Thursday, November 8, 2012

Maintenance after Garage Door Installation


Garage door parts are essential even if they turn out very small. Your garage door springs can be rusty and thus opening and closing the garage door can be rough. As for garage door hinges, when they become loose, accidents may occur, also, there could be annoying screeching sounds as you manipulate your garage door.

·         Inspection- Identifying the need for repairs or replacements is the first step in garage door maintenance. The most important things to consider are the moving parts such as the garage door springs, garage door hinges, garage door rollers and locks. These are the most abused parts as well as the garage door openers. If there are any signs of damage such as cracks, missing screws and rust, make sure to attend to them as early as possible to prevent accidents.

·         Lubrication- When lubricating garage door parts, make sure to clean thoroughly to avoid overlapping of dirt and agents; this does not improve its performance but worsens. Garage door hinges and garage door rollers are parts where you use agents sparingly for when you overuse agents, it attracts dirt and forms into an obstruction. Makes sure to operate the part several times such as the garage door springs and the garage door hinges to evenly distribute the agent. Another problem faced by most owners is the lock, if you requested for a manual type of garage door during the garage door installation, spray a bit of the agent into the key whole and work the key several times to test and evenly distribute the lubricant.

·         Accessories- garage door openers and garage door clickers should be out of the reach of children and should be checked every time. Buttons and sensors sometimes do not work because of the everyday use; from time to time, test and observe if your accessories are still in good condition to avoid hassle in the coming days. Another is to store them in a safe place; when your kids are in the car, they get bored and play with almost everything so store them properly.

People usually do not care about their properties once installed; they think that the garage door condition is permanent after the professional garage door installation. 

Trinity Garage Door Service
Tampa Bay, Tampa Fl
(813) 447-3874


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