The three most important things you can do for your garage door

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3. The Three Most Important
Things You Can Do For
Your Garage Door
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4. Are you wondering if your
Garage Door needs
maintenance?
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5. Your Garage Door will
probably tell you, listen to
your Door.
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6. Squeaking, groaning,
clickity-clacks, and chunkchunk-chunks are all trying
to tell you something.
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7. Have you heard those guys
on NPR that talk about car
repairs?
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8. A caller demonstrated what
kind of noise his car was
making and asked:
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9. “What does it sound like to
you”? The response was:
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10. “To a mechanic it sounds
like two weeks in Hawaii!”
[followed by snorts and
laughter].
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11. It doesn‟t have to cost you
the price of two weeks in
Hawaii to keep your door
running smoothly;
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12. the following are simple
things that you do yourself.
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13. #1 LUBRICATE
The most important and probably
the easiest thing a homeowner
can do is to lubricate any and all
moving parts,
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14. but not all moving parts
need the same kind of lube.
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15. The rollers and hinges are
the first things to begin to
complain and all they need
is oil; ; nothing fancy, just
plain oil.
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16. Products with sticky silicones
can attract dust from the
garage and actually prevent
lubrication from reaching the
metal on metal contact.
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17. Products that are full of
propellants can
sometimes wash off
lubrication.
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18. One such product that I will not
name here was developed to
be a Water Displacement
agent, the company‟s 40th
formula.
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19. It does a great job removing
water condensation from under
a cars distributor cap but does
not do as well for Garage
Doors.
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20. A basic light oil is just the right
thing. There are several
products that are made
specifically made for Garage
Doors.
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21. Some you can find at almost
any hardware store: „3-in-1
Garage Door Lubricant‟ or
„Blaster Garage Door Lube‟ are
a couple of examples.
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22. Our repairmen also have
lubes on our trucks that
you can purchase.
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23. Areoles work the best in
getting the lube into the little
cracks of hinges and rollers but
if you are patient you can drip
regular oil onto your hardware.
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24. . Once in a while the torsion
springs across the header
above the door can use a little
drizzle when they start
chunking.
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25. Not all rollers are created
equal. Some rollers have no
ball bearings and consist of a
plastic roller that rides on a
metal stem.
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26. They are installed on most
new doors and work pretty
well if they are oiled three
or four times a year,
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27. but if you are like most
folks you have more on
your mind than dealing
with cheap rollers.
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28. The best rollers have between
10 to 13 ball bearings and
have a nylon tire that makes
them extremely quiet.
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29. They need oiling too but
annual attention is
normally sufficient.
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30. Please, if you decide to
lubricate your own door
step away from the
grease can.
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31. Grease will get stiff and
sticky in cold weather.
Rollers need to roll through
the track, not slide.
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32. Some screw-drive Garage
Door Openers need to be
greased but require
specialized low temperature
grease.
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33. #2 CHECK DOOR BALANCE
After you have the door oiled it
is time to see if it is properly
balanced.
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34. It is best to begin with
the door in the closed
position.
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35. If the door is connected to
an operator release it by
pulling down on the cord
that is connected to the
release lever.
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36. Raise the Door about half way up
and if it will stay there without
shooting up or falling to the floor it
is probably doing pretty good If
not please do not try adjusting the
springs yourself;
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37. Garage Door springs can be
very dangerous! Running the
Door manually gives you an
idea of what the Garage Door
Operator is going through.
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38. Operators only guide a
well-balanced door and
are not intended to lift all
the weight of the door.
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39. #3 DO A SAFETY CHECK ON THE
GARAGE DOOR OPERATOR
A safety check involves being sure
your door will reverse on a 1 ½ inch
obstacle placed on the floor.
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40. It is also a good idea to
see if the door will
reverse while traveling
down by holding it.
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41. If either of these does
not work the force
adjustment settings need
to be reset.
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42. You may want to
consider changing the
force settings seasonally.
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43. In the cold and wet winter
months most doors need a little
more force to move them up
and down so may need to
crank up the force adjustment.
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44. In the summer when all the kids are
playing in the garage and driveway you
may want to ease up on the force
because it does not take as much effort
for the Garage Door Opener to move the
door and you can make it safer for
children and pets.
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45. Always remember before
changing the force settings
to service the Door as
described above.
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46. Most all Garage Door
Openers have separate
adjustment controls for up
force and down force.
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47. The IR sensors (Infrared Sensors)
need to be checked to be sure
they are properly mounted.
Manufactures suggest the best
height to mount them is 3 to 6
inches off the floor.
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48. You can refer to your operating
manual or we can walk you
through many of these
processes over the phone.
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49. The best thing may be for us to
come out and service the door
and we will be happy to show you
how to adjust the settings and
service your door so that you can
do it yourself the next time.
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50. If you have any
questions about garage
door repair, rollers,
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51. or anything related, give
us a call today! We are
here to help you.
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