Garage doors: every answer
Garage doors problems, sorted by how fast you need to move.
Tap what the door is doing. Most garage door problems are cheap to fix, one of them can kill you, and one of them you can fix yourself. Prefer to tap through? Start the garage doors triage.
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- Right nowThe cheap service call that became a four figure bill. You can still stop it
- TodayA broken spring. Do not touch it, and do not try to lift the door
- TodayA cable is off the drum. The tension is still in the spring
- TodayA car hit the door. Do not run it until someone has looked
- TodayIt opens a few inches and quits. The door is probably too heavy for the opener
- TodayThe door is off its track. Leave it exactly where it is
- TodayThe opener is trying, the door is not moving
- This weekA dead opener. Check the power before you call anyone
- This weekIt hits the floor and comes back up. A travel limit, most likely
- This weekIt reverses partway with nothing there. The door is binding
- This weekSomething else. The garage door basics, then the seven questions
- Plan itA dented panel on a working door. Cosmetic, until it is not
- Plan itA new door on a hurricane coast. The rating is not optional
- Plan itA new door. Insulation, material, and the number to expect
- Plan itA new opener. Belt or chain, and what it should cost
- Plan itA remote problem. You can almost certainly fix this yourself
- Plan itLifetime warranty springs and the full rebuild. Read this before you say yes
- Plan itSun on the photo eye. A shade fixes it, not a technician
- Plan itThe safety sensors are blocked or out of line. Try this before you call
- Plan itUsing the red cord safely. No contractor needed