Sometimes overhead garage door problems give the homeowner advance warning that at some point things are going to take a turn for the worse. However, those clues can be subtle enough that they go unnoticed or the homeowner may decide that the issue is small enough to be ignore.
More commonly, a garage door problem can just suddenly appear out of nowhere. If you live in the Stockton area and your garage door stops working, you need to get a professional working on it right now!
If your garage door is stuck partly open, or won't open or close completely that's a big problem. The problem could be that the motor that lifts and lowers the door has failed. It's also possible that one or more rollers has come off the track or the track itself is out of alignment. It's somewhat common for one of the lifter springs to break. None of these is a repair the homeowner should attempt to fix. Replacing openers (motors), tracks, rollers or springs is dangerous work. You need to call in an expert for the job.
In addition to mechanical repairs, we serve Stockton homeowners whose garage door panels have been damaged. Sometimes the damage has been caused by children playing ball in the street nearby. It's amazing how big a dent a well-hit baseball can create. It's also fairly common for drivers to hit the garage door while pulling into the garage or backing out. If the door panels are only a few years old, it may be possible to replace just one or two panels.
Replacing one or two panels may be the solution for some Stockton homes, but replacing all the panels can give your home a new, fresh look! All mechanical devices with moving parts experience "wear" and will eventually fail. If you decide to install new panels, it might be a good idea to replace the opener, rollers, tracks and springs. A new garage door should give you 30 years of service, and you can take advantage of the latest safety and security features!
Sometimes it makes sense to just replace an opener that's about to give out, or replace a broken spring (common sense says that if you're having one replaced, you might as well replace them both). Going with a complete all-new system will avoid having to replace aging components down the line.
No garage door repair professional will "repair" a failed opener motor. It's just not cost-effective for the homeowner. For starters, taking down an opener, bring it back to the shop and rebuilding it would just be too expensive and would leave the homeowner with a "refurbished" opener with at best, a very limited warranty. The labor involved in installing a new opener would be the same, but the new unit comes with a full warranty and can be expected to deliver years of trouble-free service. That's why no one "repairs" garage door openers.
Your garage door's springs do most of the work involved in raising and lowering the panels. They are under tremendous strain and replacing them is a dangerous job that's best left to a Stockton garage repair professional. Both springs almost never break at once, but when one spring breaks it makes no sense no to replace them both. Our repair trucks come equipped with replacement openers and springs to fit almost any application, so give us a call today!