Well, it’s cold again. We sometimes get cranky about the cold weather, and garage doors do too. That’s when we normally grab the lubricant and spray like mad. Nobody wants to get home one day and find the garage door just won’t move.
When it gets cold, your garage door sometimes has trouble going up and down. This can be from a variety of things, but often, it’s simply because metal contracts in cold weather. This causes many of the metal pieces in your garage door to seize up or slow down. And this is where normally, it’s easy and effective to apply more lubricant and call it a day. Happy garage door, happy you.
But too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, as my mother used to remind me.
If you are using grease on your garage door, it may be the culprit. Grease can glob up and freeze in cold temperatures, making it less of a lubricant and more of a bumpy country road for your garage to get over.
If that’s the case for you, try cleaning the old grease with a grease solvent and an old toothbrush. Wipe up any leftovers, and then try a silicone-based lubricant like WD-40 Multi-Use Spray or 3-in-1 Garage Door Lubricant, two of our owner Jeff’s favorites for quality, and not bad on your wallet either.
If you’ve tried both greasing and de-greasing and neither seemed to work, give us a call! We’ve been calming down cranky garage doors in Columbus for years.
Super! The service tech called to tell me when he would be here and arrived as promised. He was honest about the door’s status and what was needed and what didn’t need to be done and explained why for each. He even provided suggestions for regular homeowner maintenance.
