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When was the last instance you completed routine precautionary maintenance on your garage door or your garage door opener? Even though your garage door opener is a enormous convenience and works nicely, just about all residence owners take it for granted. Most people use their garage to enter and exit their homes. In addition almost everyone has a garage door opener that they use to open and close their garage doors. That makes your garage door and its opener a very important part of your home. Just like all mechanised devices there comes a time when your garage door opener will fail to work. Sorry to say it will probably happen at the most annoying time. That is why a little preventive upkeep can be a great way to ensure that you discover problems with your garage door before something breaks. When you think about it, your garage door opener and springs are amazing inventions. Together they can raise a 450 pound door at the touch of a button. Even more amazing is that if there's something in the path of the door's travel, it will stop and reverse on a dime. Do you have children around your home? Are they inquisitive? Be carefull not to let them turn their questioning nature toward the operation of your garage door. A child repeatedly pushing a wall button or remote for a garage door can stress the door and the opener enough to cause it to fail. Here are some important routine preventive upkeep tips. Twice a year, pull the rope that disconnects your garage door opener from your garage door. One way to remember this task is to do it when the clocks are changed. Do a balance test. Open the door approximately half way. Then let go of the door. First, it should be easy to pull the door up. Secondly it should stay at the half way position when you let go of the door. If it doesn't meet the aforementioned criteria, you may have an impending cable or spring malfunction. Observe your garage door's rails and the chain or belt on your garage door opener. Check to see if the rails are parallel and that they are free from debris. See if there is any evidence of wear on your opener's drive belt. Belt replacement is easily and inexpensively done by garage door companies. Oil all metallic parts two times a year with a suitable metal lubricant. The same applies for weather seals. Make sure to use a silicone based oil. This will add years of worry-free operation to your garage door. Do a reversal test. Make certain that the reversal mechanisms of your garage door opener are working. Since 1996, all garage door openers are equipped with two safety systems. The primary one is a photocell system that will stop and reverse the movement of the door when a person or thing passes through the light beam. The second system will stop and reverse the door automatically if it senses any resistance while the door is closing. You're finished! The whole inspection process shouldn't take any more than just a few minutes. Isn't it nice to be ahead of the maintenance curve and know that you've done everything you can to anticipate garage door problems? Check this out. browse
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