Garage Door Opener Parts

I felt like doing some market research on what garage door opener parts fail and give people the most trouble.  So I went right to the source.  I went to the main garage door company in the city that actually installs and services them.

I went over to Pioneer Door here in town who is the dealer for Overhead door and asked the residential sales manager what is the most common problem that people generally call in for.  I asked him this at nine o’clock in the morning and I could tell that he was not expecting this but I thought for a moment and said “people kicking or damaging the garage photo sensor.”

Apparently he gets calls all the time because someone’s garage door will not go up and they cannot figure out why.  It just stopped working.  So they schedule a service call to get it fixed.  Well the service technician finds out that the photo sensor was damaged in some way.  How does it happen?  A person can accidentally kick it, hit it while taking out the garage, or bump into it with something including a vehicle.  When that happens the garage door will not open, obviously.

An easy problem to fix.  A lot of the time the sensor is just out of adjustment and you just have to realign it.  Other times you are going to have a purchase a brand new part.  In any case doing both of those things is cheaper than paying for a service call and buying a whole new garage door opener sensor.  Where I live a service call is actually free but in many places it can be closer to $100.

While I was there I noticed a magazine called International Door Association.  I had no idea that there was an association, and one that published a magazine, but there is.  They give all sorts of good advice on their website.  I did find out some very interesting from their website.  Apparently the federal government  is offering financial incentives to homeowners to buy qualifying insulated garage doors. Under the stimulus package   signed by President Obama on Feb, 17, 2009, tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements have been extended and increased significantly. That means that adding a new garage door in 2009 or 2010 can save you money by helping to lower home energy consumption and costs, and it will help pay for itself this year through the tax credit incentive.  Definitely something to check out!!

I got a subscription so I will keep you posted on any new events that are happening or any new information I find relating to maintaining, replacing, or purchasing garage door opener parts for your home or business.

When it comes to garage door opener parts we often talk about repairing a problem more than preventing a problem.  The key to a nice and cozy garage is maintinance and making it more efficient.  Hopefully by reading this article you can save some money from your heating bill.

Your garage takes up a lot of heat in your house.  Anyone who owns one will tell you right off the bat that they take forever to get warm.  And its your garage where you could be loosing a lot of heat in your house.  The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy states that the most leakage (31%) occurs through the walls, floors, ceilings, and air ducks (15%).  Your garage was most likely not built with premium insulation.  Talk about an energy hog!

As far as your garage goes I am a firm believer that the topic of insulation is a very important topic.  This is really important for me personally because have a huge garage that I have to heat and I do that via a waste oil boiler that I purchased three years ago that I fuel with the oil from my oil change business.  We have long winters where I live so I want to have the most minimal amount of heat leakage as humanly possible so I do not run out of oil (we don’t do a lot of oil changes during the winter).

Okay so hot air rises and where does it go?  The building envelope: the roof, walls, doors, and windows that enclose your garage.  You need to make sure that those components are airtight to make it energy efficient.  You want to close as many holes as possible.  The need to build or get built shafts made from plywood and foam weatherstripping  and plug the holes with them.  You can also use the spray foam.  That’s what I did.  I used urethane.  Stuff is excellent.  I spray foamed my whole attic above the garage.  I can heat it now with minimum heat even at cold temperatures.

You have to uncover all the hidden holes in your garage.  There are most likey more than you think. You can plus small holes with fire barrier sealant.  Remember to seal all the holes in your ducks.

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