When you have installed an automatic gate onto your property, you should feel relaxed knowing that your security has been taken to the next level. Even so, it is important that this type of gate is properly maintained in order to operate at the best functionality possible. Without the proper, periodic maintenance, things can get to a point of no return in terms of gate malfunction.
Here at Techno Gate GTA, we want to go into detail about regular gate maintenance and why it’s important. This way, you can improve the overall functionality of your gate, save money and time and have a better peace of mind when it comes to your gate.
Lack of Maintenance & The Consequences
Before we get into the positives of gate maintenance, we want to go over the negative consequences that can come from forgetting to provide your gate with regular maintenance. They are as follows:
- Lost or Damaged Remotes: Issues with the remote are usually traced to the gate’s transmitters, and these can wear down overtime without the right maintenance.
- Improper Gate Alignment: This misalignment usually takes place when a car crashes into the gate or other damage impacts it.
- Locking of Gears, Hinges or Other Moving Parts: Since automatic gates have an entire internal and external component, full of moving parts, it’s important that these don’t get locked up with debris, dirt or rust. General wear and tear can cause these parts to lock as well, so maintenance is vital in order to prevent these parts from locking up.
- Bent/Broken Motor Brackets: The brackets that keep a gate in place and have them move back and forth can get bent or broken, and this can mess with the functionality of a gate. Making sure these parts are looked after and replaced when needed ensures that the gate won’t deal with any other issues down the line.
- Worn Down/Broken Wires: Wires in one’s gate can be worn down or snapped due to animals, insects or weather, but regardless of the reason it’s advised that regular maintenance is done to open these interior parts of a gate up so they can get checked.
- Short Circuits: While all of the electrical components of an automatic gate will often be protected and on the inside of a gate, things can happen and water can get trapped into these areas, affecting the electricity and short circuiting a gate. Having maintenance done to make sure a gate’s insides are sealed properly is vital in avoiding this issue altogether.
What Regular Gate Maintenance Does
Some of the things that regular gate maintenance will do to benefit your gate and its functionality includes:
- Keeping automatic gates working at a consistent level for years to come
- Make you aware of problems early on so you have more options to fix it
- Gives you the ability to make small adjustments or replace certain, more smaller components
- Stops certain issues from getting any worse
- Saves you money that you would be spending on issues that got worse overtime
- Saves you time and effort that is required when a big gate issue takes place
Let Us Help
Do you have an automatic gate but you’re in dire need of GTA sliding gate operators to help you with your gate maintenance? If so, we here at Techno Gate GTA are here to help.
To find out more about our services, what our team can do and how our staff can use their experience, skills and years in the industry to bring your gate functionality to the next level, be sure to call us at (416) 848-9433 today!
