You may be handy and used to fixing things yourself: a wobbly table, the shower head, or even a fan. That's great! Being able to do things yourself is a great asset, and it can be rewarding to do your own repairs.

However, some repairs aren't as easy as they seem and can even pose certain risks. Garage doors fall into this category: their mechanism is more complex than it appears, and you could easily find yourself with disassembled parts and no idea how to put everything back together. For safe and reliable Garage Door Repair Dubai, it's best to hire an expert to avoid regrets or worse, injuries. Repairing your garage door yourself: it's best to avoid it.

Indeed, many repairs to a garage door should be left to a specialist with years of experience.

Here are some examples of repairs or replacements that you should not attempt to do yourself:

● If a garage door panel is damaged

● If a spring is broken

● If the casters or lifting cables break

Damaged garage door panel

Sometimes, accidents can cause a dent oninhe bottom of the door. This can happen in several ways:

● It's morning, and you're in a hurry to leave so you're not late for work. Your vehicle is parked in the garage. Without thinking too much, you press the accelerator pedal, a little too hard, and BANG, you hit the garage door. Oh, no!

 Your garage is in the basement, and the entrance is quite steep. The autumn temperature has just dropped below zero, and you haven't noticed the icy floor. When your car starts to skid, you hit the brake, but it's too late: you drive right into your garage door.

A car hitting a garage door at 10 km/h will cause damage, regardless of whether the door is made of metal, fiberglass, or plastic.

In some cases, the bottom section and the second section can even detach from the vertical rails. The garage door is then held only by the lifting cables and is swaying precariously.

Do not attempt to repair the damaged sections or to put the door back in place.

It is also important to know that the spring system is connected to the lifting cables, which are located at the bottom of the door and which are held in place by a support made like the bottom hinge.

Some people would even go so far as to try to undo the lifting cable attachment. What a bad idea!

Think twice before doing this: the spring mechanism that holds your door is located directly above your head. Trying to remove the cable could cause the spring to suddenly stretch, potentially resulting in serious injury.

Broken spring or one that needs replacing

There are also risks involved in repairing or replacing a spring, whether its system is torsion or extension style.

Do not attempt to touch anything related to springs, drums, lifting cables,s or bottom hinges.

These parts aare connectedand support a high tension corresponding to the full weight of the garage door.

Casters and/or lifting cables to be replaced

Indeed, touching certain rollers is just as dangerous as touching the bottom of the garage door.

To be more precise, it's the bottom rollers of the door that you should never change. Some of the other rollers are less risky if you're comfortable with DIY projects.

There are several reasons why it might be necessary to replace one or more casters:

1.         They are of poor quality

2.         There is too much grease on the rails, and the wheels are slipping instead of rolling

And when it comes to lifting cables, don't attempt it yourself. To avoid serious injury, call a Garage Door Repair Dubai specialist if you have frayed or broken cables.