Is Your Garage Door Starting to Squeak When You Open It?
Garage Door Service Tips on How to Properly Lubricate Your Door
A poorly maintained garage door can eventually become loud and noisy. And more importantly, a noisy door is a sure sign your garage door does not have enough grease, which may result in more serious damage further down the line. Fortunately, with some proper maintenance and lubrication, you can avoid this, and expensive call-outs to a
, not to mention prolong the life of your garage door.
To start off with you need to close your garage door. This gives you better access to the doors tracks and all the other moving parts on the door. Remember to cut power to it also, if necessary, disconnect your garage door from its power source, once you have closed it that is.
Clean out all the tracks using a damp cloth, these are what your garage door use in order to open and close. So NEVER lubricate these, however, do make sure they are completely cleaned in order for your door to work smoothly. Wipe down the inside and remove any dirt and debris.
Buy either a lithium based grease or a garage door lube. Popular degreasers such as WD-40 is not always the best option for garage doors. Instead, buy a lithium based grease which you can usually find in your local hardware store. NEVER under any circumstances must you use oil!
Open your garage door and spray the lubricant on all the hinges. Then slowly lift up your garage door and manually and spray the hinges as they meet the bend in the tracks. This lubricates all the moving parts and makes opening and closing your garage door much easier. Try not to skimp on the sprays, if need
be, use two sprays on each hinge. Your hinges need to be covered in it.
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, look no further than Savior Doors. Call us today at (614) 348-7329.