GARAGE DOOR SAFETY Services in Your Area of Midlothian, TX​

There are reports every year in Midlothian, TX of people suffering serious injury or death from being hit by or trapped underneath a garage door. To ensure safe, trouble-free operation of your garage door and Automatic Opener, our garage door company provides expert service, repair maintenance and adjustments for your garage door and Garage Door Opener System.

A garage door is one of the largest moving objects in your home and is typically used every day, giving you good reason to keep it in proper working order. If not it could become a serious danger to you and your family.

Here at Garage Door Repair DFW we are dedicated to providing safe and reliable products that last for many years. Here are some tips from the manufacturers of our garage doors and Garage Door Openers for keeping your garage door and opener in safe, proper working order.

First, be sure to read your garage door and Garage Door Opener owner's manual for specific information about your Garage Door System. Next, take the time to look over our safety recommendations and tests, below.

Garage Door Safety Tips:

• Mount the garage door opener wall control out of the reach of small children (at least five feet from the floor) and where you have a clear view of the door.
• Do not let children play with a garage door remote controls; explain that the remote controls are not toys.
• Set a good example for children and discuss garage door safety with them; explain how to operate the door safely.

Know how to use your Garage Door Opener’s Emergency release feature. Your owner’s manual provides instructions.

Visually inspect your garage door each month. Look at the Garage Door’s Springs, Cables, Rollers And Pulleys for signs of wear. If any of these components appear damaged, contact us and we will send a technician out to inspect your garage door!

Do not attempt to repair or adjust garage door torsion springs yourself.

These parts are under high tension and require special tools and skilled training for adjustment. Improper handling or disconnection can cause breakage and serious injury. Leave this to the professionals!

To avoid damage to your door or opener, make sure you disable and/or remove any door locks, ropes, or cables prior to operating your opener.

Use the release mechanism on the Garage Door Opener to manually open the door using its interior or exterior lift handles. The door should lift smoothly with little resistance and should stay open halfway, and not fall down, or fling up. If it is difficult to perform this task, your Garage Door may be out of balance and need Garage Door Repair due to premature wear. Give us a call and we can perform maintenance on your door to inspect and re-balance it!

To prevent accidents when a garage door is closing, invest in a garage door opener that features photoelectric eye safety beams, which are mounted a few inches off the floor and send an invisible beam across the door’s path. If the invisible beam is broken, the Garage Door will automatically reverse to its fully open position. The invisible beam provides added safety to the auto-reverse mechanism, as the door does not have to contact an object in order to reverse.

Garage door safety tests are an important part of maintenance each month.

Garage Door Balance Test

Periodically test the balance of your garage door. Start with the door closed and follow these easy steps:

If you have a Garage Door Opener, use the release mechanism so you can operate the door by hand when doing this test.

You should be able to lift the garage door smoothly with little resistance.

Once lifted, the garage door should stay in place halfway.

If the garage door does not stay open, it needs to be adjusted by a Qualified Garage Door Technician. 

If your garage door is out of balance call us at Garage Door Repair DFW so we can properly adjust your door safely.

Garage Door Reversal Test

Make sure your Garage Door Opener has a reversing feature. If a reversing feature is not present, it should be replaced. All garage door openers manufactured after January 1, 1993, are required by federal law to have advanced safety features that comply with the latest U.L. 325 standards.

Contact Garage Door Repair DFW at 817-779-4455 for additional information.

Test the reversing feature every month using these steps:

Test the garage door balance as explained above. If the door is properly balanced, then proceed.

With the door fully open, place a 1-1/2-inch piece of wood (a two-by-four-inch block laid flat) on the floor in the center of the door.

Push the transmitter or wall button to close the door. The door must reverse when it strikes the wood.

If the door does not reverse, have it repaired or replaced by a qualified technician at Garage Door Repair DFW. We can inspect the garage door and opener to determine whether it needs to be adjusted, repaired or replaced.

Garage Door Force Setting Test

Test the force setting of your garage door opener by holding the bottom of the door as it closes. If the garage door does not reverse readily, the force may be excessive and need adjusting. See your owner's manual for details on how to make the adjustment, or call us for assistance.

