Garage Doors
Repairs and new doors
Garage doors rarely fail all at once. They give hints first, and this list is arranged around those hints. Match the one you have noticed and you will see what the visit involves and which parts are usually behind it.
Repair & Maintenance
Older doors often have years of use left in the panels and the frame.
Garage Door Safety InspectionDuring the power outage you pulled the red cord and tried to lift the door by hand.
Garage Door Tune-UpEvery morning the door announces itself to the whole street: a long metallic squeal as it climbs, a rattle at the top, and a groan on the way back down.
Off-Track Garage Door ResetThe door came down fine but with a scraping noise, and now the vertical track on one side is bowed away from the wall.
Garage Door Panel ReplacementYou misjudged the last metre of the driveway and felt the bumper meet the door.
Garage Door Bottom Seal ReplacementThe strip under the door has gone as hard as a hose left out for ten summers.
Garage Door Perimeter WeatherstripThe new door went in last year and looks perfect, but the old wooden stop and its tired seal were left in place.
Garage Door Manual Lock RepairSomeone slid the inside lock across before bed, and in the morning someone else pressed the remote.
Springs & Hardware
A crooked door is a hardware door.
Garage Door Roller ReplacementA roller near the top corner is riding on the lip of the track rather than inside it, and the section above leans back a little more each week.
Garage Door Hinge ReplacementThe roller at the top of the second panel is leaning outward and only half of the wheel is still in the track.
Garage Door Track Repair or ReplacementHalfway up, the door lurches and one roller rides onto the lip of the channel.
Garage Door Cable ReplacementThe cable has wrapped itself around the shaft above the door instead of sitting on its drum.
Torsion Spring ReplacementYou heard a sharp bang from the garage, and now the opener hums for a second and gives up.
Extension Spring ReplacementOne of the springs beside the track is hanging loose at the front end, its pulley dangling, and a length of cable lies slack along the top of the door.
Garage Door Balance AdjustmentThe door has grown heavy so gradually you stopped noticing, until a visitor tried to lift it and could not.
Openers & Access
An opener that hums, clicks or reverses for no reason is usually telling you about one part.
Garage Door Opener Diagnosis and RepairThe door goes up perfectly.
Chain-Drive Opener RepairHalfway up, the door lurches.
Belt-Drive Opener RepairIt is minus twenty in the detached garage and the door climbs in jerks, the belt stiff as a board.
Garage Door Opener ReplacementThe bedroom above the garage shakes every morning at six when the chain drive fires up.
Photo-Eye Sensor Alignment or ReplacementSince shelving went up along the garage wall, the door will not close and both sensor lights are dead.
Garage Door Remote and Keypad ProgrammingThe remote opens the door only when you are almost underneath it.
Smart Garage Controller SetupYou are twenty minutes down the highway when the thought lands: did the garage door close behind you?
Emergency Release RepairSince the new door went in, the red handle has hung just below the ceiling, a stepladder's height above anyone in the household.
Installation & Upgrades
Some doors have given everything they had.
Sectional Garage Door ReplacementSeveral sections are rusting along their lower edges, and one has begun to bow.
Insulated Steel Garage Door InstallationDaylight appears beside the closed door and powdery snow collects just inside after windy weather.
Wind-Rated Garage Door ReplacementA recent wind event left one section slightly creased, a strut twisted, and several track fasteners loose.
Carriage-House Garage Door InstallationThe existing door has reached the point where panels, rollers and finish all look tired.
Full-View Glass Garage Door InstallationYour workshop faces the driveway and needs a professional, welcoming frontage without putting tools on display.
New-Construction Garage Door InstallationThis garage will be heated and used beyond parking, so the opening needs more than a basic closure.
Commercial Sectional Door RepairCold weather has exposed a widening gap below the closed door.
Commercial Rolling Door RepairA lift truck clipped the lower curtain during unloading.
High-Lift Garage Door ConversionYour new vehicle lift fits the floor plan, but the open garage door crosses the space above it.