Your garage door is an important part of the home. It helps provide a measure of home security, and the garage door Middletown helps keep cold winter winds from blowing right in through the interior access door inside the garage. If you have an insulated garage door, it can help reduce street noise heard inside the house.
Like any other mechanical component inside the home, the garage door Middletown requires some periodic maintenance to make sure it stays in working condition. It is usually safer if a professional garage door maintenance technician performs most garage door maintenance, but there are a few things almost any homeowner can do. Every six months, you should take a look at the rollers. If any of them look like they are cracked or broken, call the garage door service number to have a professional come out and replace any damaged rollers.
The overhead door track will need to be lubricated every once in a while. Again, you can always call the garage door repair company to come out and do this. The bearings, pulleys, rollers, and springs should all be lubricated each year. Also, when a service technician performs a routine maintenance check on the door, he should also check the counter-balance to make sure the door is the same on both sides.
Also, the weather stripping around the frame should be cleaned and lubricated about every eight weeks or so. The garage door springs should be able to open and close the door 10,000 times, or typically 7 to 12 years. If a spring breaks, all other springs should also be replaced at that time.
The surface exterior of the door should also be maintained. If you have a painted steel door, it should be cleaned every couple of months. If you have a painted wooden door, it should be repainted if the paint cracks or chips in order to protect the wood.
It may be a good idea to remind children every once in a while that the garage door is not to be played with. They shouldn’t use the remote or play with the wall button, and they should stay far back from any moving parts when the door is in operation.
