Winter is right around the corner. Like most equipment out there a garage door needs proper maintenance to run properly during those frigid months of winter, especially in the Northeast United States. If you search online you will find many guides on how to winterize a vacation home, automobile and pool for example. Hudson Valley Overhead Doors and their LaGrange Garage Doors, Germantown Garage Doors, Somers Garage Doors, Yorktown Heights Garage Doors and Gardiner Garage Doors services offers up this informative guide on how to get your garage door ready for the upcoming months. With these tips you will better your chances against hiccups.
Proper Lubrication:
It is important to keep your door properly lubricated throughout the whole year but even more important during the winter years. A garage door that is not properly lubricated will cause you a lot of problems come the cold. Remember garage doors work through the use of metal against metal. Nothing becomes more abrasive than two non-lubricated pieces of metal. If you do not nip this in the bud you are sure to encounter stubborn garage doors that do not want to open or even worse close.
Insulation:
It can get pretty darn cold out there, that’s why it is important to have proper insulation when old man winter comes a knocking. The type of insulation you decide to choose has a lot to do with the type of garage door you have.
If you are sporting a wood frame and panel garage door you will most likely be using rigid insulation. Rigid insulation is ideal, foam board is the most popular option and it is sold in rigid panels that can be cut down to the required size.
If you happen to have a steel garage door you are blessed with the option of pretty much using any kind of insulation you desire.
Seals and Weather Stripping:
Its normal for garage doors to come with gaps. The room needed for all these metal and wooden pieces to move cause gaps, perfectly normal. Just because it is normal does not mean it is good. Before winter shows it ugly head get all those little nooks and crannies filled in with proper seals and weather stripping such as PVC stop molding.
Hopefully you will get through winter just fine but if you find yourself in need of maintenance feel free to contact Hudson Valley overhead Doors and Operators for our following services: