Here are a few helpful safety tips before you need a garage door repair.
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by: JAMillard
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1. Replace Old Springs. Your overhead door's springs are certainly the most important and most frightening part of your door. Springs will wear out. When they break, injury or death can result. If you have an ancient garage door, have your springs checked by a professional technician and replaced if needed. If your door has two springs, change both, even if one is not broken. This will not only prevent any damage caused by the breaking of the second spring, but also keep your door working effortlessly. 2. Analyze Your Cables. Visually examine the cables that attach the spring system to the bottom brackets on both sides of the door. If these cables are frayed or worn, they are in risk of breaking, which can cause injury. Warning: These cables are under extreme high spring tension, these cables should be changed only by a qualified technician. 3. Noisy springs? Springs can squeak and be noisy. This is caused by normal use and does not necessarily signify a problem. Before calling a professional service technician, use a spray-on lubricant (recommended especially for garage doors). If the noise persists, call a professional garage door installer for service. 4. Safety Cables. If your door has extension springs, you need a safety cable that runs through the spring and secures to the wall or ceiling at each end. When all doors are down, extension and torsion springs are under high tension. If the spring breaks, it may cause injury or property damage. A safety cable can keep that broken extension spring contained. If you have extension springs but do not have the required safety cable, call your local dealer for a safety inspection. 5. Struggling Door? If your door does not go up and down smoothly, you may have an dangerous condition. Even older door systems need operate smoothly. If the awkward operation continues when the door is manually operated, you may have a spring system that is out of balance. This can cause premature wear and tear on other important door components. Spring systems are very dangerous and should be fixed only by trained professionals. 6. Regular Service. Your overhead door is probably the largest moving part in your home and is commonly used every day. Over time, parts can wear out and break, creating possible safety problems. Although you should provide monthly safety checks and maintenance to your garage door system, an annual visit from a trained door systems technician can keep your door operating safely and easily for a long time. Installing or repairing a garage door can be very unsafe and is not favored for a novice. We recommend that trained door technicians do the work for you. If you try any work by yourself, be sure to follow the manufacturer's installation instructions thoroughly. Keep the owner's manuals for your door and opener hanging near the door for time saving reference. Every model of door and opener has different safety instructions lone to that model. Where is your manual?
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