Garage door maintenance is not on
most people’s regular to do list. There’s nothing worse than getting into your
vehicle, checking everything, latching the seat belt, starting the car, then pressing
the controls for the garage door opener and nothing happens. Garage doors must
be maintained just as everything else. There are certain requirements necessary
to guarantee that your doors work properly.
·
Visual inspection. Stand inside
the garage with the garage door closed. Look over the garage door hinges,
springs, cables and rollers. Watch out for signs of wear or damage. Look for
cable wear or fraying. Inspect whether the mounting hardware is loose or if
something is not quite right because it may be a symptom of a more serious
issue. Have the garage door system inspected by a trained service technician.
·
Balance test. If your door is
equipped with an automatic opener system, close the door and disconnect the
automatic opener. Once you are able to lift the door manually (if the door
doesn’t open fully), there might have been something wrong with the balance and
the synchronization of the garage door hinges, pulleys and rollers.
·
Reversing mechanism. With the
door fully open, lay a piece of wood such as a section on the floor in the
center of the garage door opening where the door would touch the floor. Push
your garage door opener’s transmitter or wall button to close the door. When
the door strikes the wood, the door should automatically reverse. If it doesn’t,
there may be problems with the garage door hinges, rollers, opener, and
sensors.
·
Force setting. With the door
fully open, push your garage door opener’s transmitter or wall button to close
the door. As the door is closing, hold up the bottom of the door with your
hands outstretched and stiff. If the door does not easily reverse and continues
to close, pull your hands away immediately and call a garage door repairman.
These tests are simple yet
dangerous, make sure to put on protective gears and be extra cautious on the
job.
Trinity Garage Door Services, Inc
(Tampa)
2424 W Tampa Bay Blvd Unit L405, Tampa,
FL 33607
813-447-3874
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