DIY Garage Door Repairs or Not

I would certainly commend anyone who takes the initial to do some things on their own. However, due to safety concerns, there are definitely some things that should be handled by an experienced service professional. You may think that you’ll be able to save money on your garage door projects and this is why you would rather just go on YouTube and find out how to perform the job yourself. Even if the job that is required seems easy, there are still some pretty serious safety risks that you are taking in performing the job yourself. Since the garage door has lots of moving parts and parts that are so tightly wound (high-tension) that if not something is moved the wrong way, could cause you to lose a finger, this might not be a risk you want to undertake. I am by no means saying you should never perform DIY on your garage doors when it comes to something as simple as cleaning the tracks or replacing the batteries in the remotes. However, when it comes to serious troubleshooting and repairs, don’t put yourself in harms way, instead; rely on the services of an experienced service technician, such as the ones found at Kendall Garage Door Pros in Kendall, Florida.

Why Call a Professional Garage Door Service

Garage Door Springs are Dangerous

• Your garage door springs are either torsion or extension. Both are wound tightly and can be very dangerous to handle during repairs and maintenance. Torsion springs are installed horizontally over the garage door. Once the door closes, the cables on the bottom will force the springs to wind up, giving the system the energy it needs to continue to perform the task it is meant to do. Once the door is opened back up, the springs begin to unwind and the energy is placed on the door, enabling it to open up again. While none of this may sound dangerous, once there is a problem with the springs, it places your safety in jeopardy. If your spring should happen to snap, the coils convert fast and all the energy unwind quickly and violently. If you’re close to the springs when they break, you could be seriously harmed. Avoid this by allowing a garage door expert to handle any problems you have with your springs.

Making the Problem Worse

• Whenever you set out to perform a DIY garage door repair you may start out with the right motives. However, one you get further into the project, you begin to notice how time consuming and costly doing it yourself actually becomes. When you miss something in the DIY instructions, you may actually make the problem worse. Then, instead of calling a professional service provider, you may try to resolve the problem on your own. After you have tried to resolve the matter, you now have a hug mess on your hands. Don’t take the chance of wasting your valuable time and making the problem more costly. Contact a service professional from the start and eliminate the chance of your paying more than you have to for the needed garage door repairs.

Fatally Falling and Injuring Yourself

• No one ever thinks it will happen to them. Thousands of people harm themselves due to accidental falls in and around their homes every year. It is reported that 6,000 deaths a year are due to accidental falls. Why not eliminate the threat of your being harmed or killed due to falling from a ladder while repairing your garage door by relying on the professional services of a garage door repair.

Incorrectly Using Tools

• Since most people don’t want to buy a new tool for this one repair job, they often improvise with something that can do the same job that the preferred tool does. Due to the nature of the repairs that need to be made, many garage door repairs require specific tools for the job. Using improper tools can create several problems. It can make the problem you’re experiencing worse and it can damage your tools.

Falling Garage Door

• Since garage doors are so heavy, some weighing over a hundred pounds, you wouldn’t want to let things get out of control. If the door were to fall down it could damage the floor of your garage, damage the door and anything that might be in its path when it falls. The worst part would be for you to be in the path of the door if it were to fall down. If you do not have the experience needed to properly troubleshoot problems with your garage door, the probability of your door falling down is greater than if you used the services of a trained professional.

Use of the Wrong Parts

• Since garage door manufacturers may use different parts and materials, resorting to doing a DIY job to repair your garage door can become problematic if you do not use the parts that are actually designed for your particular garage door. In some cases, you might not notice that there is a problem until a few months have passed. You can waste money by purchasing and installing the incorrect parts. After realizing the parts do not work, it may be too late to return them for the correct parts. This means that you’ve just wasted your hard earned money.

Misdiagnosing the Problem

• If you have decided to troubleshoot the problem and you feel that you have determined what the problem is, you may go to work eagerly repairing the problem. However, the problem may still exist. At this point you might realize that what you thought was the problem wasn’t the problem at all. You’ve wasted valuable time and resources. If you don’t want this to happen to you, you know what you have to do. Call a professional garage door repair service. They are trained to identify the exact cause of your problem. You won’t have to worry about wasting money on having the wrong thing repaired.