What happens if a garage door has the wrong size springs?
A door that labored or slammed for years may have been on springs never sized for it. The new pair can be.
Garage door questions from Dunwoody, answered plainly
These are the questions that come up on the phone before a visit. When the answer is "call someone", the page says which job it is: a broken spring, an opener, a door off its track, or the point where a new door beats another repair. Prices for all of it are on the Dunwoody price page.
Can I replace my old wood garage door with another wood one?
The old wood door rotted from its bare inside face. A new one lasts when every edge is sealed before it goes up.
Why did my old garage door with side springs come off its track?
An old door with springs along the tracks lifts on a cable over two pulleys a side. One worn pulley and that side lags.
Why does my two-car garage door bow in the middle?
A two-car door that dips overhead is a 16-foot span losing its stiffness. The hinges and rollers take the strain first.
Why won't my garage door open after an ice storm when the power is on?
After an ice storm, a door that won't move with the power on is more often frozen at the seal than a broken spring.
Can an old extension-spring garage door be switched to a torsion spring?
On a split-level, the room over the door and the wood above it settle a torsion conversion long before the spring does.
What happens when the wood around a garage door rots?
A garage door's tracks and springs bolt into the jambs and header. Rot loosens those bolts before the door wears out.
What do you do when a tree limb falls on the garage door?
A limb on a closed door leaves the springs wound under it. Who moves the limb, and when the door pro should be there.
When does a garage door need HOA approval in Dunwoody?
Order the door before the committee says yes, and a no leaves you with a door built for your opening and nowhere to go.
When should a garage renovation plan for the opener?
A room over the garage or a raised ceiling moves the opener. Most of those choices close the day the drywall goes up.
What does driveway runoff do to a garage door?
When the driveway drains to the garage, the door wears where the water stops. The cables at the floor go first.
Why won't my garage door open after a storm?
Georgia Power is down and the car is inside. The red cord, the manual lift, and the two signs it is not the power.
Does homeowners insurance cover garage door repair?
Backed into it, a storm limb, a break-in: what a Georgia policy covers, what the adjuster asks, when to skip the claim.
Can you replace just one spring on a garage door?
Why a two-spring door gets a pair even when one is whole, the one case a single is right, and what each costs here.
Is it cheaper to repair or replace a garage door?
The math for Dunwoody's 1970s wood doors and 1990s steel ones: when a spring pair buys ten years, and when a month.
Get a written quote before anyone touches the door
Tell us what the door is doing and where in Dunwoody you are. A local garage door pro calls back with a real price for the job, not a range, and the visit gets scheduled around your day.
- Springs, openers and off-track doors most days, same day when the schedule allows
- New doors measured at the house, priced in writing, installed by appointment
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