Advice
Practical notes on garage door repair for Metro Vancouver buildings and properties.
- What a fall service visit should cover on commercial and parkade doorsA plain checklist for property managers and strata councils in Vancouver: what a fall door service should test, adjust and write up before the cold and wet months.
- Keeping an auto service bay door running when cars and vans hit itService bay doors in Langley get bumped by cars and vans and cycle all day. How to cut down impacts, what to do after a hit, and what a repair involves.
- Why overhead door springs and cables fail in the first cold snapsCold mornings finish off springs and cables that were already worn. Here is why it happens on busy commercial doors in Surrey, and what to do when one breaks.
- What to do when the parkade door is stuck open or keeps reversingA step-by-step guide for Burnaby strata councils and property managers when the parkade door won't close, reverses on its own, or leaves the building unsecured.
- Keeping roll-up doors and shutters working through a wet, salty winterDamp air, wind off the water and a high water table are hard on rolling steel doors in Richmond. What to clean, check and fix before the worst of the winter.
- Why a commercial door only closes while the button is heldWhen an overhead door will only close with constant pressure on the button, the operator has usually lost its safety signal. Here is how that works and what to check.
- An overhead door inspection checklist for property managersA walk-around list for New Westminster property managers and landlords: what to look at on each storefront, office and parkade door, and what to write down.
- Signs a commercial door operator or motor is starting to failSlow starts, humming, overheating and doors that stop short are early signs of a tired operator. What they mean on North Vancouver shop, office and parkade doors.
- Storefront roll-up shutters and grilles that stick or won't lockWhy storefront shutters and security grilles in White Rock jam, drag or refuse to lock, what shop owners and landlords can check, and when to book a repair.
- What a strata council should know about the parkade doorA plain guide for Port Moody strata councils on the parkade door: who looks after which part, how the safety reverse works, and what records to keep.
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