Garage doors should be routinely maintained just as any other mechanical and electrical system does.  Preventative servicing will save you time and money and avoid more serious problem and break downs of your garage door in the future.  Here are some maintenance tips to keep your garage door operating smoothly and safely: Oiling Garage Door Parts On a garage door system, a number of metal parts need to move and function smoothly. Applying oil, either penetrating or household, will keep these parts at optimum function and protect against rust as well.  The parts that may need oiling are: Pulleys –
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Your garage door opener is electrical and mechanical, with moving parts that need lubrication or can break. In addition, its electrical and safety features can add to the potential problems you might experience with a garage door opener. Without springs, your garage door opener cannot lift the garage door. The garage door spring is a separate problem if it is broken.  Many of the things that may be causing your garage door opener to not operate properly are not difficult to fix. A few simple tools, a little patience and they can be fixed.  WARNING: Use the following advice and
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The two main components of a garage door is the garage door itself and the automatic opener. In this article, we will tell you how to make repairs to both of these things. First, we will start with the actual garage door. Repairing a Garage Door Overhead garage doors operate on spring tension whether they swing up in one piece or roll up in sections. The door rolls on metal tracks generally attached to the garage walls, and a heavy spring(s) provide the power for them to move. When the door does not work easily, in most cases, repairs are
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