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Your garage door is one of the largest working components in most homes and need some TLC just like any working component in your home. Some problems can be fixed by the homeowner. May times the chain or drive shaft just needs to be oiled. We recommend spraying a good lubricant like Liquid Wrench as it is Silicon based lubricator. Also make sure your sensors are properly aligned. This can cause the door to not open or shut properly. We have found on many of our service calls that the door is not closing or opening properly because of the sensor alignment or the remote has lost connection with the opener itself. You also want to make sure the track of the door is moving smoothly up and down as well and there is nothing that is in the path of the rollers.
Some problems with garage doors require a lot more attention and cannot be fixed by the homeowner. One of these fixes is the door springs themselves. These are one of the major components that go out in the functionality of a door. There are 2 types of springs; they are the Torsion Spring and the Extension Spring. Neither of these should be changed unless you are a trained professional. There can be serious dangers with trying to change these as a typical homeowner that is not properly trained. They both have built up energy in the springs and we have seen some serious injuries come from not properly changing the springs. You should contact a professional to change your garage door spring. When a spring goes out you can flip the manual switch by pulling the cord and manually open and shut your garage door, but it is very heavy. Your spring is the most common problem with outages and it always seems to happen at the worst times. You could be running late to an appointment, going to the airport or just don't have the money to get it fixed. Check around for some specials from different companies, but be careful about some that have a really low price for replacement. Many times that is just for the cost of the spring and then they charge you labor on top of that. Ask questions before you hire the company to do the work. We have installed many track home and custom home garage doors and we offer a lifetime warranty on all the parts. Look for a company that is offering some kind of warranty to install or fix your door. A trained professional will be able to install the tracks, opener, sensors and of course the panels depending on the type of door. There is a lot of information that can be found on the web as to specific problem you are having. We have recommended many clients to do a Google or Yahoo search, or recommended a specific article to show diagrams of what the actual problem could be. This way the consumer is educated on the problem and can decide if they want to fix themselves or hire a trained professional like us. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/5328387
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