Garage Door Security

While on vacation or away from home for extended periods of time, unplug the garage door opener unit or you can activate the vacation lock mode on the wall console switch, which is included on most garage door openers.

Consider purchasing a Garage Door Opener with rolling code technology, which changes the access codes each time the transmitter is used to prevent code grabbing.

Wireless keypads, which activate the garage door opener with a personal identification number (PIN), allows family members to open the door without the use of a key or remote. Never disclose the PIN or leave it written down.

Never leave the remote control in the car or with a parking attendant. It should be treated like a house key.

Check to make sure your garage door is closed when you lock your entry doors at night.

Give Garage Door Repair DFW a call at 817-779-4455 for any garage door repair and service across Midlothian

GARAGE DOOR TUNE-UP AND MAINTENANCE

Don’t be inconvenienced by expensive Emergency Garage Door Repairs due to lack of maintenance! Have your garage door serviced regularly every six months to one year by one of our friendly, professionally trained technicians.

Most common indicators your garage door needs to be serviced:

• Your garage door is squeaking.
• Your Garage Door Does Not Open All Of The Way.
  Your Garage Door Does Not Close All Of The Way.​
• Most common Reasons for garage doors not working:
• Lack of Lubrication, this will cause your door to have mechanism binding or miss-adjustments. 
• Worn out roll-up door rollers will cause your garage door to experience binding to the garage door track. 
• Broken or weak garage door springs, will cause your garage door to become heavy, and stop opening. 
• Problematic motor, your garage door opener motor may be making a strange noise, straining, or smells funny. 
• Weak or dead batteries, Garage door opener remotes work on batteries, every so often they need to be replaced.

 
OUR GARAGE DOOR TUNE-UP & SAFETY INSPECTION INCLUDES:

INSPECTING GARAGE DOOR:

• 

  Door Balance

• Garage Door Sections

• Struts

• Rollers

• Hinges

• Vertical Track

• Horizontal Track

• Center Bearing and Plates

• End Bearings and Plates

• Torsion Tube

• Torsion Springs

• Cables

• Top Fixtures

• Bottom Fixtures

• Drums

• Center Stiles

• End Stiles

• Jamb Brackets

• Tighten Loose Screws

• Secure/Adjust Tracks

INSPECTING OPENERS:

• Chain/Belt Tension (When Applicable)
• Gear & Sprocket
• Sensitivity/Force Settings
• Travel Limits
• Opener Brackets
• Safety Release Cord
• Safety Beam
• Grease Screw Drive Rails
• Inspect Screw Drive Couplers

LUBE All Moving Parts, Including:

• Springs
• Rollers
• Hinges
• Bearings
• Track
• Opener Rail
• Opener Sprocket

Give the professionals at Garage Door Repair DFW a call at 817-779-4455 for garage door repair, maintenance, and service.

FAQ

How often do garage doors need maintenance?

Precisely just how usually you need to oil your garage door depends upon the parts of a garage door. It is suggested that you oil the joints, spring, rollers, along with tracks every 3 months. Nevertheless, rail just really requires to be fueled oil when every year. Having a garage door repair work professional check your garage door for any kind of falling short parts and addressing them onsite might save you numerous fixings prior to the issue worsens. We advise an evaluation at the very least yearly, yet bi-yearly is commonly much better due to weather adjustments with the period.

What does it cost to have a garage door serviced?

The rates range $100 as well as $300 relying on the type of spring, dimension, weight, in addition to the item of your garage door. When there are broken chains or cable that cause your garage door to jump or drop quickly, the repair price can be between $150 as well as $200.

Do garage door openers need maintenance?

Your automatic garage door opener requires normal maintenance to make sure protected as well as efficient procedure. Actually, as a result of the fact that a garage door is frequently the heaviest and also the biggest single thing of transferring tools around a home, normal testing and also upkeep are specifically essential.

How do you clean and lubricate garage door tracks?

Tidy the inside of the tracks with an old toothbrush to get rid of any type of accumulation of grease, crud or dirt. Spray disc brake cleaner right into the tracks as well as after that wipe out the tracks with a neat dustcloth to eliminate the cleaner in addition to debris.