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How to Maintain Your Garage Door

Written by Posted On Tuesday, 07 January 2020 21:30

If you are a homeowner, chances are you have faced a dozen challenges with your garage door. According to reports, approximately 20,000 people are admitted to the hospital every single year, due to a garage to injuries caused by the garage door. These stats are alarming, and it is so because most homeowners never pay attention to their garage doors. Not until they experience an issue with the garage door.

As a homeowner, it may be vital to know how the garage door operates but isn't necessary. The most important thing to remember is how to properly maintain your garage door, to prevent accidents and increase the lifespan of your garage door. Keeping your door will also avoid any breakdown that may be expensive to repair. That is what we'll discuss in this article – how to maintain your garage door. Now let's get into it.

Five tips for maintaining your garage door

1. Routine Inspections on your garage door

It's vital to make it a habit to inspect the entire garage door and its parts, at least every three months. Inspect the door and the garage door panels, tracks, the garage door rollers and torsion springs, the garage door cables and pulleys, the garage door opener, safety sensor kits, garage door opener batteries, and power connection to the openers. Regularly inspecting your door will expose any damage that may lead to a bigger problem.

2. Clean hinges, tracks and rollers

Over time, the hinges, as well as the tracks of the door and garage door rollers accumulate dust hinders the smooth operation of your garage door, making it difficult to open and close. If these are left uncleaned, it puts more pressure on your garage door spring and the cable that holds it, and they'll eventually get damaged. Make it a point regularly clean your garage door, especially the areas mentioned.

3. Lubricate your garage door

This is an extension of the point made above. After cleaning your garage door off any debris and dust, the next step is to lubricate your garage door rollers, and tracks. Lubrication reduces any friction inside that the tracks which may damage your garage door rollers. If you also noticed any unusual noise when opening your door, it is a sign that you need to lubricate it. If you make this a habit, your garage door will age gracefully without any problem.

4. Tighten all loose screws

Ignorance of this simple tip is the reason why a lot of garage doors break down. As your garage door gets opened and closed for so many cycles, screws in the door and joints loosen up, and it's completely normal. This is why it's crucial to tighten all loose screws from time to time, to keep the door function accurately without any failure soon.

5. Check Garage's Autoreverse feature

Garage door openers are equipped with a handy security feature. They are connected to a safety sensor kit which detects when an item is obstructing the door's pathway. When it detects an object, the garage door opener reverses. This is a crucial feature which can save the lives of your children and prevent any unwanted accidents. Do well to check if this function works by blocking the signal of the safety sensor kit. If the door reverses, then it is in good shape.

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