Garage Door Repair Services

Garage Door Repair

We group garage door repairs into three general categories. The groupings are (1) garage door springs, (2) garage door openers, and (3) the door and related hardware. When it comes to garage doors, everything affects everything else. Continuing to operate a door after a garage door part malfunctions will lead to collateral damage. We’ve witnessed a $10 part failure turn into a $1000+ door replacement, all because the occupants continued to use the door.

Garage Door Spring Repair

Residential garage doors typically use either extension springs or torsion springs. Most new doors use Torsion springs. Some small light doors can use extension springs mounted above the left and right horizontal track. With continuous use, all garage door springs will eventually break. A lot of factors impact how long springs will last. Temperature, usage, door weight, proper spring size, number of springs, quality of the spring, spring rating … the list goes on and on. All too frequently, whether it was done intentionally or due to ignorance, we find the wrong springs installed by some garage door companies.

The wrong spings can result in catastrophic damage to the door, the door opener, and other door components.

Our trained technicians know how to compute the correct spring specifications (you have to use a bit of math), and they only install the proper springs for your door.

If you plan to stay in your home for a long time, consider upgrading your torsion springs with our LIFETIME guaranteed springs. This guarantee covers all future parts and labor charges in the event the torsion spring breaks for as long as you own your home. We exclusively use oil-tempered springs, which we consider the best quality.

Our standard 10,000 cycle springs have a life expectancy of 7-10 years for most homeowners with typical use. Our garage door spring prices are published here.

Garage Door Opener Repair

Opener malfunctions can be a simple as an electrical breaker tripping — which costs nothing to correct — to the replacement of the circuit board, which can sometimes cost almost as much as replacing the entire opener. We can frequently repair Garage door openers. However, just as with older cars, sometimes it makes economic sense to replace an aging opener, particularly when the repair costs are high. Your technician will always explain the options available to you. If replacement makes sense, you will receive several choices of features and benefits that meet your needs. Our garage door opener prices are published here.

Garage Door and Component Repair

The most common door is the sectional garage door. These doors have dozens of hardware components that can break or wear out with use. The three most important of these are the springs, the panels, and the cables. The construction of a door begins with a panel frame. Frames are susceptible to cracking and often delaminate from the skin. Metal door skins are prone to denting when impacted by heavy objects like balls or car bumpers. Surfaces will split from stress caused by misalignment. Our technicians may be able to salvage a panel by repairing or reinforcing minor cracks and other damage.

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If garage door panel repair isn’t practical, replacing one or several panels can sometimes save our customers an entire new door. The hinges and wheels or garage door rollers need to be tightened and lubricated annually. Failure to do preventative maintenance will shorten the life of your door.

The tracks that attach the entire unit to the building structure must be rigid and aligned to avoid the door from going “off-track.” A crashed door results from one or more of the rollers detaching from the track. When the rollers fall out, the cables that connect the door to the springs may also fall off the garage door cable drum. In severe cases, doors have crashed on vehicles, and they can cause injury to untrained people trying to fix it by themselves.

In most instances, our technicians can place your door back on track unless the door sustained permanent damage. Our garage door and component repair prices are published here.

Garage Door Repair Services