Garage Doors
From springs to smart openers
Below is everything we do to garage doors, from the smallest adjustment to a complete replacement. If your problem is not obvious, start with a diagnosis visit; the fault is often in a part you would not have guessed.
Repair & Maintenance
This is where a door comes when it is still worth keeping.
Garage Door Safety InspectionYour toddler has discovered the wall button.
Garage Door Tune-UpThe door lands with a thud you can feel through the kitchen floor, and sometimes it bounces back up a few centimetres before settling.
Off-Track Garage Door ResetYour car is inside and the door is stuck crooked across the opening.
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 WeatherstripEvery time the door closes there is a rubbing squeal along one side, and the flexible fin has folded under itself and torn.
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
Springs and cables carry the whole weight of the door, and they are under tension every moment it is closed.
Garage Door Roller ReplacementEvery morning the door announces itself: a rattle on the way up, a grinding squeal on the way down, loud enough that the neighbours know when you leave.
Garage Door Hinge ReplacementWatching from inside as the door opens, you can see the gap between the second and third panels open up on one side as they turn the corner into the ceiling, then close again.
Garage Door Track Repair or ReplacementThe horizontal rail toward the back of the garage sags noticeably.
Garage Door Cable ReplacementSomeone left the snow shovel leaning in the opening and the door came down on it.
Torsion Spring ReplacementAfter pulling the red release cord, you tried lifting the door yourself and it would barely leave the floor.
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 AdjustmentReleased from the opener, the door will not hold anywhere.
Openers & Access
Sometimes the motor is fine and the trolley is the problem: worn, cracked or disconnected from the rail.
Garage Door Opener Diagnosis and RepairNothing.
Chain-Drive Opener RepairThe door closes, touches the floor, then climbs straight back up as if it hit something.
Belt-Drive Opener RepairHalfway up, every single time, the door hesitates and there is a ratcheting sound from the motor head, then it carries on.
Garage Door Opener ReplacementThe remotes only work from the end of the driveway now, and one of them disappeared with a set of keys last month.
Photo-Eye Sensor Alignment or ReplacementAfter a cold night the door stays open until the garage warms up.
Garage Door Remote and Keypad ProgrammingThe remote opens the door only when you are almost underneath it.
Smart Garage Controller SetupThere is a wireless symbol printed on the opener above the car, and the manual mentions an app, but the head unit has never been connected to anything.
Emergency Release RepairAfter a week of lifting the door by hand you pressed the button, hoping it would catch.
Installation & Upgrades
Upgrading a single door to a double, or splitting a double into two singles, is a framing project as well as a door project.
Sectional Garage Door ReplacementSeveral sections are rusting along their lower edges, and one has begun to bow.
Insulated Steel Garage Door InstallationA refreshed exterior has made the faded garage door stand out.
Wind-Rated Garage Door ReplacementYou are combining two narrow garage bays into one broad opening.
Carriage-House Garage Door InstallationTwo garage openings sit side by side, and small differences in window spacing or decorative hardware would be obvious.
Full-View Glass Garage Door InstallationA damaged glazed door has mismatched sections and uneven movement.
New-Construction Garage Door InstallationThe garage walls are framed, the roof is on and the opening is taking shape.
Commercial Sectional Door RepairThe operator runs and the drive chain moves, yet the sectional door hesitates near the floor.
Commercial Rolling Door RepairAt closing time, the bottom bar reaches the floor on one end while daylight remains under the other.
High-Lift Garage Door ConversionYou want to keep the sectional door, but its standard track layout conflicts with a renovation above the parking bay.