Scheduled Commercial Door Maintenance in Vancouver
We service commercial overhead, roll-up and parkade doors on a set schedule, so worn parts are caught before they stop a door at a bad moment.
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Commercial door maintenance in Vancouver means lubrication, spring and cable checks, balance and safety reversal tests, and small repairs on overhead, roll-up and parkade doors, on a regular schedule. Most doors are serviced once or twice a year, and busy loading and parkade doors more often. Each visit is written up, and a visit takes under an hour per door for most doors.
- Most doors need service once or twice a year; busy doors more often
- Each visit checks springs, cables, rollers, hinges, balance and safety reversal
- Every door gets a written record you can hand to an insurer or tenant
- Several buildings can share one plan and one point of contact
- Most service visits take under an hour per door
Why managers put doors on a schedule
Doors tend to fail at the worst time: the morning a big delivery arrives, or the evening the whole building is driving home. Maintenance doesn't stop every breakdown, but it catches worn parts early, so fewer doors fail without warning.
It also fixes some common headaches for property and facility managers.
- Several doors across buildings and no service history
- Noisy, jerky doors nobody has looked at in years
- Safety reversal that has never been tested
- An insurer or tenant asking for maintenance records
What a service visit covers
Each door gets the same checks.
- Lubricate rollers, hinges, bearings and other moving parts
- Inspect springs, cables, drums, rollers and hinges for wear
- Test the balance with the operator disconnected
- Test the safety reversal, photo eyes and safety edges
- Check seals, bottom bars and track fasteners
- Note anything that needs repair, with a recommendation
Small fixes can often be done on the spot. Bigger repairs are written up and quoted, so you can plan and budget for them instead of paying for an emergency.
Setting up the plan
Most commercial doors are serviced once or twice a year. Loading doors and parkade doors that cycle all day may need more frequent visits. We'll suggest a schedule after seeing the doors.
Doors across several properties can be on the same plan, with one point of contact. Visits are booked at times that suit each building, and each one is written up so you have a history of every door's condition and repairs.
Cost depends on the number and type of doors, how busy they are, how many buildings are involved and how often they're serviced. Most visits take under an hour per door.
What we clean
- Overhead doorsWe repair sectional overhead doors on shops, warehouses, service bays and industrial units: broken springs and cables, bent sections and track, worn rollers and hinges, and doors knocked off track by a truck or forklift.
- Roll-up doorsWe repair rolling steel doors and roll-up shutters on storefronts, warehouses, storage units and service counters: slats, guides, bottom bars, spring tension, locks and the motors that run them.
- Parkade doorsWe repair the overhead doors and gates at strata and commercial parkade entrances: the door, its operator, safety edges and photo eyes, and the receiver that the fobs and remotes talk to
- OperatorsWe repair and install the motors that run commercial overhead doors: trolley, jackshaft and hoist operators, wall controls, photo eyes and safety edges
Questions we get
How often should commercial doors be serviced?
Most are serviced once or twice a year. Busy loading and parkade doors may need more frequent visits.
What does a service visit include?
Lubricating moving parts, checking springs, cables, rollers and hinges, testing balance and safety reversal, and noting anything that needs repair.
Do you keep records for each door?
Yes. Each visit is written up, so you have a history of every door's condition and repairs to show an insurer or tenant.
Can several buildings be on one schedule?
Yes. Doors across several properties can be serviced on the same plan, with one point of contact.
Will maintenance stop every breakdown?
No, but it catches worn parts early, so fewer doors fail without warning.
How long does a visit take?
Under an hour per door for most service visits. Visits are timed around deliveries and tenants.
Maintenance by city
Advice
- What a fall service visit should cover on commercial and parkade doorsA plain checklist for property managers and strata councils in Vancouver: what a fall door service should test, adjust and write up before the cold and wet months.
- Why overhead door springs and cables fail in the first cold snapsCold mornings finish off springs and cables that were already worn. Here is why it happens on busy commercial doors in Surrey, and what to do when one breaks.
- What to do when the parkade door is stuck open or keeps reversingA step-by-step guide for Burnaby strata councils and property managers when the parkade door won't close, reverses on its own, or leaves the building unsecured.
- Keeping roll-up doors and shutters working through a wet, salty winterDamp air, wind off the water and a high water table are hard on rolling steel doors in Richmond. What to clean, check and fix before the worst of the winter.
Put your doors on a service plan
Tell us how many doors you have, what kind and at which buildings. We'll suggest a schedule and send a quote.
We'll call you back.