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How to Recognize Trouble Signs From Your Garage Door

by Kevin Smith Author

Would you believe that sometimes your garage door may be trying to tell you something? After years of regular use, it’s easy to not pay much attention to your garage, but listen closely. Your door may be giving off strange noises that are warning you a garage door repair in Lansing should be in your near future.

A Noisy Door

Ordinarily, the hum of your door opening and closing doesn’t catch your attention. But one day, you may hear the door humming much louder than usual. Additionally, you may hear rattles or other unsettling noises. If the sound of your door has suddenly changed, call a repairman. You may have an approaching failure in your door motor. A motor lubrication may be in order, or you might even need a new motor if your current model is too faulty to last.

Rapid or Slow Door Movements

After years of using your garage door, you’re used to how it opens and shuts. So it’s unnerving and even scary when it suddenly shuts more quickly than usual. Conversely, it’s strange or even annoying when the door shuts slowly. Either of these issues may require some garage door repair in Lansing performed to your door’s spring. You may need your spring’s tension tightened up if the door is coming down too fast, or the tension released if it’s too slow.

A Door That Doesn’t Close All the Way

Some garage doors will actually quit on the way down. They will start closing but don’t close all the way, sometimes leaving a gap between the door and the floor. Sometimes this is the result of a tight spring. If your door is closing unevenly, a professional garage door repair in Lansing should correct the spring and free up the tension to allow the door to close properly.

 No Response

What if your garage door is giving you the silent treatment? You find yourself pressing the remote only to find nothing happens. The door won’t open or close in response to your touch. Check out the batteries in your remote control, but if replacing the batteries doesn’t work, your motor may have a reception problem or your remote has gone faulty.

Now that you know the language of a malfunctioning garage door, you won’t be surprised when your garage starts telling you it needs help. Doors that don’t close or don’t close all the way, or close and open way too fast or slowly are all signs that a garage door professional should pay your garage a house call.


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