Maintain Your Garage Door

A garage door can be a good investment. One of the best things that you are doing is protecting your vehicle. If your car has to be out in the snow and the other elements, it is taking a pretty good beating. A garage is also a very good way to keep your home clean from extra dust and other debris. However, installing a garage door and then forgetting about it could be a big mistake. A garage door needs to be properly maintained, or you will find it breaking down on you often. Here are a few different actions you should take with your garage door.

Cleanliness

One of the first things that you should remember is that your garage door will be a significant part of your home's curb appeal. If you do not maintain the cleanliness of your garage door, it can look very bad. So, it is important that you clean the garage door often. Once a week, it is a good idea to give the garage door a spray-down with the hose, and once a month you should clean the garage door with soap and water. Be sure that you clean the soap off completely because if the soap sits on the door for too long, it can cause discoloration. 

Balance 

The balance of a garage door is very important. If the balance of the garage door is not perfect, then it can wear out very quickly. So, to manually check the balance of the garage, you want to cut all power supply to the garage and lift it to your hips. When you release the garage door, it should not move. If your garage door moves either up or down, then it is not in balance, and it needs to be adjusted. 

Oil

Keeping all the moving parts in a garage door well lubricated is a very important part of maintaining a garage door. For all metal parts, you will want to use a motor oil. You want to oil the bearings, springs, and hinges. With any moving part, the problem is friction, and without lubrication, the metal-on-metal contact can wear the garage door down extremely quickly. You do need to remember that you should never get lubrication on the rollers of the garage door. If the tracks or the rollers become lubricated, you may find that instead of rolling, the garage door slides, which is very unsafe. 

For more information, contact a company like Able Door Company.


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