Maintaining Your Garage Door
While we are always here for your emergency garage door needs, there are some ways to help avoid needing our help. Maintaining your garage door is not only essential to keeping it running, but it can also help your garage door last longer. You can inspect and maintain the door yourself, or we can provide maintenance services to keep your garage door in top shape.
Garage door maintenance can be as simple as checking out how it’s working and calling a professional if something doesn’t seem to be working right. Here are a few things you can do to help maintain your door to avoid an emergency maintenance repair in the dead of winter:
- Check out the rollers and tracks, being sure to clean them occasionally. Giving them a brushing can help to keep them running smoothly. Be sure to replace rollers that aren’t working smoothly.
- Keep hardware tight. Check to ensure that all screws and bolts securing the brackets that keep your garage door attached to the tracks are tight.
- Inspect cables and pulleys to make sure they are not damaged or frayed. If they are, contact a professional to replace them.
- Check the balance of the door by seeing how well it is opening and closing. You shouldn’t need to work hard to lift the door yourself, so if you have to put in extra work, then it may be time to replace some springs. Contact a professional if you think this is the case.
- Take care of any minor issues. This mainly pertains to the appearance of the door itself. Water damage, warping, and rust can affect the door’s structural integrity, leading to needing a replacement.
How Garage Doors of Indianapolis Can Help
Fixing the issue could involve repairing or replacing damaged sections of the garage, diagnosing and fixing a garage door stuck in position, replacing malfunctioning cables, chains, hinges, rollers, and belts, or adjusting, repairing, or replacing garage door springs. Keep in mind our depth of experience and longstanding presence in the city make restoring your home or business garage door quick work for us.