A garage door opener can malfunction for many reasons. Things like a burnt motherboard, bad gear opener, or a motor that doesn’t function. All these things affect your garage door. A malfunctioning opener will prevent your door from opening and closing as usual. Call a garage door professional at Great American Garage Doors. Delaying… Continue reading Should I replace a garage door opener?
When you install a new garage door or opener, your sensors can be out of alignment. Or a garage door’s sensitivity can be set too low or too high, and prevent your door from closing. We highly recommend you preview the manufacturer’s directions to understand your opener. By contacting a garage door professional, you can… Continue reading Are your garage door sensors out of adjustment?
Garage door cables coming off or disconnected happens for a multitude of reasons. A broken torsion spring or even cables coming out on their own is very common. When a cable snaps, it poses a major life-threatening problem that can seriously hurt a person standing nearby or even damage a car or wall. Call a… Continue reading Did your Garage Door Cables snap or pop off?
A broken garage door spring is frustrating and can be hard to diagnose on your own. Broken springs are a major problem that prevents your garage door from opening and functioning like it normally would. Don’t try to solve a broken spring on your own. It can be dangerous. If your garage door spring… Continue reading Did your garage door spring break?
Sometimes an unplugged power source open causes confusion and assumptions that your door is broken. Check your electric outlet that the opener is plugged into to determine if this is the case. This is a common problem that causes confusion and assumptions by homeowners. Make this a priority by checking your opener connection to save… Continue reading Is your Garage Door Openers Power Source Disrupted?
We understand the difficulty this brings you. There are a multitude of reasons why your garage door will not open, but the main ones are related to your garage door spring or opener. Springs and openers become defective when they reach their maximum life. Most people can’t determine if they have reached maximum life in… Continue reading Reasons Your Garage Door Won’t Open
If your garage door is moving slower than normal, it can be for a multitude of reasons; from your springs, opener, rollers or any other moving parts. The fix can be a simple fix such as lubricating a moving hinge, or it can be as difficult as balancing a garage door spring. Which requires knowledge… Continue reading The door operates or moves very slowly when opening.
Your garage door is a moving part that will generate various sounds when its moving. If your door doesn’t sound like it normally would. Things such as grinding, grating, rattling or rumbling can be a multitude of things, such as expired springs, bent coils, loose chains or worn out rollers. Reach out to us… Continue reading Garage Door causing strange Sounds when moving
This issue occurs for different reasons. It could be a variety of things, such as your garage door springs, openers, or even rollers. We’ve seen doors that jerk from things such as the shifting of a garage door track. Jerking your garage door can have a multitude of reasons. Trying to diagnose on your own… Continue reading Garage Door Jerking when you open or close it.
Most people are not familiar with whether a garage door needs repair. Your garage door endures wear and tear and requires maintenance as well as repair over time. Maintaining your garage door will increase the life of your door. Things as simple as lubricating moving parts and replacing moving parts increases the life of your… Continue reading When do you need a Garage Door Repair?
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