Bloomfield Hills Garage Door Co
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Garage door repair · Southfield, MI

Garage Door Repair Southfield, MI

Snapped springs, loose cables and openers that ignore the remote are repaired at your home. Tell us what happened and we send a technician to find the cause and explain the fix.

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

Serving Southfield

Garage door repair in Southfield when the opener or the cables fail

When a garage door will not move, there are two suspects and they look alike from the driver's seat: the opener and the door. Garage door repair in Southfield begins by telling them apart. If the motor runs but the door barely lifts, the spring or cables have usually failed. If nothing runs at all, the problem is more often power, the wall control, the sensors or the opener's logic board.

Southfield is a city in Oakland County, an inner-ring suburb of Detroit that lies northwest of downtown. As an established inner suburb it has plenty of garages that have been through many Michigan winters, and cold weather is hard on a door's moving parts: grease stiffens, cables go taut and a weak spring finally gives. We travel to the home for the repair, so a dead door is not something you have to move.

A broken opener is a common reason people call, and our opener repair work covers units from LiftMaster and Genie as well as others. If the cause is the door and not the motor, we explain that straight away rather than replacing a working opener.

CALL NOW: (248) 975-7351
Our technician in plain workwear aligning a safety sensor mounted near the floor on a garage door track, close view of the small sensor and bracket

What we check

How we tell a door problem from an opener problem

Disconnect and lift by hand

With the opener released, the door should lift with modest effort and hold steady partway up. If it will not, the springs or cables are the cause.

Listen to what the opener does

A motor that runs without moving the trolley points to a stripped gear or a broken connection. A motor that hums and stops points to an overloaded or jammed door.

Check sensors and wall control

Safety sensors that are blocked, bumped or dirty can stop the door from closing. A failed wall control or remote battery mimics a dead opener.

Inspect cables and bottom brackets

Loose or frayed cables let one side of the door drop. They can also jam in the drum and stop the door part way.

Test the limits and force settings

If the door reverses or stops short of the floor, the travel limits may need adjustment. We set them and test the auto-reverse.

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How it works

From a dead door to a working one

  1. 01

    Tell us how it failed

    Say whether the door stopped halfway, the motor ran without lifting, or nothing responded at all.

  2. 02

    We come out and test the door and the opener

    The technician inspects the springs, cables, sensors and opener, starting with the door itself so the cause is not guessed.

  3. 03

    We explain the fix and the price

    You hear what is wrong and what the repair involves, and we give an upfront quote before any work begins.

  4. 04

    We repair and run it through its travel

    Springs, cables, sensors and opener parts are replaced as needed, and we cycle the door to confirm it moves and reverses properly.

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Door trouble

Remote clicking but the door staying put? Tell us what you hear and see, and we will sort out whether the cable, the spring or the opener has let go.

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Our work

Cables, springs and openers after repair

Close-up of a ceiling-mounted garage door opener motor unit with a plain unmarked housing, and the drive rail leading away
An opener motor unit after service
A dark brown sectional garage door fully open on an inner suburban brick home, a tidy empty garage inside with shelves, even light
A repaired door opened smoothly
Close-up of a garage door opener keypad on a wall with plain unmarked buttons
A keypad checked and working

FAQ

Questions about a door that will not open or close

Why does my opener run but the door will not lift?
Usually a spring or cable has failed. The motor is working, but the door is too heavy for it without the spring's help. Disconnect the opener, try lifting by hand, and if it is very heavy, stop and tell us.
Can I open the door by hand when it is stuck?
Only if it is safe to do so. A door with a broken spring is heavy and can drop. If one side hangs lower than the other, a cable has probably slipped, and forcing the door can bend the track.
Is a broken spring a common problem?
Yes. Springs are the part that wears out first because they flex every time the door moves. Cold weather and heavy use bring the failure sooner.
How much does it cost to fix an opener?
It depends on the fault. A sensor adjustment or a worn gear is a smaller job than a failed logic board, and sometimes replacing the opener makes more sense. We give an upfront quote before any work begins.
Do I need to replace the opener when the door is repaired?
Not unless it is the failed part. If the opener is sound, we fix the door and leave the opener alone. If the opener is worn or no longer supported, we tell you and show you the options.
Is the work backed by a warranty?
Repairs and installations are backed by a parts-and-labor warranty. We are licensed and insured, and our uniformed technicians explain the problem before they start.

Call us

Garage door dead in the opening?

Leave it as it is and tell us what happened. We come to your Southfield home, work out whether it is the door or the opener, and explain the fix and the price before any work starts.

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