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Garage door opener motor unit mounted on the garage ceiling

Garage door service

Garage Door Opener Repair

Openers that hum and don't move, run and don't lift, or reverse before the door reaches the floor.

An opener that misbehaves isn't always a broken opener. A door that's out of balance makes a healthy opener sound like it's dying, and a sensor knocked half an inch out of line will make a perfectly good unit refuse to close.

We check the door first, then the opener. If the unit itself is the problem — stripped gear, dead logic board, worn trolley — we'll tell you whether a repair is worth it or whether you're better off putting the money toward a new one.

Garage door opener motor unit mounted on the garage ceiling

Signs you're dealing with this

  • The motor runs but the door doesn't move
  • The door closes partway and reverses back up
  • The opener light blinks in a repeating pattern
  • Remotes stopped working, or only work from a few feet away
  • Grinding from the motor housing, or plastic shavings on the floor
  • The keypad on the outside of the garage stopped responding

How the visit goes

  1. 1

    Safety sensors first

    The photo eyes near the floor are behind a large share of 'my opener is broken' calls. Alignment, wiring, and sunlight interference all get checked.

  2. 2

    Force and travel settings

    These drift over time and after temperature swings. Getting them right often fixes reversing and short-stopping without any parts at all.

  3. 3

    Repair or replace, straight answer

    Gears and remotes are usually worth fixing. A twenty-year-old unit with a dead board usually isn't, and we'll say so.

Need opener repair work now?

Call and describe what the door is doing, or send a photo through the service request form so we know what parts to bring.

Have a garage door that needs attention?

Tell us what it's doing and we'll take it from there. Call during business hours and we'll get you on the schedule.

Call (508) 812-8214Request