The following tips, provided by our garage door repair experts, can help you increase the longevity of your system and all of its various components. If you find them interesting and useful, our team will be more than happy to offer you more information.
Attach handles to your garage door if you haven't already
From time to time you may need to open your garage door manually. It could be due to a power failure or a problem with the opener. Opening the door manually can be quite the hazard and it can be easy to get your fingers caught between the panels. Attaching a handle is cheap and will make opening your door not only safer but easier as well.
How to deal with misaligned tracks
If you determine that your door tracks are misaligned you need to contact a professional to get them repositioned safely. These components guide the movement of your door, so you shouldn't mess with them unless you have the necessary experience and skills. Regularly tightening the bolts and fasteners that keep these tracks in place can help you prevent this type of scenario.
A struggling door shouldn't be ignored
If your garage door won't go up or down all the way, then something could be wrong with its springs. Perhaps they simply require a little adjustment, or they are going to break soon. Either way, dealing with springs can be very dangerous so you should call our experts to have us take care of this situation safely.