Garage Door Openers Servicing Safety

A garage door, the largest moving part of a home and used every day, is probably the most neglected item in the home. Even used normally, parts can wear out and break after many years of misuse.

A simple programme of maintenance and inspection coupled with minimal terchnical knowhow can increase the life of their door.

Checks of rollers, hinges and safety devices are simple tasks to check to ensure proper working order.

Generally speaking the garage door should remain uder control of the springs and the door gear. If the door drops to the ground then they springs need adjusting or replacing. All garage doors should have a smooth movement in both directions.

If a garage door is excessively difficult to open and close manually then is faulty and caould be dangerous to some people to use.

Should springs break you will know about it. Some spring breakages can cause damage from flying bits of metal. Fit safety cables to minimise damage in cases of spring breakage.

• Spring technology is a bit imprecise at best.
• If springs show any distortion they should be replaced immediately.
• Inspect any cables regularly and have damaged ones replaced immediately.
• The same advice for pulleys or any other worn minor part.
• Verify that the tracks are level and plumb.Tracks to be parallel. Fixings securing the track brackets to be tight. Replace bent, missing or parts immediately.
• Tighten all hinge and bracket screws, bear in mind that garage door bottom brackets are under strong tension when the door is closed and can cause serious injury if accidentally or deliberately loosened or removed. Replace bent or broken hinges.
• Check the door’s rollers for excessive wear. Replace as necessary.
• Use oill to ensure smooth operation of rollers, pivots, pulleys, torsion spring coils, bearings.

One of the best methods of ensuring that you know when a fault develops with your garage door is to fit a garage door opener. It's guaranteed that the you will be warned immediately when there is a problem.

Garage door openers will sound the alarm - often in advance of a major fault appearing.

Good garage door openers that is!