Bloomfield Hills Garage Door Co
Our technician in plain workwear spraying lubricant along the hinges and rollers of a closed white sectional garage door on a suburban home, daylight

Maintenance · Bloomfield Hills, MI

Garage Door Maintenance

We lubricate, tighten, balance and test your door before small wear turns into a snapped spring or a stuck opener. We come to your home in Bloomfield Hills, and one phone call tells us what the door has been doing.

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  • Licensed and insured
  • Upfront quote before work begins
  • Parts-and-labor warranty

Maintenance

What garage door maintenance covers

A garage door is the heaviest moving part of a house, and it works every time anyone leaves or arrives. Garage door maintenance is a scheduled inspection and tune up of everything that moves: springs, cables, rollers, hinges, tracks, the opener and the safety sensors. Done once a year, it catches the dry bearing, the frayed cable strand or the loose track bracket while each is still a small adjustment.

A typical tune up starts with the door disconnected from the opener and lifted by hand. A balanced door stays put at about waist height. A door that drifts up or slams down is telling us the spring tension is off, and that is the one adjustment that should never be a weekend experiment, because the torsion spring is under enough load to injure a person. When the spring itself is worn out rather than just loose, a spring repair is the fix. Once the balance is right, we lubricate the moving parts with a garage door lubricant (not a thick grease that collects grit), tighten the hardware that vibrates loose, and test the opener force settings and the auto reverse. If you have been searching for garage door adjustment near me because the door drags, rubs or closes unevenly, this visit is where it gets sorted out.

Michigan weather is what makes the yearly visit worth it. Winter cold stiffens lubricant and shrinks weatherstripping, road salt gets tracked in on tires and corrodes steel hardware, and spring thaws leave the bottom seal damp. Wear that builds through a hard winter shows up as noise and uneven travel long before anything breaks.

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Our technician in plain workwear checking the tension of a torsion spring over a closed garage door with a gloved hand, inside a clean two car garage

What we check

What we check during a garage door tune up

Spring balance

We lift the door by hand to see whether it holds its position. A door that is heavy or runs away from you has springs that are tired or set wrong, and we tell you which.

Cables and drums

Frayed strands near the bottom bracket are the first sign a cable is about to let go. We look closely at both sides, since a cable on one side often matches the other.

Rollers and hinges

Worn rollers wobble in the track and hinges crack at the screw holes. We replace what is past use and lubricate what is still good.

Tracks and brackets

Tracks have to be plumb and level to each other. Loose or bent track and bolts that have backed out are tightened or straightened before they let the door twist.

Opener force and safety reverse

We check that the opener lifts the door without straining and that the door reverses when it meets an obstruction or when the photo eye beam is blocked.

Weatherstripping and seal

A cracked or flattened bottom seal lets in leaves, snow melt and cold air. We note its condition and tell you whether it can wait.

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How it works

How a maintenance visit goes

  1. 01

    You tell us how the door behaves

    On the phone, describe any noise, shaking, slow travel or uneven closing. It helps us bring the right parts.

  2. 02

    We come out and go through the door

    Our uniformed technician disconnects the opener, tests the balance, inspects every part that moves and runs the door through several cycles.

  3. 03

    We explain what we found and the price first

    If something needs replacing, you hear what it is and why, and you get an upfront quote before any work begins.

  4. 04

    We lubricate, adjust and test

    We finish the tune up, reconnect the opener, check the safety reverse and leave the door running smoothly.

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Noisy or shaky door

A door that has started to groan or shudder is asking for attention. Tell us what it is doing and we will tell you what a tune up should cover.

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Our work

Garage door tune up, start to finish

Our technician's gloved hands applying lubricant to a steel roller sitting in a garage door track
Rollers and hinges are lubricated with the right product
Close-up of a clean torsion spring, cable drum and winding cones on a freshly serviced garage door
Spring, drum and cable after inspection
A closed white sectional garage door on a brick suburban home in good light, with even gaps between panels and a straight bottom seal
A balanced door that closes evenly

FAQ

Garage door maintenance questions

Are you supposed to get your garage door serviced?
Yes, a yearly inspection is the usual advice, because the springs, cables and rollers wear out gradually and give warning signs before they fail. A technician sees frayed cable strands, a dry bearing or a loose bracket at a glance. In Michigan, a check in fall catches salt damage and cold weather wear before the hardest part of winter.
Can I do my own garage door lubrication?
Lubricating rollers, hinges and the spring coils is a job most homeowners can do with a spray made for garage doors. Skip thick grease, which attracts dirt. Leave the spring tension, cables and bottom brackets to a technician, since those parts hold enough force to cause serious injury.
How do I know if my garage door needs an adjustment?
Watch for a door that closes crooked, rubs on one side, rises unevenly or reverses for no reason. Disconnect the opener and lift the door by hand: it should stay about halfway up on its own. If it does not, the balance needs adjusting.
What does the price of a tune up depend on?
It depends on how many parts need attention, the size and weight of the door, and whether anything has to be replaced. A door that is already well kept needs mostly lubrication and adjustment. You get an upfront quote before any work begins, so you decide with the number in front of you.
How long does a garage door last with regular maintenance?
Steel sections and tracks often outlast the moving parts, which is the point of maintenance. Springs are rated for a set number of open and close cycles, commonly 10,000 for a standard spring, and a door used several times a day reaches that rating in a matter of years. A tune up tells you how much of that life is left.
Is it safe to use the door if it makes noise?
A little squeak is usually friction and is safe to run until we arrive. Grinding, a door that jerks, or one that looks lopsided should stay closed until it is checked. Never stand under a door that is moving unevenly.

Call us

Keep the door working before it stops

Locally owned and operated, licensed and insured, with an upfront quote before any work starts. Tell us how your door has been behaving and we will set up a maintenance visit. If the opener is the noisy part, we can look at the opener during the same visit.

CALL NOW: (248) 975-7351
  • Licensed and insured
  • Upfront quote before work begins
  • Parts-and-labor warranty