Electronic garage doors are super convenient and are awesome to have especially during the winter months. Your car stays warmer and doesn’t take as long to warm up. And when you are home you can just pull right into your house and not have to take the cold trek from the car to the house. This is especially convenient if you have small children. However, as like most conveniences in life, sometimes they mal-function. From refusing to open to making a terrible noise there are going to be a few times that residential garage door repair in McKinney Texas will be crucial.
Not Opening
The most common garage door problem is the garage door refusing to open. When this happens there is often a problem with the motor or track making it unable to open. This is super annoying because oftentimes this means that your car is trapped in or out of the garage. When a garage door refuses to open their can be so many problems associated with that. It is best to just go ahead and call the professionals.
Not Sealing
The purpose of a garage door is to keep the cold out and the warm in. Or keep the cold in and the warm out in the summer. If the door isn’t sealing well then it can’t do that. This is a problem that is relatively simple to fix yourself. You can get garage door sealant from many common big box stores. Then just like how you seal your front door, you can seal your garage door. If you aren’t sure how to do it or don’t want to mess with it then just call residential garage door repair in Mckinney Texas.
Door Stops
If you are attempting to close your garage door and it just stops mid way down this is another super common garage door problem. The most common issue that causes this problem is that something is blocking the sensor. There is a sensor that beams across the bottom of a garage door. This ensures that there isn’t a person or something important that will get smashed by the garage door. If this beam is broken for some reason then the door will not go completely down.
Remote Problems
Most garage doors have a remote that you keep in your car and it automatically opens the garage door when you push the button. Oftentimes this remote has problems. The most common problem is that the batteries die. This is a simple fix: just put new batteries in the remote. Another common remote problem is that it becomes electronically disconnected from the garage door. Oftentimes if this happens you have to call in a professional. You wouldn’t want just anyone to be able to program the remote to open your garage door. This may give them access to your entire home. So calling a professional to reprogram the remote may be crucial to fixing the problem if your remote becomes disconnected.
Mechanical Problems
There are a few crucial pieces to a garage door. First is the motor that pulls open the door and lets it down slowly. When this part of the system malfunctions the door may have problems opening or making terrible noises. Another important piece of a garage door is the track that the door slides on. When this malfunctions the door may not be able to open or it may fall off the track causing damage elsewhere. When this happens you may need to call the professionals to fix the track or the motor on your garage door. If it cannot be fixed then they will help you replace it.