There are some things that are worth investing into. You know, those things that make your life way easier. And the truth is that the little things count. For instance, why strain yourself lifting that heavy garage door after getting from a tiresome day at the job when you can always use a garage door opener?
And from the wide range of openers available, one of the most popular of them all is the remote operated Genie garage door opener. You will be able to open the door of your garage just by sitting inside your car, you will never have to get out of it.
Installation is not very difficult either. For an ambitious person with some mechanical skills and a set of tools, it should be a walk in the park, especially since the manuals that all Genie openers come with are really good and provide with plenty of information. If you still are not sure about what you are doing, how about calling a friend or a neighbor over to help?
The Genie garage door opener is built in such a way that it meets all the security guidelines, so the protection of your garage is guaranteed. An interesting and undoubtedly useful feature is the automatic reversal system. This means that whenever the door of the opener encounters an obstacle for more than 3 seconds, it will turn back on its tracks. For even more additional security, a vacation lock is incorporated into the opener.
This is a short summary of the most important features of the Genie garage door opener. It is certainly a very viable option for your garage, so make sure that you take it into serious consideration.
I cannot emphasize this point anymore than I have. I have written this on numerous blogs and will continue to do so in the future.
Please lubricate your garage door opener chain. This can save you a lot of time. If your chain has already broken then you will have to cough up at least $180-$200 and I hoped you learned your lesson. If not please follow this advice and do it.
Go to the store and get a can of DW40. If there is another type of oil you want to get then fine but in my experience DW40 works the best. Its the strongest and is the best as far as anti corrosion and anti moisture. You can’t beat it.
Get a ladder if you have to and spray the hell out of the chain. Use up the whole can if you have to. One $5.00 can of cheap WD40 costs a lot less than having to buy a brand new chain for your garage door. It an expensive part.
Let the spray permeate. A lot of oil may drip to the floor so just have a rag to wipe it up. Let it sit there for at least an hour before using your garage.
And there you go. You are good for at least a year. You can go longer depending on how much your garage door gets used. Inspect it from time to time. Just don’t expect that all the parts on your garage door opener are going to last. Just like the bearings in your vehicle’s engine need oil, and need that oil to be replenished for it to work properly, so does your chain.
If you are searching for garage door opener parts then we have tons of sites to the letf on this posts that give you the best deals in parts. You can go to the department store but you will at least pay 30-50% percent more than if you ordered it online. The money saved is worth the 2-3 day wait.
There are many places that you can buy quality garage door opener parts. Many times something will go wrong with your garage and you will not know what to do. I can tell you that this used to happen to me many times. In fact, due to everyone going in and out of my garage door, mine used to break all the time. It was not until later I found out how to maintain my garage door and when it breaks find the parts I need to fix it.
When you need parts you generally need to know what parts you are looking for. Is it a track? Is it a bearing? If it is a bearing what type of bearing do you need. There are many out there. You need to know what type of garage door you have. Many people do not know the brand of the garage door they have. It could be a Stanly Garage Door, Genie, Overhead, Craftsman, ect. My point is that you have to know what you are dealing with before you go to the store or online. Otherwise you are going to be blindly looking for parts you either don’t need, may not exist any longer, or the wrong part all together and when you buy a part on the internet it is usually harder to take back.
Once you know what part you need you need to know where to get it. I have highlighted many sites which you can find garage door opener parts in earlier posts so you can look there if you please. As I stated you can go to a department store like Home Depot or Lowes or Aces Hardware and find the parts you need but they are going to cost you more. When you go online they are going to be considerably less but the only problem is that a) you have to wait and b)if you get the wrong part its going to be harder to return it. If you know the exact piece that you want then maybe online is the way to go. But I am not going to specifically tell you to do one or the other. Some have worked both ways. The question is how quick do you want it and how much trouble are you willing to take on to get it at the best price.
Be carefull of a lot of “universal garage parts.” A lot of universal parts that I have bought have not fit. Genie makes a lot of these and I have had to take them back.
Last the advice I am going to leave you with is don’t get the cheapest part. It will break on you and you will be looking for that same part again in the not so distant future. You do not have to pick the most expensive one because a lot of the times you are just paying for the name but I usually go with the middle of the road. The middle price usually works the best for me. If part A costs $5 part B costs $10 and part C costs $20 I will usually go with part B. Not too cheap and not too expensive. Hope this helps and good luck!
