Regular maintenance of your Gliderol Garage Door is necessary for smooth performance, good functionality and increasing the life of your door. Remember, defective garage doors can represent a serious hazard. Regular door maintenance helps to prevent accidents and avoid unnecessary service bills.

Visually Inspecting & Maintaining Your Residential Gliderol Roller & Panel/ Sectional Door

Conduct a visual inspection of mounting brackets, springs, tracks, guide lugs, fasteners, drive unit cables, weather seals, etc. for any wear and tear at least once every six months.

Roller Doors Only:  Gliderol roller door curtain is made up of COLOR PLUS pre painted steel which is highly durable and decorative finish. For maintenance regularly wash the curtain by fresh, clean water to enhance its life and maintain attractive finish. If this method does not remove all the dirt adhered on the surface please follow below procedure:

• Wash the surface of the roller door curtain with a mild solution of pure soap or mild non-abrasive kitchen detergent in warm water.
• Application should be with a sponge, soft cloth or soft bristle nylon brush, and should be gentle to prevent shiny spots.
• The roller door curtain surface should be thoroughly rinsed with clean water immediately after cleaning to remove traces of detergent.

Caution: Never use abrasive or solvent type cleaners like turpentine’s, petrol, kerosene, paint thinners to clean roller door surface as it may ruin the paint.

Visual Inspection: Conduct visual inspection of mounting brackets, springs, tracks, Guide lugs, fasteners, drive unit cables, and weather seal etc. for any wear and tear at least once in every six months.

• Springs should be lubricated using grease once in six months for proper functioning of the door and locking mechanism should be twice a year with general purpose oil or motor oil.
• As Poly glide is self-lubricated it is important NOT to lubricate the guides. It is advised from time to time to clean the guides with spirit cleaner and polish with car polish. IMPORTANT: DO NOT LUBRICATE GUIDE TRACKS.

Door Balance: The roller door should be perfectly balanced for optimum performance and power consumption (for electric operation). Perform door balance test regularly at least once in six months to increase the efficiency of the roller door

• Fully close the door
• If the door is operated electrically put it to manual operation by pulling the manual release pin (refer owner’s manual).
• Lift the door manually to waist height, say one metre above the floor level you should be able to lift the door with little effort.

Panel Doors Only: Panel Doors need oiling every 3–6 months and servicing every 2 years (more often for coastal properties). Motor oil (in an oiling can), RP7 or WD40 are all suitable for use. Apply oil to hinges, springs and wheel bearings only (refer owner’s manual). It is not necessary to spray the chain unless it appears to be rusted. In this instance apply oil sparingly and wipe off any excess with a rag.

Gliderol Garage Door Balance Testing

Your Gliderol garage door should be perfectly balanced for optimum performance and power consumption (for electric operation). Perform a door balance test at least once every six months to increase the efficiency of your door:

1.  Fully close the door.
2. If the door is operated electronically put it into manual operation (refer owner’s manual).
3. Lift the door manually to waist height, say one metre above the floor level. You should be able to lift the door with little effort and the door should stay open at that position.
4. If the door does not stay at that position (one metre) this implies the door is out of balance. Get the door balanced by a Gliderol authorised service agent.

Gliderol Garage Door Auto Reverse Testing

Automatic garage doors should auto reverse when they detect an obstruction while closing. Conduct an auto reversing test at least once every six months to prevent accident and damages to motor and control unit:

1. Ensuring the door is properly balanced, as described above, fully open the door using handset.
2. Place a 20cm thick object, preferably wood, below the door.
3. Close the door when using a handset.
4. The door should auto reverse after striking the object (wood). If it doesn’t, call a Gliderol authorised service agent to fix the problem. If the door is fitted with additional safety devices like a photo electric beam sensor to prevent human entrapment please ensure it works properly.