Jesse Thomas

You know that sound, right? That grinding, clunking noise your garage door makes every time you hit the remote – the one that makes you wince and hope the neighbours aren’t judging you. Last week, my mate in Kirrawee was telling me how his opener finally gave up during the morning school run. Car trapped […]

Last winter, my mate’s garage door packed it in right when he needed to get to work. The culprit? Salt air corrosion that’d been building up for months without anyone noticing. Living in Kirrawee, we’re close enough to the coast that the salt spray affects our homes more than people realize – and your garage

Last Tuesday morning, my neighbour Greg was standing in his driveway at 6:45am, still in his work shirt, absolutely fuming. His garage door had given up halfway open and he couldn’t get his car out. The first quote he got over the phone was $850, the second was $420, and by the third call he

Last month, I was chatting with a bloke in Kirrawee who’d been putting off his garage door replacement for nearly two years. His old roller door from the 90s was making this awful grinding noise every morning, and his wife was getting fed up with the neighbours probably hearing it at 6:30am. He finally called

You know that moment when you’re pulling into your driveway after a long day, hit the remote, and your garage door makes that grinding sound that wasn’t there last week? That’s exactly what happened to me at a mate’s place in Kirrawee last month. We stood there watching his 15-year-old door struggle to close, and

It’s 6:30 on a Monday morning. You’re already running ten minutes behind, the kids are arguing in the backseat, and now your garage door’s making that grinding sound again before it completely gives up. The motor’s humming but nothing’s moving. You’re stuck. If you live anywhere near the water in Cronulla, this probably sounds way

Living just 2km from Cronulla Beach means your electric garage door cops a daily hammering from salt-laden air, sand, and humidity that can cut its lifespan in half – unless you know exactly how to protect it. Here’s the thing that most Cronulla homeowners don’t realise until it’s too late: electric garage doors in coastal

Last summer, a Cronulla homeowner attempted a ‘simple’ garage door spring replacement he found on YouTube. Within seconds, the spring exploded with 200+ kilograms of force, sending him to St George Hospital with severe hand injuries and a fractured wrist. He’s one of approximately 20,000 Australians injured annually in preventable garage door accidents. Garage door

Introduction A Costly Wake-Up Call for Cronulla Homeowners Last Tuesday morning, my mate Dave from North Cronulla rang me up at 6:30am, proper stressed. His garage door had basically seized up overnight—wouldn’t budge an inch. Turns out, the salt air had been quietly eating away at the mechanisms for years, and he never knew until

Introduction Last week, I got a frantic call from a homeowner in South Cronulla. They’d just come home from work, pressed their garage remote, and… nothing. The door wouldn’t budge. Their car was stuck outside, it was starting to rain, and they had groceries melting in the boot. The culprit? Salt corrosion had eaten through