Garage Doors
Fixing, tuning and replacing
When a door stops, you want to know two things: what happened and what it takes to fix it. The service pages below answer both for every job we do, from the smallest adjustment to a whole new door.
Repair & Maintenance
Preventive work is unglamorous, and it pays for itself in doors that do not fail.
Garage Door Safety InspectionDuring the power outage you pulled the red cord and tried to lift the door by hand.
Garage Door Tune-UpYou moved in a few months ago and have no idea when the garage door was last looked at.
Off-Track Garage Door ResetThe rollers on the door have been squealing for months.
Garage Door Panel ReplacementRust has crept along the bottom edge of the lowest section.
Garage Door Bottom Seal ReplacementAfter a spring rain there is a puddle inside the door that reaches the tires.
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 RepairOn the old wooden door out back, one lock bar hangs loose from a rusted guide and the other is bent at an angle, so the handle turns but the door can still be lifted a hand's width from outside.
Springs & Hardware
Nothing on a garage door stores more energy than a wound spring.
Garage Door Roller ReplacementThe door is the one the builder installed and has never had a part changed.
Garage Door Hinge ReplacementAfter a cold night the bottom seal had frozen to the slab.
Garage Door Track Repair or ReplacementHalfway up, the door lurches and one roller rides onto the lip of the channel.
Garage Door Cable ReplacementSomeone left the snow shovel leaning in the opening and the door came down on it.
Torsion Spring ReplacementThe door starts to rise, gets about the height of your knee, then shudders and reverses.
Extension Spring ReplacementOpen the door by hand and it drifts back down on its own, a little at first and then all at once.
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
Lost a remote?
Garage Door Opener Diagnosis and RepairNothing.
Chain-Drive Opener RepairThe rail shakes when the door runs.
Belt-Drive Opener RepairThe belt looks fine from a distance, but up close the rubber has cracked across the back in dozens of places and, in one spot, you can see the steel cords showing through.
Garage Door Opener ReplacementDuring the ice storm the power was off for two days.
Photo-Eye Sensor Alignment or ReplacementSomeone backed the car in a little too far, a bin or a bicycle brushed the track, and since then the door starts to close and comes back up.
Garage Door Remote and Keypad ProgrammingAfter the move, the previous owner's remotes are somewhere in another city and the keypad on the outside wall wants a code nobody wrote down.
Smart Garage Controller SetupYour daughter gets home from school an hour before anyone else.
Emergency Release RepairAfter a week of lifting the door by hand you pressed the button, hoping it would catch.
Installation & Upgrades
An older home with an original wood door often has an opening that is out of square.
Sectional Garage Door ReplacementA planned exterior renovation has made the old door stand out for the wrong reasons.
Insulated Steel Garage Door InstallationThe opener strains as the heavy older door starts upward, and manual movement feels uneven.
Wind-Rated Garage Door ReplacementYou are combining two narrow garage bays into one broad opening.
Carriage-House Garage Door InstallationTraditional swing-out coach doors have the look you like, but the driveway needs to remain clear as the door opens.
Full-View Glass Garage Door InstallationThe current door is due for replacement, and this is the opportunity to change the whole character of the opening.
New-Construction Garage Door InstallationTwo new garage openings sit side by side on the same elevation.
Commercial Sectional Door RepairThe door reaches the floor, then reverses before staying closed.
Commercial Rolling Door RepairA lift truck clipped the lower curtain during unloading.
High-Lift Garage Door ConversionThe garage has a tall ceiling, yet the horizontal tracks sit much lower than the lights and joists.