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A slow garage door opener can be a real annoyance in your life! Whether you’ve got wound-up dogs in the back of your car ready to get to the dog park or you’re rushing out of the house to get to work on time, you want to minimize every barrier in your way – and that often means calling in expert garage door opener repair.
Here at Pine Garage Door in Denver, our garage door opener repair technicians have seen countless sluggish doors that just need a quick tune-up or adjustment. Below are 4 of the most common problems we diagnose in our area:
One of the most common, and thankfully easy-to-fix, issues has to do with springs, hinges, pulley bearings, chains, rollers, and other metal components of your garage door not being properly lubricated. By lowering friction between these moving parts, your garage door should open and close more quickly.
Often, this problem is easy to diagnose because your door will make grating or squealing noises as it moves. Exactly how often you need to lubricate your garage door will depend on how frequently you use it. But, typically, you’ll want to aim for about every six months to once per year.
One thing to keep in mind is that while some components of your garage door need lubricating, you should never spray WD-40 or other lubricants directly on the tracks. Instead, tracks should be regularly cleaned to keep them in good working condition.
To clean your tracks, you can run a damp cloth along the grooves of the track to remove debris and other materials. A vacuum cleaner with a nozzle is another good tool for this job.
This is also a good opportunity to look for any dents or other damage in your track that may be slowing down your garage door.
Another common issue that leads to slow garage door opening and closing is the speed setting. An average normal opening time for any garage door is somewhere between 12 and 15 seconds. If yours is more than that, there’s a chance that it needs a speed setting adjustment.
As with lubrication, fixing this problem is easy! On some garage door opener models, there are buttons that can be used to speed up or slow down the door movement. Other door openers have a screw that can be adjusted with a flathead screwdriver. You should refer to the owner’s manual of your garage door opener or call in a professional to safely adjust the speed of your garage door.
Garage door openers go through hundreds of cycles per year on average, which is why it makes sense that they would eventually show signs of wear and tear.
If you’ve tried lubricating your garage door components, cleaning the tracks and adjusting the speed setting, your next step should be taking a look at the opener machine. There may be electrical wiring that needs replacing, a gear that’s not working right, or a blocked sensor. In some cases, typically after about ten or fifteen years of use, the entire unit may need to be replaced.
You want your garage door to move faster, but that doesn’t mean you want to lose your free time trying to figure out what the problem is! Allow the pros to fix the problem fast and hassle-free by calling Pine Garage Door in Denver. We’ll come to your home in Lakewood, Aurora, Downtown Denver and elsewhere to speed up your garage door!
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