If you haven’t had your garage door serviced in a while, now is a great time! We recommend that you schedule service at your residential or commercial door once a year.
Spring or Fall Garage Door Maintenance is Important
Furthermore, getting your door serviced when temperature or moisture levels are about to rise or drop suddenly is essential. For example, in the spring or fall. Above all, during these two seasons, your garage door parts are more likely to wear out quickly, especially if they already have damage.
Garage Door Maintenance Experts
It’s always a good idea to have an expert come do a maintenance check, which includes the following:
- Checking the bottom seal
- Ensuring the balance of the garage door (springs)
- Lubing and tightening the moving parts
- Applying grease (not spray) to the motor rail
- Making proper adjustments to the garage door opener
Garage Door Maintenance Service
An expert will also check and do the following during a maintenance service:
- Check torsion spring tension and balance
- Check that cables are not worn or show signs of stretching
- Check roller health – do you see lubricant and rolling in the tracks?
- Check that the hinges are operating properly
- Check the exterior vinyl weather trim – does it show cracking, or is brittle? If yes, consider a replacement.
- Check for cracking or stress on steel garage doors or rot and breaking for wood garage doors
- Check the force and limits of the garage door opener
- Check tracks for stress or bends
- Tighten screws on hinges and struts as well as tracks
- Check bearing plates for wear and bearings
- Apply spray lube to hinges, rollers, springs, and bearing plates
- Apply grease (not spray) to the motor rail for the smooth operation of the carriage carrier/trolly
- Check remotes, wall buttons, safety sensors, and keypads
- Check the garage door frame for signs of water damage (rotted) and termite damage.
Related Links:
Garage Roller Replacement – Garage door rollers are the wheels that run on the tracks along the sides of your door to open and close it.
Garage Panel Replacement – No matter which option you choose, Mid-Atlantic Garage Doors will be more than happy to assist you. Please, visit our showroom, where we have panel samples/full doors to help you decide.
Also, see
1. Garage Doors Virginia Beach
2. Garage Doors Chesapeake VA
3. Garage Doors Suffolk VA
ABOUT MID-ATLANTIC GARAGE DOORS
We specialize in residential and commercial installation, service, and repairs. Moreover, we serve customers throughout great North Carolina and Virginia.
For instance, we serve customers throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, including Chesapeake, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, Virginia. In addition, we also service customers in Currituck, Moyock, Knotts Island, Corolla, Duck, Outer Banks, Manteo, Camden, Elizabeth City, Hertford, Gates, Chowan, and Edenton, North Carolina.
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