Garage door servicing
UK garage door servicing is a routine engineer visit to check spring tension, cable condition, track alignment, roller wear, operator settings and safety photocell function before they cause a breakdown. Regular servicing is generally recommended annually, more often for daily-use electric doors.
What a service visit covers
A typical service includes checking spring tension and condition, inspecting cables for fraying, lubricating rollers, hinges and tracks, checking track alignment, testing the operator's force settings and limit positions, and confirming the safety photocells are aligned and functioning correctly. See our maintenance schedule guide for what should be checked and how often.
Why servicing matters more on electric doors
An electric door under daily use puts repeated cycles through the operator, cables and photocells, and drifted limits or a misaligned photocell are among the most common faults we see reported on the problems section of this site. A service visit catches these before they leave you with a door that won't open or close.
Servicing vs repair
Servicing is preventative — a scheduled check with light maintenance, not a response to an existing fault. If your door already has a specific problem, see garage door repair instead, or browse common problems to identify the likely cause first.
Questions people ask
- How often should a garage door be serviced?
- A general guide is annually for most doors, and more often for an electric door used several times a day. Our maintenance schedule guide sets out what to check and how frequently by door type.
- What does a garage door service actually check?
- Spring tension and condition, cable wear, track alignment, roller and hinge lubrication, operator limits and force settings, and safety photocell alignment and function are the core checks on a typical service visit.
- Does servicing prevent all breakdowns?
- No, but it catches the wear that leads to most common faults — a drifting limit, a fraying cable, a misaligned photocell — before they cause the door to stop working, which is generally cheaper than an emergency repair.
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