GARAGE DOORS EXPERT

Given the precise service that our professionals from Mass Garage Doors Expert provide to our clients, before any repair, replacement, or new installation is undertaken, it is a policy that you are treated as a five-star patron. While some service centers just do the job, we want you to have the best information about parts, assemblies, and how they all fit together. It may just be a garage door to some, but it is a pivotal extension of your home, business, and safety to us. 

QUESTION: What is the average life performance expectancy of a garage door opener belt or chain?

ANSWER: Ten to fifteen years. 

Considering the function that these parts perform, you'll want to rely on us to keep the entire opener unit running cohesively to make the most of them. The belts or chains transmit the power to essentially open and close your garage door, and like an automotive engine, they are manufactured to torque with a specific horsepower.

At a minimum of ½ horsepower, residentially speaking, the ½ H.P belt or chain-driven opener can lift a 300-pound basic single steel garage door but aren't recommended for a wooden door. Then there are minor additions like insulation and door style, height, and width to consider. From overhead storage space-saving solutions to DC motor, battery backup, and timer adjustable tips, we've got it all for you, and the more you know, the better our vision can custom fit your dream.

The Main Event: Belt or Chain

Starting with the rubber belt drive choice, here are some of the answers our technicians at Mass Garage Doors Expert base their recommendations on for your specific needs.

Pros:

• Long-term life due to the trolley (see below) it controls.
• Quiet, smooth performance.
• Offer more speed to the garage door operation.
• Moderately priced +depending upon door and unit+.
• Available in steel-reinforced rubber, fiberglass, or polyurethane, each reacts differently to weather conditions. 

Cons:

• In an extreme weather change, the rubber belt can become compromised with heat, humidity, or adversely, cold and below-freezing temperatures. +Not usually an issue if your garage is heated.+ 
• Not normally recommended for use with a wooden door or other weight-restricted doors but can be considered if available on the market. Be prepared, however, to pay a premium cost. Our staff will be pleased to discuss more stringent safety guidelines with you if this is a consideration you want to look into.

Basic Operation:

Here is how the trolley mentioned above works best with the aid of the rubber belt-driven garage door opener unit. Think of the trolley, or the center rail, as the muscle. It works like a weightlifting bicep curl when lifting the garage door and the opposite controlled flex to push the door closed with the downward motion. It also houses a piece of dangling rope which is the emergency manual reset handle. The trolley "car" is tracked from above to give a smooth, consistent, and safe speed-controlled door operation. 

The chain-driven garage door opener works in conjunction with a torsion bar which operates like the trolley arm and offers its own set of comparative options as well:

Pros:

• Durable and generally most readily available and popular.
• Cost-effective for limited budgets due to its popularity.
• Increasing technology is underway to make chain drives modernized.
• Chain drives can lift more weight than their rubber belt counterpart. 

Cons: 

• Not as long-lasting due to metal-on-metal wear and tear.
• Noisy.
• It will require tightening, much like a bicycle chain and sprocket.

Honorable Mentions

To ensure our customers have a full range of choices, we would like to take this time to mention some other garage door drives which might be geared to your specific situation.

The screw-driven garage door opener is threaded along a metal rod that lifts your door along the track. Although heavy-duty, reliable, and run on a DC whisper-quiet motor, they require steady routine lubrication as maintenance.

The wall-mounted garage door opener works with a torsion bar and a jackshaft, resulting in exceptional security, safety, and smooth operation. This space-saver is easier to maintain for superior, long-lasting performance because of its self-reliance. There is no need to worry about chain or belt maintenance as a transmittal power.

The Final Wrap-Up

When working with seasoned Mass Garage Doors2 Expert professionals, you'll get supreme quality results, service, maintenance, and information. Honoring most credit cards and other payment methods, give us a call at 1-888-989-8758 or reserve your audit proposal and work order estimate online at https://massgaragedoorsexpert.com. The best bet for your residential and commercial better garage door services within the greater Boston area is Mass Garage Doors Expert, where quality, commitment, honesty, and core value aren't just our work ethic. It's our lifestyle.