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Tune-up and safety check

A yearly visit that keeps a door quiet, balanced and safe

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How long
About an hour

Most garage door repairs start as something a tune-up would have caught: a cable starting to fray, a dry hinge cracking, a door out of balance wearing its opener down. Once a year an hour with a technician keeps the door quiet and safe and tells you what’s coming before it breaks.

We oil every roller, hinge and spring, check the cables, drums and bottom brackets, balance the door on its springs, set the opener’s force, test the safety eyes and the reverse, and look at the seals before winter. You get a short written note of what we found and what, if anything, needs doing.

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A garage door safety sensor on its bracket near the floor beside the track, a thin line of light across the clean garage floor

What's included

  • Rollers, hinges and springs oiled
  • Cables, drums and brackets checked
  • Door balanced
  • Safety eyes and reverse tested
  • Seals checked before winter

Typical jobs

  • A yearly visit before the first frost
  • A door that started to shudder
  • A check before selling the house
  • A door the opener struggles with

Questions

How often should a door be tuned up?

Once a year is right for most families, best in autumn before the cold makes the oil thick and the seals stiff. A door that goes up and down ten times a day can do with two.

What’s the reverse test?

With the door closing, an object on the floor in its path (we use a block of wood) should make it stop and go back up. If it doesn’t, the opener’s force is set too high and the door can hurt someone. We test it on every visit.

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Questions about doors, springs, openers, prices and the towns we cover

Hi! Ask me what Bellamy fixes and fits, what a spring repair or a new door usually costs, how soon a truck can come or which towns we cover. For an exact price, a free quote is the way: call (740) 555-0143.

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