A new motor was installed for my Everest Garage door in 2010. The door needs oiling or greasing. I am unable to do this myself. Could an engineer come when working in the area? BA1 5TG

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Pauline Gough presented the following explanation :
A new motor was installed for my Everest Garage door in 2010. The door needs
oiling or greasing. I am unable to do this myself. Could an engineer come
when working in the area? BA1 5TG

Yes of course, just post your full address and contact details for the
world to see.

On 22/03/2021 16:45, Pauline Gough wrote:
A new motor was installed for my Everest Garage door in 2010. The door
needs oiling or greasing. I am unable to do this myself. Could an
engineer come when working in the area? BA1 5TG

Might have a better chance of a useful response by posting in a local
Facebook group. Or go back to the people who did the 2010 job.

Just a local handyman? Check the instructions - sometimes runners just need
to be clean otherwise they attract grit.

Pauline Gough wrote:
A new motor was installed for my Everest Garage door in 2010. The door
needs oiling or greasing. I am unable to do this myself. Could an
engineer come when working in the area? BA1 5TG


There is a web page for that.

https://www.everest.co.uk/garage-doo...-garage-doors/

I think you can make a service request there.

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The garage door has to be balanced first,
for best operation. The wound spring is a
counterbalance of forces, and makes it easier
for the motor to move it up and down.

"How to Balance Your Garage Door - YouTube"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiZvXfMCmgs

Once it is balanced, then the less obvious
issues, like lubrication for the moving parts,
comes next.

The motor is undersized, for just "deadlifting"
the door. The ideal situation for the motor,
is if the door seems "weightless", then the motor
can easily move it, at a relatively constant speed,
up and down.

Lubrication only goes in certain places, because
lubrication attracts dust and dirt and those
"grind" precision metal surfaces. The engineer
will know what to lube, and what needs to be
cleaned up.

Paul