Garage Door Security: Tips to Keep Your Home Safe

Garage Door Security: Tips to Keep Your Home Safe When it comes to home security, many homeowners focus on securing their windows and doors, but they often overlook a vulnerable entry point: the garage. Your garage door is not only an access point to your home but...

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Garage Workshop with tools hung on the wall and tool storage

Unlocking the Potential of Your Garage: Beyond Car Storage

When we think of garages, the first thing that comes to mind is typically a safe haven for our vehicles. However, garages can be versatile spaces with endless possibilities. With a little creativity and some careful planning, you can transform your garage into an...

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Garage Door Replacement

Top Considerations for Garage Door Replacement

When it comes to home improvement projects, replacing your garage door may not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, it can be a great investment that can improve your home’s curb appeal, energy efficiency, and security. If you’re considering garage door replacement, here are some things to keep in mind:

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Types of Garage Doors

6 Types of Garage Door for your Home

When deciding on a new garage door for your home, you may think there are only one or maybe two options to choose from. However, garage doors have evolved and the technology available has given homeowners more variety of doors to choose between. In this blog, we...

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Top 5 Tips on How to Winter-Proof your Garage Door

5 Tips to Winter-Proof your Garage Door

The cold frost of winter often takes us by surprise. A consistent spell of mild weather can suddenly turn frosty, and as a result, cause havoc for garages! In this blog we will give you our top 5 tips on how to winter-proof your garage door. If you’re looking for a...

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Should I repair or replace my garage door?

Whether you're looking to upgrade your home, save money on energy costs or just want a new look for your garage door, it's important to understand the pros and cons of repairing versus replacing it. If you need to replace the door entirely, there are many factors...

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Benefits of a side hung garage door

A side hung garage door (also known as hinged door) is the perfect solution for your garage. It offers a wide range of benefits including an attractive appearance, ease of use, excellent security and does not take up space inside or outside the garage.  ...

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What are the Benefits of Wooden Garage Doors?

When you’re looking to invest in a new garage door, the number of options available to you can be overwhelming at times. Remotely operated systems, rollers, sectionals, retractable, side hung; which is the best to choose? There are advantages and disadvantages that...

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The Importance of Garage Door Maintenance

As a homeowner, you might not consider your garage as something that requires preventative forms of maintenance. Garage door operating systems are often neglected by homeowners because they often don’t think of these as something that needs maintaining! It’s...

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Benefits of remote controlled garage doors

Benefits of Remote-Controlled Garage Doors

Automated household appliances are becoming increasingly commonplace, and not just for the sheer novelty of having your fridge blast out music on command, or your speaker turn on automatically when you call its name, but to actually improve our lives in other ways....

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How to Prepare Your Garage For Summer

With summer just around the corner, now is the perfect time to start preparing your garage for those hot sunny months! Ensuring sure your garage stays reliable during this time may require some extra maintenance. With this in mind, we have come up with several...

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Increase the Value of your home with a new garage door

Increase the Property Value of Your Home with Garage Doors

A key aspect of your home that you might not have considered as improving the value of your home are garage doors. When you think about it, the garage door is aesthetically one of the first things a potential homebuyer will see when they come to view your property....

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Garage Door Trends for 2022

As we move into 2022, we're now seeing a whole host of popular garage door trends emerging and if you're thinking about installing new garage doors, then this article may help you make the right decision.   Garage doors make a statement about who you are and...

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Canopy and Retractable Garage Doors

'Up and Over' garage doors are by far the most popular design in the UK because they are a safe and reliable solution for garage and door opening.  They're really good quality, represent a high level of security, look good and can be remotely controlled to...

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How to Fix a Frozen Garage Door

With the winter weather now definitely upon us, we turn our attention to keeping our garage doors functioning well throughout the icy, cold season.   Freezing temperatures and bitterly cold winds can create a build up of ice on your garage door that can make...

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Remotely Controlled Garage Doors

As we all know, the Covid-19 virus saw us all being locked down for many months, and as a result of that,  internet sales soared because we couldn’t get out to shop in the traditional way.  Many of us used the lock downtime to make home improvements and...

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Garage Door Winter Maintenance

With the winter months quickly descending on us, we thought we’d share our top 5 tips on maintaining your garage doors so that you don’t get caught out in the inclement weather! We know that garage door winter maintenance is probably not at the top of your ‘to do’...

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Increase Garage Door Security

5 Ways to Increase The Security of Your Garage Doors

Whether your garage is attached to your house or not, you should be aware of keeping your garage safe and your valuables secure. Garages are often seen as easy opportunities for thieves and are more often than not the target for burglaries. It is, therefore,...

