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Notes on doors that move

Written by the fitters, usually after a call that a ten-minute check would have prevented.

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A technician with one hand on a garage door roller and track, listening as the door travels

Troubleshooting

What your garage door's noise is telling you

Grinding, popping and a single loud bang are three different faults with three very different bills.

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A length of timber laid flat on the floor under a closing garage door to test the safety reverse

Safety

The thirty-second safety test nobody does

Every automatic door has a reverse mechanism, and a surprising number of them no longer work.

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Two torsion springs on a garage door shaft, one intact and one broken with a clear gap in the coil

Repairs

Why we replace both springs, not one

It looks like an upsell and is very nearly always the cheaper option.

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A belt drive garage door opener mounted on a garage ceiling with its rail running to the door

Openers

Belt, chain or screw: which opener to buy

The right answer depends almost entirely on what is on the other side of the garage wall.

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A photo eye safety sensor mounted low on a garage door track, its indicator light showing

Troubleshooting

The door closes, then opens again

Almost always the photo eyes, and almost always fixable in a couple of minutes without calling anybody.

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A technician lubricating the hinges and rollers of a sectional garage door during a service visit

Maintenance

What an annual service actually includes

Twenty minutes of checks that prevent most of the emergency calls we get.

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Door stuck, or making a noise it did not used to?

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