Will Regular Maintenance Really Make My Garage Door Last Longer?

"W D 40 actually collects dirt and dust and kind of gunks up your track, your hinges and everything. Unlike the silicon based lubricant, where it actually works, how it's supposed to as a lubricant and allows all those moving parts to move freely unlike W D 40 when it collects all that dirt." 

- Alex Dalton, Garage Door Expert

 

Are you taking you garage door for granted?

Take care of your garage door so it will be there for you when you need it!  Garage Door Expert, Alex Dalton from Eco Garage Doors explains in this episode of the podcast.

Check out this episode to learn more...

 

For more information about Eco Garage doors in Austin, Texas log on to

https://www.ecogarages.com

 

Podcast Episode Transcription:

A lot of us take that garage door for granted. It can make up 30, or more of the facade of your home. It's really important. We store a lot of stuff in there, sometimes our cars and sometimes just our stuff, but we don't often think about maintenance. A question has come up here at checkup pro radio and that is, will regular maintenance really make my garage door last longer. I decided to ask Alex Dalton. He is a garage door expert in Austin, Texas from Eco garage door service and he's gonna help me answer this question. Hi, Alex. Hey, Joe. Ok. So will regular maintenance really make my garage door last longer? Yeah, I definitely say so. Um, from lubricating the, uh, moving parts on the door, I recommend doing that 2 - 3 times a year with a silicone based lubricant. Just that alone protects your rollers. Your hinges gives your door a longer life from us coming out there to do an inspection on your door during this regular maintenance. And we can notice things like frayed cables, damaged, springs, damaged, bearings, things that can actually cause is a much larger problem, damaging your door that could lead to replacing the whole door. So a simple, uh simple call to us, take care of that. Uh, regular maintenance, do a safety inspection on your door. Just those small things will really make your door last a long time. Like anything else, even with us as humans. If you eat, well, you exercise, you get good sleep, you hydrate, you're maintaining yourself well. And if you don't, well, you could die. Same thing with the garage door. It just won't last as long. Alex didn't mention a lubricant. I will tell you this. If for some reason you don't want to hire the expert, Alex Dalton, do not use W D 40. Why is that, Alex W D 40 actually collects dirt and dust and kind of dunks up your glass track, your hinges and everything. Unlike the silicon based lubricant, uh where it actually works, how it's supposed to as a, as a lubricant and allows all those moving parts to move freely unlike W D 40 when it collects all that dirt. Alex and his team at Eco garage door service has all the right products including the lubricant. So call them, it's one of the least expensive things you're going to maintain. It's nothing like your air conditioning system or your swimming pool and we use it every day. Some of us use it many times a day. Thank you so much, Alex. I appreciate it. Thanks for having me here, Joe all of Alex's information is located in the description of this podcast. You can just click to contact him.

Episode Transcript

(00:00):
A lot of us take that garage door for granted.
It can make up 30,
or more of the facade of your home.
It's really important.
We store a lot of stuff in there,
sometimes our cars and sometimes just our stuff,
but we don't often think about maintenance.
A question has come up here at checkup pro radio and that is,
will regular maintenance really make my garage door last longer.

(00:24):
I decided to ask Alex Dalton.
He is a garage door expert in Austin,
Texas from Eco garage door service and he's gonna help me answer this question.
Hi,
Alex.
Hey,
Joe.
Ok.
So will regular maintenance really make my garage door last longer?
Yeah,
I definitely say so.
Um,
from lubricating the,
uh,
moving parts on the door,

(00:44):
I recommend doing that 23 times a year with a silicone based lubricant.
Just that alone protects your rollers.
Your hinges gives your door a longer life from us coming out there to do an inspection on your door during this regular maintenance.
And we can notice things like frayed cables,
damaged,
springs,
damaged,
bearings,
things that can actually cause is a much larger problem,
damaging your door that could lead to replacing the whole door.

(01:07):
So a simple,
uh simple call to us,
take care of that.
Uh,
regular maintenance,
do a safety inspection on your door.
Just those small things will really make your door last a long time.
Like anything else,
even with us as humans.
If you eat,
well,
you exercise,
you get good sleep,
you hydrate,
you're maintaining yourself well.
And if you don't,
well,
you could die.

(01:27):
Same thing with the garage door.
It just won't last as long.
Alex didn't mention a lubricant.
I will tell you this.
If for some reason you don't want to hire the expert,
Alex Dalton,
do not use W D 40.
Why is that,
Alex D 40 actually collects dirt and dust and kind of dunks up your glass track,
your hinges and everything.
Unlike the silicon based lubricant,

(01:49):
uh where it actually works,
how it's supposed to as a,
as a lubricant and allows all those moving parts to move freely unlike W D 40 when it collects all that dirt.
Alex and his team at Eco garage door service has all the right products including the lubricant.
So call them,
it's one of the least expensive things you're going to maintain.
It's nothing like your air conditioning system or your swimming pool and we use it every day.

(02:15):
Some of us use it many times a day.
Thank you so much,
Alex.
I appreciate it.
Thanks for having me here,
Joe all of Alex's information is located in the description of this podcast.
You can just click to contact him.