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Maintaining Your Garage Door Tracks

by:Gladman      2020-08-28

Garage door tracks play a vital role in the movement of garage doors. While you lower or raise the garage door, these tracks act as a sort of guide for the rollers to move. The garage door is able to more easily and quietly only when the tracks and rollers are maintained in a good condition. If the situation is otherwise, what results is a noisy garage door that is difficult to operate.

Garage door tracks come in different lengths and a few widths. The different lengths and widths of the tracks are meant to accommodate using them with different size doors. However most commonly residential garage door tracks are two inches wide. The older models of garagedoors are tracks are heavier since as the days go by the garage doors are coming in lighter gauge steel.

Garage door tracks are fixed to either side of the door and they have typically two to three parts. The main component is the 2 inches wide vertical track running upwards from the floor. This part is connected to a curved track meant to shift the door from its vertical path to a horizontal one. In some cases, the curved section is again connected to a separate horizontal section. In other kinds of tracks, the vertical section is found integrated with the horizontal section.

Garage door tracks are usually galvanized to prevent rusting. However, it is usual for them to get clogged with debris and dirt accumulated over a period. In some parts, road salt acts upon the galvanization and let the metal corrode fast. Rollers that are moving up and down several times in a day are prone to wear and tear. At times, you will have to get the right size of rollers and replace them. Rollers are available in two materials namely steel and nylon. While steel rollers last long but cost less, they are significantly noisier than nylon rollers.

If the garage door springs are faulty, you might face problems with the smooth movement of the door. Often, the cables weaken and snap leading to more serious issues. You will need to replace the cables immediately to set right the problem. Garage door experts advise homeowners to periodically inspect their doors to ensure that the parts stay in good shape and that the alignment is fine. The tracks and rollers need a special attention to ensure the sooth and noiseless functioning of the garage doors.

If anything heavy has to bump into garage doors, then the tracks might get damaged. This is more common with newer tracks that are thinner. It is advisable that you replace the tacks in such cases. A noisy garage door is actually reporting a problem to you and calls for your attention. It is time for you to attend to them in order to avoid more expensive repairs in due course. Setting right garage door issues when they are small lets you save a good amount of money and also let you enjoy a safe and secured garage door. Therefore, your job does not end with installing a garage door. You need to do your bit to see them working properly in a good condition.

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