Garage Door Maintenance

While it may seem that periodic painting is the only maintenance that garage doors require, nothing could be further from the truth.  Periodic inspection and maintenance of garage doors is required for the door to operate safely as designed.   Equally important is the regular inspection and maintenance of garage door openers. 

In general, inspection points on garage doors include checking the springs on the door to make sure the door is properly balanced, checking that bolts and screws are tight, checking rollers for signs of wear, checking track spacing and alignment, checking for wear on cables, checking for wear on springs, checking the condition of pulleys, checking on the condition of the attachment points for the cables and checking the spring mounting.  On doors with openers, the inspections include checking the limits of the garage door in the open and closed positions, checking the force settings and checking the mounting of the opener. 

Maintenance items on garage doors include lubrication of all moving parts, including the rollers and hinges.  Typical maintenance on garage door openers includes lubrication of the chain on chain driven garage door openers.  In addition, as a part of the maintenance process on both garage doors and garage door openers, the problem areas identified during the inspection process should be corrected as well. 

As with any inspection and maintenance program, the goal is to identify and correct potential issues before they fail and make the door inoperable.  In addition, some of the potential problems associated with garage doors and garage door openers can be dangerous and cause bodily harm, due to the weight of the door and the tension on some of the components. 

Posted on behalf of Find Local Garage Door Service