Garage Door Repair
A-1 Door Services repairs garage doors across the Charlotte area. If your door is stuck, crooked, noisy or reversing on its own, call Sturdy Todd. He finds the actual fault and fixes that, and customers say he does it without trying to sell them a new door.
Signs the door needs a repair
A garage door needs a repair when it sticks, sags, grinds or will not finish opening or closing.
- It stops partway, or goes down and comes straight back up.
- One side hangs lower than the other.
- It grinds, bangs or shudders on the way up.
- It feels very heavy when you lift it by hand.
- A hinge, roller or panel is visibly bent or cracked.
- It failed a home inspection.
What a repair visit covers
A repair visit finds the part that failed, fixes that part and checks the rest of the door.
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Find the real fault
Most door problems come down to a handful of parts: springs, cables, rollers, hinges, tracks and the opener. The first job is working out which one failed and why.
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Fix that part
Worn rollers, bent hinges and damaged hardware get replaced. Customers mention hinge and panel repairs, new rollers and doors that two other companies could not get right.
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Check the rest of the system
A door is a balanced system. After the repair the whole door gets looked over, adjusted and tested, so the fix holds.
Ask about door repair
Send what the door is doing and where you are. Sturdy calls back.
From customers
“He corrected problems that TWO PREVIOUS companies could not/would not fix. … He is our new go to guy for garage door issues.”
“he came out and fixed our garage door that we thought we would have replace. He was fast and reasonable!”
“He did more than just replace the springs, he looked over the whole system”
Questions about door repair
Should I repair my garage door or replace it?
Repair it if the door itself is sound. Most problems are a failed part such as a spring, roller, hinge or opener, and the door has years left once that part is replaced. Replacement makes sense when panels are rotted, badly dented or no longer available.
Is it safe to keep using a garage door that is acting up?
Not if it is crooked, very heavy, or dropping fast. Those point to a spring or cable problem, and a garage door is the heaviest moving thing in most homes. Stop using it and call.
My door failed a home inspection. Can that be fixed?
Usually, yes. Inspection failures are most often the auto-reverse setting, the safety sensors or the door balance. Customers have called A-1 for exactly this and had it corrected in one visit.
Other services
Door trouble? Call Sturdy.
Say what the door is doing and where you are. You will get a straight answer.