a stiff brush.This does a good job of removing loose oxidation and the scumline. Next you can use a fiberglass restorer polish or buffing/polishing compound then a good marine wax. Use a buffer or an orbital waxer.

2. Where can I find inexpensive outdoor furniture (plastic)?

ebay is my first choice, city, country. that way you dont have to pay shipping charges

3. What's a good way to keep stray cats from your outdoor furniture summer & winter?

buy a dog they wont go near your back yard after they get a WOOF of him lol.yea cats are a pain like that but yea a dog would send the cat/cats a message

4. What is the best product to seal and protect teak outdoor furniture?

Teak wood is impervious to bugs and moisture. That is why they use it for decks on luxury yachts. You do not need anything on the teak.

5. HELP. i cant find a list of new building materials. 10 pts.?

*Porous concrete and asphalt, modular blocks, and crushed granite. These materials, especially modular paving blocks, are widely available and a well established method to reduce storm water runoff. -Cement-fiber siding is a masonry product made from Portland cement, sand, and cellulose and will not burn, cup, swell, or shrink. -Coated metal products are available for both roofing and gutter applications. There are also roofing materials made of recycled rubber and plastic that resemble traditional materials. -New pressure treated wood uses a much safer recipe, ACQ, which stands for ammoniacal copper quartenary. -Plastic-wood composites are a combination of plastic and wood fibers or sawdust. These materials are a long lasting exterior weather, insect, and chemical resistant wood lumber replacement for non structural applications. Use it for decks, docks, raised garden beds and planter boxes, pallets, hand railings, outdoor furniture, animal pens, boat decks.