How to Do a Garage Door Repair?
If you have a vehicle, it is important that you have a secure garage with properly functioning garage doors and garage door openers. At the same time, it is equally important that you know how to make a garage door repair in case something goes wrong with your system. Overhead garage door openers operate on springs and it is fairly easy to perform such a garage door repair. Some of the steps that you might follow are:
If the metal tracks of the door openers are loose, tighten the bolts or screws at the brackets. However, while performing the repair, if you find that the tracks are badly damaged, replace them.
Make sure that the tracks of the door openers are properly aligned. Both the tracks must be at the same height on the garage walls. While you are performing the repair, if you find that the tracks are not aligned the right way, loosen the bolts and tap the track carefully into position. Make sure to tighten the bolts after you are done.
While you are performing a garage door repair, make sure to clean the tracks with concentrated household cleaner to remove dirt and hardened grease. Clean the rollers thoroughly and then wipe the tracks and rollers dry.
Lubricate the tracks and rollers with lubricant spray or with powdered graphite in the tracks and with silicone spray and household oil on the rollers.
During the repair, make sure to check for loose hardware, and tighten them as required. For garage gate openers that have swing-up system, check the plates where the spring is mounted to make sure that the screws are tight. In other cases, check the hinges and replace damaged ones. If the openers show signs of sagging on one side then correct it by servicing the hinges. Make sure that the wood on which the hinge is placed is not cracked or chipped.
Next, check the springs of the door openers and make sure that it is hooked into the holes or notches on each side of the door. If you face any difficulty while you are performing the garage door repair try adjusting the tension in the garage doors by removing the spring hook to the next hole or notch. In cases where the garage gate openers are controlled by spring cable on a pulley, you should try adjusting the tension by pulling the cable farther through the plate above the door, and re knot the end to maintain the tension.
It is extremely important for your safety that you take heed if your garage gate openers with roll-up facility have only one tension spring at the center of the door. If such is the make, make sure never to try the repair yourself. The tension in such types of spring is great, and you might be severely injured if you try to repair the door yourself. Call a professional garage door repair service in such cases.
The typical garage door openers shall consist of a reversible motor that drives a carriage along a rail above the door. The carriage is attached to a draw-bar that operates to limit the travel-path of the door. Most garage door openers today also have a radio receiving system. Thus, when you attempt to perform the garage door repair yourself, make sure you have a through idea of the mechanism of the garage door type.
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