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Garage Door Preventive Maintenance

Whether you’re the owner of a commercial or residential garage door, you want everything to run smoothly. The best way to prevent significant problems in the future is to actively check your door’s functions to ensure it’s doing what it should. Garage door maintenance is a simple way to get the longest life possible from your garage door.

Marvin’s offers a full line of preventive maintenance programs to keep your garage door running at its best. Contact us for more information!

Call 336-813-2601 To Schedule An Appointment

How Often Do Garage Doors Need Maintenance?

We recommend servicing your garage door once a year to prevent any major issues. If you have a commercial garage door that you’re using more than once or twice per day, you should consider servicing your door twice a year or even quarterly.

Garage door maintenance on both residential and commercial garage doors is valuable to your home or building’s safety and security.

The more your garage door is in action, the more likely it is to develop general wear. In warehouses and industrial buildings, forklifts, skid loaders and other equipment can leave dents in the garage door, making it more likely to encounter problems in the future. Commercial garage door maintenance is crucial to workers’ safety, as a damaged garage door in a high-traffic area can lead to accidents.

A well-functioning garage door, commercial or residential, is also important for security purposes. If a garage door doesn’t close all the way or the track isn’t functioning correctly, anyone could pry the door open.

Preventive maintenance is essential to the functionality of your garage door and it’s beneficial to those who use it.

Common Garage Door Problems

If you’re servicing your garage door regularly, you can prevent an array of issues from developing. Common garage door problems include:

  • A grinding noise: Old parts and loose hardware can cause an unpleasant sound as your garage door opens and closes. Preventive maintenance involves checking all the hardware on your door to make sure everything is in good shape.
  • The door reverses as it’s closing: Damaged rollers or a faulty adjustment screw can cause this. Make sure your garage door continues to close as it should with regular servicing.
  • Broken tension springs or cables: This garage door issue is one of the more dangerous ones. If tension springs or cables are broken, the door will close quickly, often with a loud bang. This is a safety issue, especially for commercial garage doors with heavy traffic. Preventive maintenance will stop this problem before it starts.
  • Cracked or broken seal: The seal along the bottom of your garage door keeps water and pests out. If it’s compromised, you may find yourself with water damage on your door and in your garage. With regular servicing, you can have peace-of-mind knowing your belongings will stay dry.

Commercial Preventive Maintenance

Contact Allen or one of the Marvin’s Garage Doors Professionals about our preventive maintenance program that will help your facility save money and most importantly keep your equipment up and running. We offer a full line of preventive maintenance for all your commercial door & dock equipment:

  • Sectional Doors
  • Rolling Doors
  • High Speed Doors
  • Fire Doors
  • Dock Levelers
  • Dock Seals
  • Truck Restraints
  • Electric Door Motors
  • Gate Systems
  • and the list keeps growing!

Call Allen today at 336-813-2601.

Count on Marvin’s Garage Doors for Preventive Maintenance

With preventive maintenance, you can extend the life of your garage door, protect your belongings and keep people safe. At Marvin’s Garage Doors, we want your garage door to run smoothly, which is why we offer maintenance programs for commercial and residential garage doors as well as 24-hour emergency service in Winston-Salem, Wilkesboro, and East Bend, NC.

If you’re interested in maintaining your garage door, request an estimate or fill out a service form to get started today.

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