How important is maintenance of your Spring Grove garage door?

There’s no denying it - winters in Spring Grove are cold and snowy. Some winters are colder and/or some bring more snow. But, if you live in this part of Northern Illinois, you just can’t hide from winter. Neither can your garage door.

Winter provides additional challenges for your garage door. The snow and ice are often invasive. They get into places in your garage door where their presence isn’t, shall we say, appreciated. 

The snow and ice can work its way in to the hinges where the garage door panels are joined. They can get into the bearings, rollers and tracks that guide the garage door up and down. In the process, they impede the ability of these parts to effectively do their jobs. They make it harder for the garage door opener to operate the garage door. At the same time, moisture from the snow and ice cause more wear and tear on the parts of your garage door and opener.

The cold is equally problematic for your Spring Grove garage door and garage door opener. Cold has a ‘funny’ effect on hardened components. It tends to make them more brittle, less flexible and less resilient in the face of hard wear that they experience during the operation of your garage door and garage door opener.

Some of the critical parts that are most affected by the cold, particularly bitter cold temperatures, include:

• Tracks
• Rollers
• Bearings
• Hinges
• Torsion Springs

Living in Spring Grove, there’s not much you can do about the snow and ice or the cold. Winter comes to the region and the cold, snow and ice come with it. But that’s not to say there's nothing you can do.

The solution is to increase your garage door’s ability to withstand the effects of the cold, ice and snow. This is achieved with 'maintenance.'

Garage door maintenance refers to adjusting the garage door, sensors and garage door opener so they operate at their maximum efficiency. Garage door maintenance also refers to applying lubricants to ward off the effects of the cold, snow and ice while you operate the garage door.

Lubricating components of the garage door begins with cleaning away rust and debris. The lubricants are applied next. Different lubricants are used in different areas. A qualified garage door technician will know how to adjust and lubricate a garage door and garage door opener so that the effects of a Spring Grove winter are minimized.