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Top Six Tips For Maintaining Garage Doors

Posted On: June 15, 2022

Lubricate Moving Parts

This first tip is particularly useful and relevant if you have an electrically operated garage door. If your garage door consists of tracks and chains, it’s important to lubricate these specific parts of your door at least once every few months. This will help to ensure smooth operation along the tracks. Dirt, debris and other outdoor elements can quickly gather within garage door trains and tracks which can have a detrimental impact on how your garage door runs on a daily basis. We recommend applying a high-quality spray lubricant on both the rollers and hinges for best effect and to properly look after these parts.

Regular Inspection

Every couple of months, we also recommend giving every part and aspect of your garage door a regular inspection to check its safety and practicality is still at their optimum. Damage within individual parts of your garage door can put you at increase threat and risk of burglary and therefore put expensive or sentimental items at risk of being taken. When inspecting each component of your garage door, we recommend looking for general wear and tear, and any clear and visible faults with the safety mechanism.

Annual Garage Door Servicing

As well undertaking DIY inspection a couple of times a year, we also recommend annual garage door servicing that is undertaken by a professional company just like Garage Door Secure. Having experts just like our team to provide an annual service is one of the best ways to prolong the longevity of your system. Moreover, annual servicing can also help to prevent costly repairs as early signs of common problems or faults can be caught by our team of experts.

Repair Any Faults Immediately

As previously outlined, it’s important to keep a close eye on your garage doors functionality, safety, and practicality which may indicate if anything is wrong. In some cases, it will be clear that there are obvious faults. When you see obvious faults that need repairing, it’s important to get in touch with a garage door team just like Garage Door Secure so that we can repair any faults immediately. Acting quick can help you to avoid costly repairs and ensure your garage door doesn’t need replacing in the near future.

Clean & Painting

For general maintenance, we also recommend cleaning your garage door once per month, depending on the frequency that you use your door and your location. For example, if you live in an area where your door is regularly exposed to outdoor elements, it’s likely that your door will become dirty easily which may damage the overall curb appeal and aesthetics of your properties exterior. Moreover, we also recommend keeping on top of the painting to keep your door in tip-top condition regardless of the time of year or season.

Test The Door Balance

This is another garage door maintenance tip that is particularly ideal for those with electric/automated garage doors. It’s important to ensure that your garage door remains properly balanced or the garage door opener will have to work harder than it should, and this can lead to costly replacement parts. An easy way to test the door balance is to pull the release handle on the automatic opener before manually lifting the door so it remains about halfway open. If your door is well-balanced, the door should remain in place without your help.

Need Professional Garage Door Servicing?

We hope this latest blog about garage door maintenance has helped and that you now have the knowledge to do DIY maintenance. We strongly recommend using a professional garage door servicing provider annually to properly inspect your door and give you the peace of mind that your door is still in pristine condition.

For more information about how we can help with garage door servicing, please get in touch with us today on 0116 332 3613 or use our contact form.