Garage Door Maintenance Tips

Like anything with moving parts, your garage door -- which is often times the largest moving part of your home -- can suffer from wear after being used over an extended period of time. The difference between a small part replacement and an expensive fix can be whether or not you're able to discover the tiny problems before they become big ones. When issues arise and aren't dealt with quickly, they can grow and ultimately speed up the wear on other parts of your garage door. Here are a few maintenance tips to keep things running smoothly.

Cleaning your garage doors on a regular basis can help decrease the exterior wear they can suffer from. This can be accomplished using the soft type of brush you'd use on a car, and a mild detergent. A regular cleaning keeps tough residue off of your garage door, and helps it look good and last longer.

On moving parts, such as any chains, hinges, or rollers, it's good to occasionally apply some grease or spray an oil lubricant like WD-40.When your moving parts are able to move more smoothly, you're less likely to experience a jam.

Finally, if you have an automatic garage door opener, make sure the emergency sensors are working as intended. There will likely be one halfway up the garage door on the side that stops the door from closing should break the line of sight for the sensor. Another emergency sensor is the one that detects any pushback from the garage door. Sensitivity should be set in such a way that your St Paul garage door could come down on a roll of paper towels, push in slightly, but open right back up again.

Having problems with your garage door? Call Premium Garage Door Service today to set a FREE estimate at (763) 607-3402.

Importance of a Properly Functioning Garage Door: Keeps Bears Out

With National Garage Door Safety Month wrapping up, we'd like to remind you again just how important it is to keep your garage door completely closed and locked. Not only will it help you keep burglars out of your garage and your home, it'll also help you keep out other unwanted intruders; namely, animals, like the bear cub in the video below. The cub, who became trapped in the garage after crawling in under the door, crawled on top of the door's track and hung there until his mother arrived. Amazingly, the mother bear opened the garage door like a human and held it open while she called for her cub.


A garage door that closes and locks properly can help you keep guests like this one out of your garage. If you haven't had your door checked out in a while, you may want to get in touch with a Minneapolis garage doors company like Premium Garage Door Service to have it looked at. Regular maintenance to your garage door can keep it operating as intended, and can also help spot wear on certain components that could lead to larger, more expensive repairs in the future.

Make sure your garage door is working the way it's supposed to. Get in touch with Premium Garage Door Service today at (612) 234-4812 to schedule an appointment.

Checking On Your Automatic Opener

An automatic garage door opener can add a fair amount of convenience to your life. Think about living with a manual door in the past, which required you to get out of the car and open or close the door every time you wanted to enter or exit your garage. An automatic opener provides you with a remote control and the ability to open and close the door with the push of a button.

Of course, as is the case with anything that has moving parts, you may run into some issues down the line with your automatic garage door opener. That's why it's important to regularly check out these parts to ensure that the opener continues to function properly. Fuses can go bad, as well as power sources and switches, and the more mechanical parts, such as the pulleys and levers that are required for the garage door to physically open and close. By taking a look at these items occasionally to make sure everything looks good and no wearing has occurred, you can be sure your garage door will work as intended.

If you're already experiencing problems and you need a repair company to turn to, get in touch with Minneapolis garage doors repair company Premium Garage Door Service.

The Importance of a Properly Working Garage Door

Is your garage door currently in a state of disrepair? If so, you could be putting yourself at risk of being burglarized.

Some cities, like El Cajon, California, are seeing an increase in robberies as a result of burglars entering homes through open garage doors. If your garage door is not closing properly and it can either be opened easily or is partially open already, someone intent on invading your home could simply enter through that very easy passage and gain easier access to the inside of your home.

If your garage door is in need of some kind of repair to get it back into working order, you should absolutely not wait to take care of it. Get in touch with a St Paul garage door repair company like Premium Garage Door Service and schedule service on your garage door as soon as possible. It could mean the difference between staying protected or having your home burglarized. Call us today at (651) 344-0489 to make your appointment for a repair.

Have a smartphone? Open your Liftmaster door with it!

Smartphones are handling more and more of our day-to-day tasks these days, and you can now add opening the garage door to the list.

Garage door company Liftmaster is now selling two garage door openers that utilize the Internet instead of the more traditional short-range radio frequencies of traditional garage door openers. Not only can you use your iPhone or Android application to open or close your garage door from home, you can do so pretty much anywhere you have an Internet connection -- even if you're thousands of miles away.



Premium Garage Door Service installs and services Liftmaster products, and we'd be happy to help you learn more about this product or any other product in the Liftmaster family. Contact us today!

Garage Door Murals

Looking for a way to make your garage door stand out a bit from the others in the neighborhood? A German advertising agency called Zweinullvier Werbeagentur figured out a way to do just that.

Take a look at these.







No, that's not an enormous dump truck stuck in that garage. There's not a race car or an airplane in the others, either. These are actually murals that are placed on your garage door to give the illusion that something more unbelievable is stored inside. The company has over 200 other designs, ranging from $230 (for a single door) to $450 (for double doors).

Having garage door issues? Call Premium Garage Door Service, or complete our request service form on our website.

EZ-Set Garage Door Torsion Springs

While EZ-Set torsion springs look a lot like the more common standard torsion springs, the hardware differs significantly, as EZ-Set torsion springs are mounted to winders on the ends of a shaft.

Depending on the size of your garage door, it will likely use either one or two EZ-Set torsion springs. Wider garage doors will also have two shafts, as well as a coupler to join the two shafts.

If your broken garage door spring is an EZ-Set torsion spring, get in touch with Premium Garage Door Service to schedule a garage door spring repair.

Standard Torsion Springs for Garage Doors

As the most common type of garage door springs there are, standard torsion springs are usually found in installations of one or two springs, through four or more can be used for garages that require wide openings for large vehicles.

Standard torsion springs can be installed in one of four different configurations: the linear system, the duplex system, the triplex system, or the mixed system. The linear system is used mostly on wide garage doors. The duplex system uses two larger springs, and each spring has a smaller spring inside. The triplex system is much like the duplex system, except three springs are inside the outer spring instead of two. Finally, the mixed system uses a combination of the linear system and either the duplex or triplex system.

If your garage uses standard torsion springs, the professionals at Premium Garage Door Service are experienced in installing them in any kind of setup. Whether your garage utilizes the linear, duplex, triplex, or mixed systems, we'll safely install your springs and get your garage door working like new. Give us a call today to get started on your garage door spring replacement or repair.

The New PremiumGarageDoorService.com

We're thrilled today to announce the launch of our newly-redesigned website at PremiumGarageDoorService.com. The site design and development, handled by our friends at WebDrafter.com, gives us an up-to-date look and makes navigating the site more straightforward.

We hope you'll continue to visit Premium Garage Door Service at our new home on the Web, and keep us in mind for new garage door installations and garage door repairs.

Thank you!