Garage door repairs and servicing in Point Cook
Wyndham is one of metropolitan Melbourne's designated growth corridors, and Point Cook sits inside its Urban Growth Boundary. If your door is fairly recent, check the warranty before you book a repair.
Makers tie that cover to servicing. Steel-Line's warranty lapses without a service at least once a year by Steel-Line or an approved service partner, and B&D asks for a first service within 12 months of installation and then one at least every two years.
Steel-Line covers workmanship and components on its residential doors for 2 years and spring tension for 1 year, so a problem in the first couple of years may be the maker's to look at.
Salt air off the bay
Wyndham's planning scheme counts the Port Phillip Bay coastline and the wetlands of Point Cook among its natural assets, and the sea air comes with them. Rust tends to start on the hinges, springs and tracks, Steel-Line says, and even homes many kilometres inland can corrode faster than you would expect.
Steel-Line's advice for a COLORBOND door is a wash with clean water and a cloth at least every six months, more often in salty areas, while keeping sunscreen off the coating and water off the opener.
Looking after a door near the bay
You can
- Wash the door with clean water and a cloth every six months or sooner
- Look over the hinges and track bolts for rust spots
- Keep the opener dry when you wash the door
Leave to a door specialist
- Rusty springs, cables and bottom brackets
- Re-tensioning or swapping springs
- Corroded hinges and rollers that catch
Around Point Cook
Close to the water
Within 800 metres of the sea, Steel-Line's warranty does not apply, so check the terms if your street is close to the bay.
A new power point
Energy Safe Victoria says even changing a power point isn't a DIY job, so a new outlet for an opener goes to a Registered Electrical Contractor.
What we would do
When you book a service, ask the door specialist to look at the cables and bottom brackets for rust as well as the springs. Steel-Line says rust tends to start on the small moving parts, and catching it early is far easier than dealing with a dropped door.