If you own a home with a garage door and automatic garage door opener it’s going to occasionally need service or repair. If you think about it your garage door is the largest moving object in your home and does the most work to allow you convenient access to your garage and your home. In fact it's
"Your Other Front Door"!
A simple and easy way to tell if you might need a garage door repair or service is to simply listen to the noise your garage door makes when opening and closing your door. Often before your garage door breaks altogether it will start making excessive noise and may even become jerky when operating.
Listening to your garage door opening and closing can let you know if your garage door opener is suddenly straining when opening or closing. This could be a sign that the garage door springs may need adjustment or that you might even have a broken torsion spring system.
Just like your car - all garage doors need
occasional adjustments and lubrication. Over time, the moving parts on your garage door will become dry and in need of lubrication. Routine garage door service will prolong the life of your garage door as well as your
garage door opener.
Garage door rollers, hinges, bearings, pulleys, cable and garage door opener drive mechanisms need to be lubricated in order to ensure long life and reliability. Sometimes even with routine garage door repair and service moving parts will wear out and need to be professionally replaced. As these parts become dry and start to wear you’ll likely notice an increase in noise and possibly the door operating roughly, when this happens don’t wait, call a
professional garage door repair company and save yourself the hassle of a broken garage door.
