Garage door guides

Straight answers to what usually goes wrong with a garage door, what is safe to check yourself, and what needs a technician.

• How do I know if my garage door spring is broken?

  The signs of a broken garage door spring, why the door should not be used until it is fixed, and what the repair involves.

• Why won’t my garage door close?

  The usual reasons a garage door opens but will not close, which checks are safe to do yourself, and when to stop and call.

• My garage door opener is not working. What should I check?

  Safe checks for an unresponsive garage door opener, how to tell a remote problem from an opener problem, and when it needs a technician.

• How long do garage door springs last?

  Garage door springs are rated in cycles rather than years. What that means in practice, and what shortens their life.

• Garage door maintenance in the Las Vegas desert

  What desert heat, blown dust and intense sun do to a garage door, and the maintenance that actually matters in the Las Vegas valley.

• What does garage door repair cost in Las Vegas?

  What garage door repairs cost in the Las Vegas valley, how the service-call fee works, and what changes the final price.

A word on what is safe to do yourself

Plenty of garage door problems have a safe, obvious fix: a flat remote battery, a bin blocking the safety sensors, dust on a sensor lens. Those are worth trying before calling anyone, and these guides say so.

Springs, cables and the bottom brackets are different. They are under tension whenever the door is not fully open, and they are the parts that injure people. No guide here explains how to adjust or replace one, because that advice does not belong on a website.

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