Garage Door Lubricant : If your not using it, expect a garage door repair soon

One of the most overlooked items in a home is your garage door. Often people go years without performing any kind of maintenance or routine inspection of their door or its working parts such as the motor, springs or rollers. One of the simplest of things you yourself can do right now and today is acquiring some garage door lubricant.

When a door goes months or years even without any lubricant at all, one of the first things to get destroyed are the rollers. With nylon rollers we experience a locking up affect. With tire and ball rollers and metal rollers, without regular lubricant applied, we can get quicker destruction to the ball bearing inside the roller which can lead to many problems like a door that jams on its way down, binding itself, and slipping out of the frame of the tracks.

Another worry are your springs. Without lubrication we may see rust and build up that can cause the coils of the springs to work against each other. The binding of the coils can make an older torsion spring break sooner then anticipated. Accumulation of rust is another concern.

Hinges without proper lubrication can also experience cracking.

It’s really not difficult to manage. There are many brands in your local hardware store such as : 3-1 Garage Door Lubricant and PB Blaster Garage Door Spray.

Another thing to consider is noise. If you notice your door is grinding, screeching or creaky…. It most likely needs to be lubricated. Often I will suggest putting the door in manual (if it’s connected to a motor) and lift it by hand to get a feel for the door. If it acts stubborn in any way, realize that you may have a potential repair coming up soon if it’s not resolved and often it can be resolved with just some lubricant. If not, a door that doesn’t move well is something you should call us for before it potentially turns into a bigger repair.

If door lubricant is something you’ve been skipping out on, door yourself a favor (maybe even potentially save yourself some money) and go down to your local hardware store to pick you up some garage door lubricant. Often this makes some of the biggest differences to my customers door. Too often my customers were unaware (prior to a visit) that they were even suppose to be lubricating their door 3-4 times a year. It is a must, and will potentially cause damage to your door (wearing out parts sooner then normal). So if your someone who hasn’t lubricated their garage door in sometime, now would be a good time.

Struts for Bent & Broken Panels

Have you ever locked your door manually, forgetting you had, and unfortunately been reminded by the opener when it pulled your door back and kinked the middle? Possibly had a slipped cable and hit your opener button, causing a crooked and bent door? Ever brought the door down or up, colliding with something causing damage to the door? At The Garage Door Guys we have seen a variety of accidents caused by variety of factors. It’s not the end of the world though. Check out a quick demonstration of such a scenarios below!

On this garage door repair job, our customer had experienced a particular accident with their door. This caused bowing of the previous struts and panels, broken hinges and stiles. Luckily there were no major tears in the panel. Our customer on this job was quoted 1200 dollars for a new door by a few companies. Our company didn’t even charge 1/3 of that for the necessary repairs. We pride ourselves in the fact that we’re able to make money by saving people money, with a job well done!

What are Struts?

Struts are metal shaped U style bars specifically designed to horizontally attach to the garage door’s panel stiles. This reinforces the garage door be restricting any unwanted flexibility between the stiles of the door. The repair often makes the panel more durable then it was new, and saves people hundreds of dollars and hours of time and planning. This is often one of our favorite repairs to perform. It allows us to make a profit and save our customers tons of money with a quality repair. No one wants an accident to happen, but if it does, contact someone with the experience to handle the repair the right way. We use the proper hardware, not some junk we put together at the local hardware store. We know what works and we’ve seen others guess works….. it’s not pretty. So go with the professions in residential garage door repair, The Garage Door Guys!

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