It’s pretty inconvenient when your garage door malfunctions and your busy life schedule gets thrown off right? But what if we told you, you can minimize the occurrence of these inconveniences by having maintenance done to your garage door. Here are 10 steps you can do to extend your garage door’s life.
- Apply lubrication regularly to parts such as the rollers, bearings and hinges.
- Clean the door tracks to avoid anything from getting in the way.
- Clean the weather strip to avoid dust or critters from entering the garage and causing damage. Dust pile up in the tracks can obstruct smooth gliding of the door.
- tightening any loose hardware such as nuts or bolts
- Ensuring that the garage door is balanced
- periodic inspection of the door for wear and tear
Now some of these steps you can do yourself such as cleaning the weatherstrip or applying lubrication however the other steps we do recommend you contact a professional to properly inspect your garage door and its parts.
