Blowing snow and harsh winds can certainly have their way with your home’s exterior this time of year, but would it surprise you to learn that it’s not only exterior items that undergo strain? Indeed, certain parts of your garage door, no matter the brand or format, have to bring their A game to the colder months to serve your family faithfully—and if they take too much of a hit, you could be stuck with a service interruption, which is not something you want to deal with during one of our state’s brisk subzero streaks!

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With as much movement as your garage door does in a day, you might think that ice could never hold it shut—doesn’t that take weeks to form? Unfortunately, if you live in Minnesota, temperatures can and do drop quickly enough to actually prevent your garage door from opening, and snow can accomplish the same thing. Left without a major entrance and exit to your home, what are you to do?

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