Garage Doors
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Repair & Maintenance
Everyday faults and the upkeep that prevents them: doors off their track, noisy travel, worn rollers, torn seals and openers that stop partway.
Garage Door Safety InspectionThere is a new sound.
Garage Door Tune-UpOn windy nights the door rattles in its frame, there is a line of daylight along one side, and the bottom seal has gone hard and flat.
Off-Track Garage Door ResetOne side of the door hangs a hand's width lower than the other.
Garage Door Panel ReplacementA stray ball went through one of the window panes in the top section.
Garage Door Bottom Seal ReplacementEvery mild afternoon the snow melts off the car, runs to the door, and by morning the rubber strip along the bottom is frozen to the concrete.
Garage Door Perimeter WeatherstripDry leaves keep appearing in the same corner inside the garage, and this fall there were mouse droppings along the wall beside the door.
Garage Door Manual Lock RepairYou pushed the slide bolt across like always, but tonight it stops short of the slot in the track and springs back.
Springs & Hardware
Hinges hold the sections together and let them fold around the curve of the track.
Garage Door Roller ReplacementNew springs went in last year and the door balances well, yet it still clicks along the ceiling track like a train over rail joints.
Garage Door Hinge ReplacementPressing a hand against one of the middle hinges makes it rock on the panel.
Garage Door Track Repair or ReplacementThe garage floor has settled at one corner, and the door now scrapes the concrete on that side while daylight shows at the other.
Garage Door Cable ReplacementAfter years of slushy winters the cables look thinner near the bottom brackets, with rust streaks running down the door where they attach.
Torsion Spring ReplacementOne side of the door sits higher than the other in the tracks, and a lift cable is hanging slack or has jumped off its drum.
Extension Spring ReplacementIt is the first hard frost of the year and the door on the old detached garage has stopped halfway, squealing at one pulley.
Garage Door Balance AdjustmentOn cold mornings the door barely makes it up.
Openers & Access
The safety reversal test is quick and tells us a great deal: the door should back off when it meets a solid object on the floor.
Garage Door Opener Diagnosis and RepairFor a few days there was a grinding sound whenever the door started moving.
Chain-Drive Opener RepairThe door opens about a third of the way and stops.
Belt-Drive Opener RepairThe door used to glide up with a soft hum.
Garage Door Opener ReplacementDuring the ice storm the power was off for two days.
Photo-Eye Sensor Alignment or ReplacementThe small light on one of the sensors near the floor has gone dark, or it flickers when someone walks past the track.
Garage Door Remote and Keypad ProgrammingSomeone in the family tried to add a remote, held the button on the ceiling unit a little too long, and now every remote in the house is dead at once.
Smart Garage Controller SetupOne remote lives in a car you sold last spring.
Emergency Release RepairAfter a week of lifting the door by hand you pressed the button, hoping it would catch.
Installation & Upgrades
Homeowners come to this group for two reasons: the door has failed, or the door is fine and they want something better.
Sectional Garage Door ReplacementThe bottom section has absorbed years of moisture and road-salt residue.
Insulated Steel Garage Door InstallationDaylight appears beside the closed door and powdery snow collects just inside after windy weather.
Wind-Rated Garage Door ReplacementNew windows would improve the door's appearance, but they also change the section layout and reinforcement pattern.
Carriage-House Garage Door InstallationCold air is noticeable around the current door, especially near the floor and section joints.
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 InstallationA beam, sloped ceiling or duct crosses the space above the new opening.
Commercial Sectional Door RepairA forklift clipped the bottom panel while backing through the bay.
Commercial Rolling Door RepairA lift truck clipped the lower curtain during unloading.
High-Lift Garage Door ConversionThe door works well, although the open panels sit far beneath a sloped or raised ceiling.