How to Service the Automatic garage door by yourself?

If you find any damages in your garage doors, then you need to repair the same by a reputed garage door repair service. But Servicing a Garage door is not an easy task and before you start panicking about it, you should consider few basic things such as replacement of your wooden garage doors with a metal door, check and replace the hinges and screws of the doors and repaint the door to prevent rust and dirt. In this case, you can contact the garage door repair services and they will suggest you the most convenient way to refurnish your garage door.

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Some DIY techniques to repair and service your garage doors:

• Get all rollers, hinges, roller tracks, hinges, and latches a good squirt with a penetrating solvent like WD-40 or a citrus-based solvent.


• If any rollers or hinges seem to be stucked, try to soak them in some kerosene oil, and brush the kerosene oil into the cracks. Remove any rust present with steel wool. Wipe all parts clean and then apply lubricant all over it. Even you can also use any type of lubricant on your garage door to remove the stains and dust.


• Automatic Garage door service is often needed on the door opener. If your garage door opener is operated by a chain or drive screw, apply the same lubricant to the full length of the door system.


• Cross check any weather stripping along the sides of the doors. Adjust if it is jamming against the sides and replace it if necessary.


• If your garage door is made with wood and it doesn't have bottom weather stripping, make sure it has been sealed or painted well. Touch up and consider adding weather stripping over it.

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What to do if the garage door is frozen?

It is only on those coldest days of the year when you most need and appreciate the convenience of opening and closing your garage door quickly and smoothly.

• But sadly, those also happen to be the kinds of days when cold and moisture combine to make it difficult for working of the door instantly. Garage doors can freeze to the garage floor as well. Sometimes it is a minor icy connection between the two that just need to be broken when you hit the opener button. It can be done by hitting your leg on the tip of the door.


• When this happens to you, stop hoping that if you hit that button again and again, a miracle will happen, and the door will be alright. About the only thing that is going to happen is that you cause a much bigger problem with the garage door opener (including, but not limited to, stripped gears, broken coils and burned out motor).

Instead of this, take a few moments that break the connection. Use a heat gun or hair dryer to melt the ice. Standard de-icing products will also work. And, if you are careful not to damage the door or the seal of the bottom of the door, use a flat shovel or similar tool to chip away at the ice off. Once you get the door open, clear the water, ice or snow from the spot on the garage floor where the door rests when closes.  It is suggested to consult with the garage door repair services in this regard and they can easily repair your door with their advanced tools and techniques.