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Maintaining Your Brakes for Your Safety in San Diego

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Regular brake inspections are vital, no matter what kind of car or truck you drive. Properly functioning brakes are a necessity for safe driving, so you shouldn’t put off brake inspections and repairs. Your vehicle’s manufacturer will have a suggested schedule for brake inspections, but you should also bring your vehicle in to a San Diego mechanic as soon as you notice any signs that your brakes may be in need of repairs. Some of the signs to look and listen for are: A squealing or grinding … [Read more...]

Auto Air Conditioning Repair and Maintenance in San Diego

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The summer months are now upon us, and soon, San Diego temperatures will be warming up to the point that you will need to turn on your car or truck’s air conditioning system, if you haven’t done so already. If you are like most people, you take your air conditioning system for granted, only thinking about it when it stops working. However, there are definite benefits to having your system checked regularly. Most car and truck manufacturers will recommend bringing your auto in for air … [Read more...]

3 Reasons to Replace your Single Panel Garage Door with a Sectional Garage Door

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Up until the last few decades, single panel garage doors were pretty much the only type of garage doors you saw throughout San Diego. You might occasionally see a carriage style garage door on a historic home here and there, but for the most part, single panel garage doors, also known as swing up doors, ruled San Diego neighborhoods. This has slowly changed over the years, as sectional garage doors have become more popular. More and more people replaced their single panel garage doors with this … [Read more...]

Garage Door Repair and Maintenance for San Diego Homeowners

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As a San Diego homeowner, you probably have a running list of home repairs that you’d like to do or need to do. Even if that list is already long, you should add “garage door maintenance” to that list. Why? Because your garage door is one of the largest moving parts of your home, and one that probably gets used as much as any other part of your home. According to a survey by window and door manufacturer Jeld-Wen, the garage door is the most popular entry point into homes in America—used even … [Read more...]

Maintaining Your Vehicle’s Cooling System to Prevent Overheating in San Diego

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When your car overheats, it’s the result of a failure with the vehicle’s cooling system. The cooling system is an integral part of your vehicle, as it keeps the engine at the temperature it needs to be for optimal performance: neither too hot nor too cold. The way the cooling system does this is by circulating a specially formulated liquid called coolant or antifreeze, mixed with water, through the engine. The heat that is generated by the engine is then transferred to the radiator, where it is … [Read more...]

Window & Door Consumer Awards Automatic Door Specialists the “2017 Best in Customer Service” Award for San Diego Garage Door Companies

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Automatic Door Specialists (ADS) is Window & Door Consumer’s pick for the best garage door company in San Diego when it comes to customer service. With four decades in San Diego, ADS has proven itself to be one of the most trusted and professional garage door companies in the area. Not only do they sell new garage doors and entry gates, but they also repair and service garage doors. The company prides itself on its current knowledge of garage door design as well as garage door and entry gate … [Read more...]