A garage door problem is an emergency when the door cannot be secured, cannot be operated safely, or is blocking a vehicle you need. In practice that means five situations: a door stuck open, a broken spring, a door that has come off its track, a snapped or frayed...
When a garage door opener stops working, the cause is almost always one of five things: power to the unit, the remote or wall button, the safety sensors, a disconnected trolley, or wear inside the motor unit itself. You can safely check the first four in about ten...
Is a Broken Garage Door an Emergency? Short answer: it is when the door leaves your home unsecured, puts someone at risk of getting hurt, or traps a car you need. A door that’s stuck open, hanging off its tracks, or sitting partway open with a broken spring or...
Can a Garage Door Spring Be Repaired? Short answer: no, not once it breaks. A garage door spring that has snapped can’t be safely repaired. The steel coil has lost its strength, and it can’t be welded, clamped or reconnected. The only safe fix is a new...
Fall Garage Door Checklist for Independence, MO Homeowners Once Santa-Cali-Gon Days wraps up on the Square over Labor Day weekend, fall comes quickly to Independence. The afternoons stay mild for a while, but the first hard freeze is never far off, and the mature...
