It’s easy to forget about the routine maintenance needs of your garage door, but attending to it conscientiously can spare you from big repair bills down the line. Grating sounds and jerking movements from you garage door may indicate a problem, since garage door openers are supposed to be fairly quiet. Start by clearing your garage door’s tracks and making sure all the screws and bolts are tight. Make sure you lubricate all moving parts, and try to replace the rollers of the door every five to seven years.

Key Takeaways:

• Although garage door maintenance is often overlooked in a home, there should be a seasonal routine of twice a year inspection and maintenance.
• When one neglects the garage door , there will be a lot of stress on the automatic garage door opener and this incurs expenses.
• One of the ways to tune the garage door is to clear the tracks by inspecting them regularly to make sure they are clear of debris.

“A well-maintained, well-tuned garage door is relatively quiet at it moves up and down, and you should not see jerkiness in its motion. Look at both sides of the system—the springs, pulleys, and cables—and make sure they look symmetrical.”

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