A little garage door maintenance will keep your Antioch garage door operating smoother, steadier and quieter longer

With some appropriate garage door
maintenance, this Antioch garage door will
work smoother, quieter and more reliably
longer.

It happened slowly and over time. It took so long, in fact, you almost don’t remember how the garage door at your Antioch home used to work. But, now, it’s gotten so bad you can’t help but notice.

Before, you’d hit the button on your garage door opener and, smooth and steady, the garage door would rise or descend. Now its motion is jerky, unsteady and, above all, loud. What has happened to your Antioch garage door and garage door opener?

Most likely, it’s not so much what has happened as what hasn’t happened. What hasn’t happened is that you probably haven’t done anything with your garage door other than to raise it or lower it when you wanted to enter and leave the garage.

The Universal Rule applies to garage doors, too

There is a universal rule – mechanical things require maintenance. And that includes your garage door.

Every time you use your garage door the movement loosens nuts and bolts that hold things together. The amount of tension in the garage door springs begin to change little by little. Grease and lubricant is lost. Belts and chains stretch. Joints that once fit tightly together lose their cohesion.

In the meantime, dirt and foreign particles are introduced into the mechanism. Moisture also launches an invasion of the mechanical parts of the garage door. The combined effects of these factors breakdown the ability of the garage door to operate the way it once operated.

When the garage door was new, and everything worked like a Swiss watch, the strain of operation was also minimized. But, as parts loosen, as dirt and moisture invade, as belts and chains stretch, the strain of operation is increased. This causes additional wear. Parts loosen even more rapidly. The garage door is on a path to an inevitable outcome.

That outcome is called breakage. Something gives under the strain. The belts, chains, hinges, springs, joints: something breaks and the garage door no longer works. Before that occurs, you’ve long-since noticed that the garage door is not smooth, steady and quiet.

Is your garage door trying to tell you something?

You might say that, when the garage door is loud, it’s trying to tell you something. It’s crying out for a little maintenance.

Garage door maintenance is not a big deal. Performed by a professional, it is sure to extend the life of your garage door and forestall that point where something breaks. In the process, garage door maintenance will save you money on expensive garage door repairs. And it will ensure that your Antioch garage door operates smoother, steadier and quieter than it otherwise would for a long time.