Leave garage door repair off the Antioch ‘Honey-Do List’

As the Antioch weekend approaches, Brad prepared for the Honey-Do List that Lisa always used to welcome him to his two days off work. There was always plenty to do: replace the dryer vent, paint their daughter’s bedroom, clean the bugs out of the light fixture over the kitchen table, install the sliding shower door in the basement bath, etc. But there are some jobs better left to professionals, assuming you don’t your spouse to suffer a grievous injury.

If your spouse knows nothing about electrical work, you may want to hire an electrician to fix the light switch with a short. If your spouse has never worked with a garbage disposal before, you may want to call a plumber. If they don’t have experience working at heights, call a roofer to patch the roof. And, unless they truly know what they’re doing, calling a garage door technician to fix the garage door.

The risk of electrocution is all you need to know to justify relying on an electrician. The risk of falling says it all when your unqualified spouse starts to get out the ladder. The level of tension on the springs and cables used for your garage doors are enough to seriously maim or kill someone.

People have lost fingers and hands trying to fix their garage doors themselves. People have died because they didn’t call in the pros.

When a garage door technician comes out to fix your garage, if you’re using a reputable company, you can take heart that the job will almost certainly be done right. And it will be done safely. But don’t wait until something is broken to call in the garage door pros.

Garage door maintenance is the key to avoiding most garage door repairs. Unfortunately, however, when it comes to maintaining the mechanical equipment they use, garage doors are the most frequently neglected.

Garage door maintenance will make the likelihood that your garage door requires repair far less likely. And garage door technicians know how to maintain garage doors the same as they know how to repair them.

You have enough other things that need to be done around your Antioch house. Leave those dangerous chores to the pros.

Is your Wonder Lake garage door balanced?

Is your Wonder Lake garage door balanced? Most people look for balance in their lives, not that too many find it. With your garage door, balance

is crucial. If the garage door isn’t balanced, their will be additionally strain and wear on parts of the garage door and garage door opener. It’s also a matter of durability and safety.

When your Wonder Lake garage door is balanced, the door is more apt to operate smoothly and with as little strain on the mechanics of the garage door and garage door as possible. When the garage door isn’t properly balanced, a chain of destruction can set in. This part wears cause strain and wear to that part and so on.

The garage door springs are among the first parts where an unbalanced garage door is felt. These are high-tension springs. They hold a lot of weight and make it possible for a half-horse-power, more or less, garage door opener to smoothly lift and lower a garage door that might weigh from 100 to 400 pounds, depending on the size and materials used in the manufacture of the garage door.

Even if you’re not using the garage door opener – if you’re opening the garage door manually – the springs make it easy to raise and lower the garage door.

If, for instance, the garage door was up and a garage door spring broke or let go, the door would come crashing down. In so doing, it could damage your vehicle or other things that are in the way. It can also injure or kill people who are below the garage door when it falls.

When the garage door is balanced, this is generally not a concern. The springs will last and last. Other mechanical parts of the garage door and garage door opener will also last much longer (everything else being in good condition).

With a balanced Wonder Lake garage door, the door will raise and lower smoothly and it will be quieter doing so. You’re less likely to experience the jerky motion of a garage door in trouble.