How We Handle Your Garage Door Maintenance

Most garage door services provide their customers with a maintenance program. Taking advantage of this service will help you avoid many of the problems that people tend to experience with their garage door. Since your door is the heaviest part of your home, it makes sense that you will have some issues with your garage door occasionally. It is the job of a garage door technician to make sure that the parts of your garage are in good working condition. Allow a professional garage door technician to handle this for you and remain safe from any potential harm. Since they are familiar with all the parts, they can avoid injury. When a professional technician addresses your garage door maintenance here are some of the benefits: 

• Fewer problems with how your door works
• Doesn’t interrupt your day
• No need to make emergency call to a garage door service
• The door will work longer
• Efficiency

 While having a garage door annually is what is suggested, some people have their garage door evaluated several times a year. If you have several people using your garage, this might not be a bad idea. You can schedule your garage door maintenance as often as you would like. Perhaps you’re not comfortable with the way your garage door is operating and you want someone to come to check it out. Rely on a garage door service to help you with figure out the problem. You should never go on using a garage that is in despair. Make your garage door maintenance a priority.

Some people want to take care of the maintenance on their own. The reason we don’t feel that this is a good idea is because of those moving parts mentioned earlier. If you are not careful, you could seriously harm yourself or someone else. If you’re not familiar with the parts of your garage door, you should allow someone else to take care of the issue for you. People have died from attempting to handle the maintenance of their garage. We would hate for something to happen to you that could be avoided.   

The Maintenance Offered by Garage Door Services

• Will check the doors springs, transmitter, safety features, and door functions to make sure they are in good condition
• Lubricate your garage door rollers, chain hoists, shaft bearings, release mechanisms and more ( all area of your door requiring lubrication)
• Tighten the door hinges, back hangs, track brackets, couplings
• Inspect rollers, chains, tracks, bottom bars and alignment, springs

Without the right training, you may not be able to find and fix the problem. a professional garage door service will be able to quickly and effectively resolve any problems you are experiencing with your garage door. With so many parts and pieces, it is almost impossible to know where they all are without training. All it takes is for one part to be left out during repairs for the entire door to become inoperable.

Homeowners can do their part by keeping a record of the maintenance performed on their door. Most garage door services will do this but it’s nice if you also have a record, in case it is misplaced. If you start to notice that you are experiencing the same problems over and over again, chances are that you may need a new garage door. This is usually the last resort and most often, the door can be repaired. The only time we usually have to replace a garage door is when the door is in total despair and has been neglected for a really long time. Chances are that repairs will get it operating like new again. 

By continuing to pay close attention to sounds while you’re using your garage door, you’ll be able to detect an issue before it becomes a major, more expensive problem. There are often signs that there is a problem but many people simply ignore the signs and go on using their garage as though nothing has happened. Sadly, when this happens, we can usually resolve the problem without replacing the door but it’s going to cost you. Not because we are going to charge you a lot but because the problem has escalated and there is more for us to do. Again, routine maintenance helps to minimize any problems that you might experience. If you have never had maintenance performed on your garage door, what are you waiting for! Are you waiting for something to happen before seeking the services of a professional garage door technician? Save yourself the headache and call a service provider to schedule maintenance of your garage today.