When was the last instance you performed routine preventive maintenance on your garage door or your garage door opener? Even though your garage door opener is a great benefit and works properly, just about all home house owners take it for granted.

According to a recent US investigation, 45% of property owners who have a garage utilize the yes as the primary point of entrance into their house. In addition, a separate investigation indicates that 71% use their garage door openers to go into their houses. That means that the successful operation of your garage door and its opener can be awfully significant in your every day life.

Just like all mechanised devices there comes a time when your yes opener will fail to work. Unfortunately it will almost certainly occur at the most inopportune time. That's why a little preventative upkeep can be a wonderful method to make sure that you see problems with your garage door before something breaks.

This would seem like sufficient evidence to prove to anybody concerning the importance of regular upkeep for their garage doors and openers. An essential thing to remember is that a garage door opener can easily raise a a four hundred and fifty pound double residential door. For that reason, if a door reverses as it is closing, it is commonsense that the door opening machinery should be carefully checked out.

Children have a way of becoming enchanted by the action of garage doors. Left to their own devices they can stress a garage door to the breaking point by pushing the remote or wall button during the movement of the door. Therefore it's necessary to keep remote controls away from children and do not permit them to fool around with the wall control panel.

Here are a number of important routine preventive upkeep tips.

Twice a year, you ought to disable the automatic opener while the door is closed. This can be accomplished through pulling on the red rope or pull rope.

Then carry out a equilibrium test. Once the door is in "manual mode" verify if it is appropriately balanced. Open the door half way. It should stay there without you touching it. If this is not the situation, you could have a cable or spring malfunction. Telephone a garage door company so that they can further diagnose your problem.

Visually check rails, chain/belt and mounting brackets on your garage door opener. Horizontal rails ought to always be parallel to assure that the door operates well.

Oil all metallic parts twice a year with a proper metal lubricant. The same applies for weather seals. Make sure to use a silicone based lubricant. This will add years of worry-free operation to your garage door.

Do a reversal test. Make sure that the reversal mechanisms of your garage door opener are working. Since 1996, all garage door openers are outfitted with 2 safety systems. The first one is a photocell system that will stop and reverse the action of the door when a person or an object passes through the light beam. The second system will stop and reverse the door automatically if it senses any resistance while the door is closing.