How to Extend the Life of Your Garage Door

In this video by ServiceMagic.com, learn how easy it is to maintain and extend the life of your garage door opener. This is something you should do every six months!

Hi! I’m David Lupberger with servicemagic.com. I’m here in my garage to take care of a neglected piece of maintenance. Most homeowners don’t understand that it is important to lubricate your automatic garage door. So, we’re going to do this in a two-part process. We’re going to lubricate the track and wheels and we’re also going to lubricate the chain. You’ll see I’ve got some lubricant but this isn’t just any lubricant. This is a heavy duty garage door operator lubricant. Any good hardware store will have this. I recommend that you lubricate both the wheels and track once every six months. Let me show you how to do this. We’ll focus on the wheel. I’m also going to lubricate the best I can the track. Make sure you do each of the wheels along with all of the track. So, the next step in this process is to lubricate this chain because if I lubricate this chain, the wheels and the track and do this regularly, this motor isn’t going to work as hard and it should last longer. Let me show you what I’m going to do. I’m going to take my garage door opener. I’m going to start the door so it’s going down. I’m going to take my lubricant and lubricate that chain as it goes by. These are two simple maintenance tips that when you lubricate the chain, wheels, and track, it’ll extend the life of your garage door motor. And overtime, it will save you money. These are things that are easy to do and you can get them done.