Sliding doors are practical equipment for any residential and commercial building. However, if you don't know how to maintain them, it can be a headache. Learn how to use a checklist for regular maintenance of sliding doors.
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It helps you track what has been done and what needs to be fixed. It also ensures that you don’t forget anything. After all, our memory is not perfect, and when something becomes routine, we tend to ignore them.
If you are not sure what needs to be checked, you can ask the company that installed the door to provide a maintenance checklist or schedule for you. In fact, the maintenance manual should be provided upon installation of the sliding door.
Although you could do some of the tasks indicated on the automatic sliding door maintenance, the Hampshire City Council suggests that the job should be done by a qualified person — either a maintenance engineer or an automatic door technician. A sliding door maintenance checklist should be provided during the check-up to ensure that all parameters are followed, and safety devices are in place.
1. The perfect automatic sliding door routine maintenance schedule
2. How to maintain automatic sliding doors
3. A digital solution for sliding door maintenance
A qualified professional needs to check automatic sliding doors every six months. The inspector should check if the safety and automation devices are working correctly during this routine inspection.
There should also be an annual check-up to ensure that the forces generated by the automatic sliding door, when meeting an obstacle or a person, are within the specified value indicated in the regulation standards.
Aside from the biannual and annual check-up, there should be a weekly safety check performed by the caretaker or property owner, which includes the following:
No matter how old the sliding doors are, there shouldn’t be any effort when they glide along their track. There might be a little friction, but if it requires excessive force, there’s something wrong.
The most common cause of a busted door is dirty rollers. Over time, mud, dirt, food, and other things can get stuck onto the track. That accumulated dirt can clog the rollers and get the door stuck. All it needs is a quick tune-up job to make it function properly.
Replacing an automatic sliding door can be costly. So to ensure the service life of a sliding door, maintain them regularly. Here are some tips:
as chains and counterweights. Ensure that these parts are well-oiled so the automatic door can slide smoothly.
Paper-based maintenance checklists are a hassle for data entry. Paper documents can easily get lost in the rush of day-to-day operations, leading to unresolved cases and maintenance issues. In addition, there is no easy way for an inspector to attach photographic evidence, whereas a digital tool allows them to both take the photo and add infinite notes.
Lumiform is a powerful mobile app and desktop software that replaces all paper-based sliding door maintenance checklists and logs with digital checklists. Because the checklists can be instantly annotated with photos and notes to highlight key findings, the final maintenance reports are more detailed and data-driven. Take advantage of the following benefits of a digital tool like Lumiform for your routine sliding door maintenance:
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