New Year, New Maintenance Plan: Start 2026 with a New Service Contract

If last year felt like one door problem after another, the start of a new year is the perfect time to change the plan.

You do not have to manage a huge portfolio of buildings to feel the impact of a bad door day. One automatic door that fails during a busy shift, one set of swing doors that sticks on a cold morning, or one main entrance that will not close properly at night can disrupt your whole operation. 

Customers get frustrated, staff get delayed, and you are left trying to find someone who can come out quickly and fix it with reliable commercial door repair or automatic door repair. 

That is exactly what a Door Services Corporation maintenance contract is designed to prevent.

Instead of waiting for the next failure and hoping it does not hit at the worst possible time, you can move to a simple, planned approach to door maintenance that fits even small and mid-sized sites and gives you the protection you need.

Why January Is the Smart Time to Decide

January is when most businesses and facility teams are closing the book on last year and planning for the year ahead. You remember exactly which doors gave you trouble in the last twelve months. Maybe it was the automatic door at your main entrance that started making noise, the sliding doors in a busy corridor that began dragging, or the staff entrance that failed twice in one season. 

Those problems are still fresh in your mind.

At the same time, you are looking at your budget for the coming year and trying to keep surprises under control. That combination makes January the best time to put structure around how you care for your doors. When you decide now, you can: 

• Fold a maintenance contract into your existing plan
• Avoid surprise invoices later
• Prioritze your high-risk entrances
• Build a program around safety, compliance and operations

You can review your automatic doors, commercial doors, and industrial doors with Door Services Corporation, decide which ones are most critical for safety, customer flow, compliance, or operations, and build a plan that covers those first. Instead of guessing what might fail next year, you're setting a schedule to keep your most important entrances in reliable working order.

How a Service Contract Helps Any Size Site

A common myth is that only large campuses or multi-site operators need formal door maintenance contracts. 

In reality, even a small shop, clinic, school, warehouse, or office can feel a big impact when one or two doors are out of service.

If you have a few automatic doors at your front entrance, they shape the first impression of your business. If those doors do not open or close properly, customers may question your professionalism or even your safety standards. If you run a healthcare or hospitality site, a door that does not perform as it should can quickly turn into a patient or guest complaint, especially with critical hospital doors or hospitality doors. Even in a simple office or industrial setting, a door that will not secure properly at the end of the day becomes a security concern.

With a Door Services Corporation service contract, you don’t wait for a major failure. Our technician schedules routine maintenance visits on the doors you rely on most. They inspect, clean, adjust, and service your automatic doors, swinging doors, swing doors, sliding doors, and other commercial doors so that small issues are handled before they become big failures. 

This kind of preventative maintenance and preventive maintenance is far more effective than calling only when you need an emergency repair.

For you, that means: ​

• Fewer rush calls
• Less scrambling to find a commercial door service provider
• Reduced downtime and a lot less worry
• Trusted technicians who already know your site, equipment and expectations

Fewer Surprises, More Predictable Costs

Without a service contract, most door problems show up as surprise events. A door sticks or will not close at the end of the night, you call whoever you can find, and then you wait to see the invoice. Over the course of a year, those events can add up to more cost and more stress than you realize.

A maintenance contract with Door Services Corporation helps you move those costs into your regular planned  maintenance budget. Instead of paying only when something breaks, you are paying for a combination of preventative maintenance and priority response that is planned in advance. This planned maintenance and, where appropriate, planned preventative maintenance reduces the need for costly emergency repairs later.

When our technicians check your automatic door system and other doors on a schedule, they can often spot worn parts, misalignment, or safety concerns before they lead to a breakdown. Fixing those issues early usually costs less than responding after a failure. It also means fewer interruptions to your customers, staff, and deliveries. 

Over time, many customers find they experience: ​

• Fewer emergency repairs
• Lower total repair costs
• Less disruption for staff, customers or deliveries 

On top of that, you have clear documentation after each inspection and visit. That helps when you need to show leadership, a landlord, or an inspector that you are taking care of your doors in a responsible way, following proper maintenance practices and supporting long-term compliance and security door solutions.

A Simple First Step for 2026

You do not need to overhaul everything or sign a complex automatic door maintenance contract to see the benefits. 

Start with the doors that matter most to your business. That might be the main customer entrance, a critical hospital or hospitality door, the automatic doors your staff uses all day, a set of revolving door systems, or a loading area that is vital for deliveries.

From there, Door Services Corporation can look at your specific site and recommend an automatic door maintenance and preventative maintenance program that makes sense for your doors, traffic levels, and budget for 2026. 

The goal: right-sizing a plan that keeps your essential doors working the way they should.

It is not to sell you more than you need; it is to right-size a plan that keeps your most important doors working the way they should, whether that is through routine maintenance, commercial door installation support, or 247 emergency repair service when something unexpected does happen.

Start the Year with Fewer Problems 

If you are a business owner or facility lead who wants fewer door problems next year, now is the time to act.

Request a Door Services Corporation automatic door maintenance contract quote and see how much you could save on downtime and costly repairs. 

We’ll:

• Review your doors
• Suggest the right level of coverage
• Give you clear, simple options 

Start the new year with a better, more predictable door maintenance plan. When you are ready, contact Door Services Corporation and let us help you design door maintenance that supports your operations instead of disrupting them.