How to get the most out of your garage door
How to get the most out of your garage door:
Painting and Staining. If your garage door is wood, it will need to be checked every year for cracking, peeling paint or a fading stained finish. Your new wood garage door must be painted or stained on all sides before installation, and refinished every few years depending on the exposure and weather conditions in your area. Steel, composite or aluminum garage doors do not need to be repainted unless you would like to change the color.
Lubricate your door. Lubricate door hinges, rollers (except nylon rollers), sheave bearings, torsion springs, and the lift cables at the bottom corners of the door with light household oil annually.
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Peeling or cracked paint. If you have a wood garage door, it will need to be refinished in order to protect it from the elements. The painted or stained finish can break down over time, which causes the wood to rot. The finish can also discolor or fade due to UV exposure from the sun. If you find the wood has cracked, there are holes in your door or moisture has wicked up from the bottom, it is time to replace it.
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Garage door repair is an unavoidable event for almost every home owner. It is not a matter of if but when your garage door spring is going to break or your garage door opener will need a replacement. Ideally, a typical garage door mechanism is designed to operate properly for about 10,000 cycles. A typical two car garage operates at least 4 times a day or 1,460 per year, leading to over 10,000 cycles in seven years. If your family is like mine and uses the garage door to get in and out of the house, then the garage door may be open/closed as many as 10-12 times a day, thus reducing life expectancy from 7 years to about 3 years. Improper adjustments, severe weather, abuse and other factors reduce time between garage door repairs even further. All garage doors or openers will eventually break, often at the worst possible time, for example in a morning when you need to go to work. In cases like these, a home owner will need the services of an emergency garage door repair technician. Emergency garage door repair in St Louis , just like any other emergency repair, costs a lot more then a planned one. For example, a $125 garage door spring spring replacement could cost well over $300 during emergency garage door service. With a little bit of planning, you could have your garage door serviced at a time most convenient for you, for the best price around.
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