The garage door is often the biggest moving thing in a home. However, despite its size, it is often neglected. Like any other device with moving parts, it needs regular maintenance. An unmaintained garage door is dangerous and can be deadly. It can cause severe injuries like broken bones, crushed or pinched joints, spinal cord damage, and head injuries. These can happen to anyone in the household, including children.
Falling doors, broken springs, sharp edges, and malfunctioning tracks and rollers are the common problems of neglected garage doors. These are also the reasons why, every year, over 30,000 garage door injuries are recorded. This number can grow if people continue to neglect their responsibility and continue taking garage doors for granted.
Properly maintained garage doors do not only prevent accidents from happening; they also help increase home value by at least 4%. That’s already a significant amount – if the current home value is $200,000, a 4% increase will give the homeowner an extra $10,000.
So, whether it is routine garage door maintenance or an electric gate repair that you need, don’t wait for the situation to worsen. Contact a garage door specialist right away. Knowing basic garage door maintenance is also essential.
Here is an info-graphic that offers detailed tips on how you can start taking better care of your garage door.
