Lake Arrowhead is one of Denville's four major residential lake communities, and it includes the waters known as Great Bay and Bay of Deep Waters. Like its neighbors, it began about a century ago as a summer colony and has since become a year-round neighborhood.
The houses around Lake Arrowhead span several generations of building. Some started as summer cottages, and others were built later as the community became year-round. A recent listing for a 1958 house on Lakewood Drive described a finished two car garage with loft storage, an oversize door and an inside entrance, along with lake privileges and a clubhouse. That kind of garage, finished, used for storage overhead and connected to the house, changes what a door repair involves, because lofts and shelving can get in the way of tracks and the opener rail.
Before a technician arrives, clear a path along both tracks and under the opener, and move anything stored on top of the door's path when it opens. Loft storage that hangs close to the horizontal track can catch the top section and knock rollers out. If you are planning to finish a garage or add a loft, ask the contractor to mark the space the door needs first. Oversize doors are heavier than standard ones, so the springs and opener should be sized for that weight rather than chosen to match the old setup.
Lake communities in Denville also share damp air and hilly lanes. Steel hardware rusts faster here than in drier parts of town, and driveways that drop toward the water leave the bottom of the door wet after every storm. A yearly service that lubricates moving parts, checks cables for fraying and swaps a hardened bottom seal is the simplest way to avoid a mid-winter failure. Members pay an association fee for lake rights, but the garage door is the homeowner's own responsibility.
Lake Arrowhead, including Great Bay and Bay of Deep Waters, is one of Denville's four major residential lake communities, developed about a century ago as summer colonies.
en.wikipedia.orgA 1958 house on Lakewood Drive in the Lake Arrowhead subdivision was listed with a finished two car oversize garage, loft storage and lake privileges.
newjerseyrealestatenetwork.comDenville has 11 named bodies of water within its 12.74 square miles.
en.wikipedia.orgYes, but leave room for the door. An open overhead door sits just below the ceiling, and racks or lofts that hang too low will catch it. Ask the contractor to measure the clearance first.
Generally no. Lake association fees cover the lake and its facilities. The garage door on a single family house is the owner's responsibility.
Replacing snapped torsion or extension springs on Denville doors, from small lake cottage garages to attached garages on the hills.
Fixing openers that hum, reverse, or quit, and installing new ones sized for tight Denville garages and floors that see water.
Getting crooked or jammed Denville doors back in their tracks and replacing rusted or snapped lift cables.
New steel, insulated, or carriage style doors sized for everything from Denville lake cottages to mid-century attached garages.
A yearly check that catches rust, wear, and balance problems before Denville's wet seasons and cold snaps take their toll.
Also in Denville: Union Hill, Estling Lake