Properly lubricating your garage door

Have you been having trouble trying to get rid of the squeaking noise coming from your garage door? We want to explain to you how to take care of that problem with a couple of do-it-yourself solutions and some valuable information on how to properly lubricate your garage door.

One of the most common errors that homeowners make when greasing the garage door is that they use regular oil or ever-so-popular WD 40. The main problem with WD-40 and oil is that they’re degreasers, so they’re actually taking out the grease rather than helping your situation.

The best thing to use is a lithium-based grease. If you can’t find the lithium spray at your local Home Depot, Lowe’s or hardware store, next best thing would be a silicone spray, it’s not as good as lithium but it’s a hundred times better than using WD-40. The lithium spray leaves a generous thick coat that doesn’t run or drip like oil.

So how to lubricate your garage door properly?

You want to lubricate all moving parts of the door. First, make sure that your door is in a closed position and disconnect the door from the garage door opener. You should be able to move your doors manually around the bend of the track, make sure you grease all moving connections. The next things you want to lubricate are your rollers, the most common rollers that most manufacturing and garage door companies are using are metal rollers or plastic rollers. If you have plastic rollers you can put some grease on it, but we’re not sure how much good that’s actually going to do because these rollers have no wall bearings and they’re only designed to last a few years, so you should probably be replacing them anyway. If you have metal rollers you can see the ball bearings, those ball bearings always need to be greased. Use the straw so when you spray your grease, it can get in there and fill it up. Remember, you’ll be doing this with rollers in place on the door track so be sure to do it with good lighting. You may need to use a ladder to get to those top spots.

Garage door opener chains come out of the factory with a protective coat already on it that should last the life of the motor. If you ever feel the need to give your chain a little love to help maintain it take a cloth spread a little WD-40 on it and wipe it down that’ll help repel moisture.

What you want to do is lubricate the top of the rail, that’s where all your friction is, not at the bottom. Most people spray the bottom of the rail, that’s not going to hurt but it’s not going to do anything either just going to create a mess that drips all over your car your floor your head.

Another thing you don’t need to grease is your garage door track. If you think you see symptoms that make you think you need to grease a track, then you have something wrong with your door. Some people might start adding oil or packing it up with more grease, over time, air will pick up dust and dirt and bring it into the grease. The only thing on the track that you can grease that’ll help out with the noise is this particular part of the track with a break and the bolts are screwing two pieces together, not really necessary but it’s the only place in the track that we would recommend. Remember, tracks don’t need to be greased, they need to be cleaned, that’s something you can easily do with a wet cloth or little WD-40.

When it comes to your garage door springs, you won’t need grease if you have extension springs, they’ve already been dipped coated and require no maintenance. On the other hand, if you have a torsion spring that’s going to need a little love, instead of springs getting stretched, torsion springs get wound and because of that, you’ll want to grease them. Even when they’re brand new, they tend to make some noise but that’s what’s a rubbing against each other, all you have to do is take the spray straw out and coat from one end to the other, then bring the door up and down a couple of times and let the grease work itself in. The grease is going to do two things in your torsion spring, one is going to reduce the amount of noise that you hear from the friction, secondly, most of the companies out there only use oil tempered or galvanized springs so the grease help prevent rust build-up here at Calgary Garage Door Fix, we prefer powder coated springs. Basically, that’s a spring that’s been dipped and coated both inside and out and therefore you never have to worry about rust problems.So going out to another manufacturer and getting a new spring from them or perhaps going to a Home Depot you may end up getting a spring that coded on the outside but not coated on the inside and trust me, it’s very difficult to coat the inside of a coil spring. My recommendation is to actually ask your garage door specialists or the salesperson at a Home Depot and find out if they have powder coated springs because it’s the best investment that you can make, it’s maintenance-free. The last thing you need to grease in a torsion spring door or the bearing plates is your bearing, there’s two more located on both sides of the door, that bar sits inside these bearings. When you wind up your spring all the power gets transferred to it and the bar spins inside the bearings, unfortunately, bearings in the plates are not accessible unless you remove the springs. I would not recommend to the average homeowner to deal with the springs. If you feel your garage door need a service, you should immediately contact a professional door technician, you will be safe and your garage door will be working perfectly for years to come!

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Their house was robbed 3 times in one year. You will be shocked to find out how!!

We hope this story will be heard, so that more people can take the necessary steps to protect their family and their property.