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The Benefits of Wooden Garage Doors

There are so many options when it comes to picking a new garage door. From colours, material and remote options, it can be difficult to choose. With any garage door options there are benefits and cons. Here are some of the benefits of wooden garage doors.  ...

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How to Prevent Dust and Dirt Build-Up in your Garage

Keeping your garage dirt and dust-free may feel like a mammoth task to some. It certainly can be a pain when you want to keep everything within your garage clean and it never seems to stay so. There are many ways in which dirt and dust can find their way into your...

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How to Reduce Garage Break-ins

  Garage break-ins are everyone’s worst nightmare. Not only do our personal belongings get taken or broken, but the whole situation feels like an incredibly intrusive experience that leaves many feeling vulnerable. Unfortunately, these situations are not...

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Useful Garage Door Maintenance Tips

At Hipwoods, we believe that your garage door can be kept in great condition with the right amount of care and attention. Garage door maintenance is a key part in keeping your garage doors not only looking brilliant but also performing at their best. Take a look at...

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Garage Door Buying Guide – 4 things to consider

When it comes to choosing a garage door, there is a range of options. However, it’s not just about choosing a colour. There are several things to consider that could impact which one you choose. Here’s a look at the options… From sectional to up-and-over doors are...

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Benefits of a Motorised Garage Door

Replacing your garage door can be a difficult decision because there so are many options available to you. Motorised garage doors have become more popular of the years and we’re here to take a look at why this is. When it comes to garage doors there are many types...

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The Best Garage Doors for a Garage Conversion

Being stuck at home for a third national lockdown, we’ve had time to assess how little space we have at home. This is especially true for those who have been working from home and trying to cram their work computers and a new desk into a tiny corner of the house....

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What are the benefits of a high-quality garage door?

Over the years we’ve seen garage doors develop in both quality and technology. Despite this, at Hipwoods we still find ourselves replacing newly installed doors. Some of these doors have been so low quality that they have been ‘kicked in’ with one hit. You can see...

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7 Garage Door Safety Tips to Help You

Most households within the UK have a garage door, and they are vital for keeping your vehicles and belongings safe. But it is also important to keep your own safety in mind when it comes to using and being around your garage door. If you don’t take care, it could...

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What Are Insulated Garage Doors?

Garages used to be predominantly used for storing and protecting our vehicles, but they are now used as workshops, extra storage and even gyms. This means that it has become even more important to make sure that they are kept at a good temperature. Being one of the...

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More time in the garage…

Thanks to the coronavirus, a lot more of us have been spending time at home, clearing out the garage, cleaning out the closets and getting a little more organised.  At Hipwoods, we have seen a surge of queries regarding installation and garage door repairs....

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Replace or Repair?

At Hipwoods, we are Gloucestershire’s garage door specialists, with over a decade of experience, we know our stuff! But how do you know whether to repair or replace your garage door? Damage to your garage door can not only be aesthetically unpleasant but also be a...

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Thinking Security? Think Somfy!

When you are looking forward to going on holiday, there is always something you worry about. What if your property is burgled while you are away enjoying the sun?Gone are the days when you had to inconvenience a neighbour or friend by having them call in twice a...

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Motorise your Garage Door with Somfy!

I am pleased to announce that we are now installing Somfy motorised garage doors. Somfy have been manufacturing motorised garage doors for over 50 years. Their products are designed and manufactured in Haute Savoie, France, by their teams of expert engineers using...

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Where Did That Year Go?

It seems hard to credit but there is no getting away from the fact that Christmas is upon us and that’s another year gone! I am pleased to say that it has been a successful one for us and I’d like to take this opportunity of wishing all our customers and suppliers...

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Don’t Let Your Xmas Presents Become Someone Else’s!

Xmas is traditionally, of course, a time for giving but I am afraid that in the eyes of some it is also a season for taking – other people’s things I mean. It is an unpleasant fact that this time of year sees an increase in burglaries, with the risk in December...

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Your Garage Doors can help Sell Your House!

I am not sure if you realised it but the appearance of your garage doors can help you to sell your house. This time of year and January especially sees Estate Agents actively encouraging people to get their homes ready for sale. One thing they talk about is the...

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5 Ways your Garage Doors Make a Difference to your Home!

I am biased of course but I truly believe good garage doors can make a huge difference to your home. Here are 5 examples of what I mean:1. Express a unique style. If you live on an estate, you may find each of the garages have doors that are of the same colour and...

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