| Garage door repair does not have to be as hard as it | | | | the inside of the structure. |
| sounds. Even for ladies or elderly people, there are a | | | | Garage Door Repair |
| few simple steps that can be made before a | | | | The first simple repair begins with inspecting the |
| professional has to be called. Good garage door | | | | track. If the track is not straight and dent free, the |
| maintenance actually begins in the construction phase | | | | door cannot travel up and down with out incident. If |
| of a garage. Building the garage with sufficient space | | | | a dent is blocking the way a hammer can be used to |
| can help reduce the amount of repairs later on. | | | | tap the track back straight once again. |
| Garage Dimensions | | | | Doors have moving parts, so the next thing to check |
| The minimum size for a two car or two bay garage | | | | is if there are loose bolts or brackets on the door. A |
| is a twenty four by twenty four foot (24'x24') | | | | simple screwdriver can fix this situation. |
| space. A much more roomy size is a twenty-eight by | | | | The third thing to check is if the door rollers are |
| twenty-eight foot (28'x28') area. | | | | gummed up with excess oil or grease. Other objects |
| Garage door sizes are also another area to seriously | | | | can also inhibit the traveling of the door. An |
| consider. A standard size garage door is nine feet | | | | accumulation of dirt and other materials commonly |
| wide and seven feet high. This size works well for | | | | found in a garage can test the life of your door. |
| cars, but when trucks, suburban, or vans are part of | | | | And finally, rope or string is another threat to the |
| the family fleet, a larger ten foot wide and eight feet | | | | condition of especially an electric opener. Garage door |
| tall door is appropriate. Also when constructing a | | | | opener parts typically have to be ordered, so the |
| garage, it is best to use standard size doors. Even | | | | removal of a string before it does any damage can |
| just making a door a few inches wider or narrower | | | | be vital to preserving the motor of the opener. |
| will require the door to be a special order item. This | | | | Routinely monitoring the garage door parts can insure |
| can get expensive. | | | | a longer life and fewer repairs through out the year. |
| When building to accommodate larger vehicles, it is | | | | Sooner or later we all end up with a garage door |
| important to realize that the ceiling must also be | | | | repair bill, but at least if the simple maintenance is |
| higher. A standard ceiling height of eight feet | | | | performed every few months, the door unit should |
| matches with a seven foot high door, but an eight | | | | have a longer life over all. |
| foot tall door requires a nine or ten foot clearance on | | | | |