It happened to an ordinary family. Living in a quiet and friendly neighborhood in Calgary, Alberta. They just came back from a short vocation. No broken windows, all the doors were locked, and everything was exactly as they left it. However something wasn’t right as they noticed some of their jewellery was missing. After looking all over the house and seeing no signs of break in, they asked their teenage son, thinking he might have sold it to get some extra cash. Even though it wasn’t typical for him they couldn’t find another explanation. Nothing else valuable was missing except for a few jewellery pieces. With no solution or explanation the family got over that and put everything behind, but not for long…

A few months later, the story repeated itself. After the parents came back from a family wedding celebration, they couldn’t find some other valuable jewellery. And again, no signs of a break in. They didn’t know what to think and whom to blame. Tensions were rising between father and son, as it was the only way to explain what’s going on.

The family decided not to involve police as they weren’t sure what was really happening and couldn’t really explain it. And anyway, the police probably wouldn’t take it seriously. What kind of a criminal will sneak into a house, and take only a few earrings? It looked like someone was trying not to draw attention by taking only a small things, hoping it won’t get noticed. The next day they changed all the door locks, just in case someone, somehow got the key to their house.

A few weeks passed by and it happened again. This time they did call the police, but as they expected, they got little help. No break in, everything was in place, and just a few things missing. Taking matters in to their own hands they decided to install surveillance cameras to find out the truth.

Then,one day, they had a technical problem with their garage door and had to call a technician to fix it. While talking about the issues that the family was experiencing the technician offered a surprising explanation. He asked if the door that leads from the garage into the house was locked. The answer that followed was "No, what for? The garage door is closed, so how can anyone get through it?" the technician’s response gave the home owners a lesson they will never forget. Apparently it’s pretty easy for those who really want to.

The technician told the men about a device that is usually used to intercept a signal from a car’s remote. It gives the criminals the opportunity to record it when you lock or unlock your car, and use it to program another key. The very same technology can be used to intercept the signal from your garage door’s remote, and then use it to get into your home when you’re away. This was the most logical explanation for events that occurred recently. When all family members were away from home, someone was opening their garage door to sneak in, and take something small, so it does not draw any attention. It explains why there were no visible signs of break in.

So how do you protect your garage door from being compromised?

First of all, if you think someone has already stole your remote’s signal, you have to re-program it. In addition to that, you can put a special lock from the inside, so when you leave your house for a few days, no one would be able to open your garage door even with a working remote control. Usually, someone who is trying to intercept the signal, should be in a close proximity, so look for suspicious cars parked beside your home, or maybe a person standing close to your property. In that case, we suggest you use a manual code to open your garage door and do not use the remote. The last tip… always lock the door that leads from your garage into your home. That way you eliminate one more entry point. We understand that no one will manually lock a garage door every single day, it’s just too inconvenient, but if you’ll lock it at least every time you leave for an extended period of time, it can help a lot!

Source: https://www.calgarygaragedoorfix.com/single-post/2017/03/24/Their-house-was-robbed-3-times-in-one-year-You-will-be-shocked-to-find-out-how

Why you shouldn’t try save money when buying Garage Door Opener.

Why we think people shouldn’t compromise when shopping forgarage door opener… There are dozens of different brands and models and prices can vary significantly, so how do you know which one to choose and which one is better? Well the thing is,  besides simply open or close your garage door, opener plays a very important role, it should keep you and your kids safe in time of operation.

Different garage door openers come with different built in safety features, which affects the price. When buying garage door opener, you have to look not on the price tag, but on how safe it is. Usually people don’t consider this aspect and simply buy whatever will save them some money, but keep in mind, according to multiple studies, more then 30.000 people are injured every year as a result of garage door failure, it includes different components failures, but garage door opener is responsible for a big part of them.

Source: https://www.calgarygaragedoorfix.com/single-post/2017/03/15/Why-you-shouldnt-try-save-money-when-buying-Garage-Door-Opener

We Are happy to Announce, we are opening our new Garage door repair and installation branch in Edmonton!

We would like to thank all our valuable costumers for your warm reviews and support, and we are happy to announce that we have just opened a new garage door repair and installation branch in Edmonton AB. Now even more people have access to our great team and can enjoy our five star garage door services in Edmonton. Calgary Garage Door Fix now provides all services for home or commercial garage door. In addition to our current operation zone we have just opened a brand new Edmonton branch!

Source: https://www.calgarygaragedoorfix.com/single-post/2017/03/13/We-Are-happy-to-Announce-we-are-opening-our-new-Garage-door-repair-and-installation-branch-in-Edmonton