Do you have a garage door not closing evenly? There could be a few different reasons. First to solve this problem we must determine what you mean by not closing evenly. We will quickly review each possible situation and possible causes and fixes. Let’s get into it.  First thing you could mean is that the door is “walking” itself down. This is where one side is going down then the other side, and it is not going down evenly and smoothly. This happens on single garage doors with extension spring systems. The cause is bad and worn out pulleys. An extension spring system has 4 pulleys. Chang ..read more

If you have a garage door long enough at some point in time you will probably notice some of  the weather stripping at the bottom of the door is missing. You also may also at some point in time need to replace the vinyl weather stripping around the door. A quick trip to the hardware store will reveal that its not quite as simple as going and picking up some material and heading home to do the job. We will discuss how you can replace the garage door weather stripping and some of the challenges you may face. If you are wanting to change the bottom rubber on your garage door, how you go abo ..read more

If you have ever experienced bad thunderstorms, then you have most likely experienced a power outage at some point. It is not uncommon for electronics to go haywire, or even break when this happens. Our garage door openers are no different. Life is easy at the push of a button when everything is working properly, however, if your garage door will not open after a power outage there are some things we can check to get you back up and running quickly. Let’s go over them, shall we? First, before we get started it is a good idea to have a single outlet surge protector to plug your garage door ope ..read more

Built in Wifi is an increasingly popular feature on garage door openers. It is a super convenient feature because you can not only monitor your garage door from anywhere in the world but you can open or close it as well. This could be great for letting in a repairman without leaving a key or giving out the code to your keypad, letting the kids in from school ( they love to lose keys and can forget the code one day and remember it the next.) Or maybe you closed it before work, maybe not? Just look in the app and you can see.   The most popular is made by the Chamberlain group, who ma ..read more

Disclaimer: Garage doors are heavy and dangerous ( if you have not been properly trained) unless it is an emergency we do not recommend you lift your door, and no, getting the lawn mower out doesn’t count. If you have a broken spring on your garage door, you know your garage door opener is not going to work. You may have vehicles trapped in the garage and even an appointment scheduled for a repair company to come out but you need to get your car out of the garage and you just need to know how to lift a garage door with a broken spring. In some cases this is 100% possible, other times you will ..read more

If you have a garage door that sticks when opening it can be quite bothersome. Most customers we have helped with this problem thought their door was going to come off the tracks. It can definitely appear that way if it jerks open really hard. Good news when dealing with this is there really are only a few different reasons why this could happen. We will go into more detail below but you either had your garage door painted recently, your door is too tight at the top or your rollers and or your pulleys are worn out.  I Recently Had My Garage Door Painted Many times people have their garag ..read more

How to Lock garage door manually Garage doors often lead to our homes or house expensive things we own, such as vehicles, tools and lawn equipment. Since garage doors protect our belongings from the outside world it is important for them to be secure. One of the oldest and most reliable means to secure anything is a good lock. Many older garage doors had manual locks installed at the time of installation, however that is not a common practice nowadays because garage door openers act as the locking mechanism. What if you do not have a garage door opener or it is broken though? How can you loc ..read more

All garage doors are operated by a spring system that attaches to the bottom of the door via a set of steel braided cables. These cables hold all the tension from the springs and help balance the door out. If you have a cable break the door will not work correctly if at all, and there is a good chance your door will go off track. However, when the cables break is not the only time to replace them. If your cables are frayed or kinked they should be replaced before they break.  Whether it is an extension spring or a torsion spring system the garage door is under tension and changing the ca ..read more

How To Replace Cable On Garage Door ( With Torsion springs) All garage doors are operated by a spring system that attaches to the bottom of the door via a set of steel braided cables. These cables hold all the tension from the springs and help balance the door out. If you have a cable break the door will not work correctly if at all, and there is a good chance your door will go off track. However, when the cables break is not the only time to replace them. If your cables are frayed or kinked they should be replaced before they break.  Whether it is an extension spring or a torsion spring ..read more

Why Do I have a Noisy garage door opener? A noisy garage door opener is the first sign there may be something wrong with your garage door. First thing you want to do is check to see if it is the door or opener that is actually making the noise. This is an easy test you can do but not everyone thinks to do it first. There are three possibilities and you want to rule them out one by one.  One, it could be your garage door opener. Two, it could be your garage door, lastly it could be the combination of the two working together. Here’s what to do to figure out which issue you are having. Di ..read more