In California, Garage Doors Are Used Multiple Times a Day — Often More Than Your Front Door

Count yesterday's trips: school run, commute, groceries, gym, the evening dog walk through the garage. For most California households the garage door cycles four to eight times a day — more than the front door, the back door and every window combined.

What the cycles add up to

Six cycles a day is over 2,000 a year. Standard springs rated at 10,000 cycles are done in five years at that pace. Openers, rollers and cables age on the same clock. This is why 'it was fine last year' is the most common sentence we hear on emergency calls.

Built for the real entrance

If the garage is your front door, treat it like one: insulation for the heat that pours through it, a quiet belt-drive opener for the bedroom above it, a keypad for the kids, smart alerts for the deliveries, and battery backup — California law for new openers — for the outage days.

The maintenance math

High-cycle springs rated at 25,000-plus cycles cost a little more and last two to three times longer. An annual tune-up keeps the whole system honest. For the hardest-working door in your house, that's cheap insurance.