So you wake up one day and are ready to get your car out of the garage, when you suddenly realize that the garage door is not opening properly the way it should and is broken or even worse it won’t open at all or maybe if you are lucky, it opens a small way, but then simply won’t go further. What do you do in a situation like this, do you try to repair it yourself once you have actually found out what caused the problem? Or do you get a professional repair man to do the job? The first thing you should do is to find out what the problem is.When it comes to garage doors they usually consists of two main things, namely the garage door itself and then the opener. So now you can already see that the problem can most likely be one of these two things. Most people will simply just call someone to do the repair, since it is the easiest way. Not always the cheapest, but the easiest. If you are brave enough then you can always search the internet for a step by step guides that will tell you exactly how to fix a broken garage door. But the thing that a person should also look at first is the type of garage door that you have installed. Is it made of wood, steel or even aluminium? Also is it a roller garage door or one that you push open upwards.When you looked it this you will also find that maybe it is the switch that opens the garage door that is broken. Like we all know your garage door mainly works with springs, so you are going to most like have to repair or replace those springs. The cost of repairing a garage door will mainly depend on the size of springs that the door uses. But remember if you take care of the maintenance of your door, then you can probably extend the amount of time that the door will work without any problems.

The garage door and motor are the two primary parts thegarage door it made up of. Let’s go through the ways you can repair them bothby starting with the door. Repairing a Garage Door With your basic automatic garage doors, there are two types. Overhead garage doors, either lifting or rolling up in sections has the same spring tension operation moving along metal tracks which wheels run on mounted to the walls, with the spring providing all the power for this movement. Most of the time when the door does not operate correctly, repairs need to be done which are fairly simple and easy to do yourself. Helpful repair tips are: Step 1: Firstly, check the tracks on which the garage doorruns. This would include mounting brackets, bolts, and screws that will need tobe checked whether they are tight or loose. Loose screws and bolts shouldalways be tightened. if there are any dents in the track, they should bepounded out with a rubber mallet or hammer and a wooden block if it’s not toobadly damaged. Depending on the damage, the garage door tracks should be replaced andrealigned with the use of a level. Step2: Tracks should be inspected with a level to make sure they’realigned. Both tracks should be straight with the horizontal track having a slightslant behind the garage door. To align, loosen the screws without removing themand tap the brackets carefully into position with the help of a level, tightenbrackets and recheck the level afterward. All tracks must be exactly the sameheight as the garage doors with the vertical tracks being exactly flush withthe garage walls. Step 3: Tracks should be cleaned thoroughly checking for anyrust and hardened dirt should be removed with household cleaner, then dried afterward.Also, check and clean the sensors of electrical components making sure they areplugged in correctly as well. Step 4: On swing-up doors, check for any mechanical orhardware issues, such as loose screws, also check the plates to which thespring is mounted, making sure they’re tight. Roll-up doors hinges should allbe checked as they hold the sections of the door together. Loose screws shouldbe tightened, and hinges should be inspected for any damage. Servicing thesehinges also prevents sagging. If any screw holes are worn out, replace thescrew with a longer or bigger screw with the same diameter, and make use of ahollow fibre plug dipped in wood glue. If any hinges are cracked remove thehinge and fill cracks and screw holes with strong wood filler and leave to drycompletely. If cannot be repaired replace the damaged hinge. Caution: some roll-up doors only have one tension spring in the center and the tension is so great that the spring could badly hurt or kill an individual, please contact a professional repair service for help.