Author: GEM Garage Door Repair

Have a broken garage door spring? Wonder why they break or maybe why yours broke so quickly? If you’ve read our article On Why Garage Door Springs Break then you know there are lots of reasons but the biggest reason springs break is because of the rated duty cycle and how much the door is…

I don’t want to make this article too trashy on my competitors out there. More often than not, when we get calls, our prices are almost always lower than our competitors. What the other quotes aren’t telling you though, is that we install a better spring and offer a much better warranty on our garage door…

We occasionally get this question while showing homeowners how to maintain their garage doors. I also get this question quite a bit from friends and family who know that I work on garage doors all of the time. Does it really hurt? The answer is simply yes. How much? Maybe over a period of one…

You’d be surprised how many service calls we get where one of our competitors have already come out and said a repair isn’t possible. They give a quote for a new opener or garage door. They charge a service call and leave. We usually get the call for another quote which we offer for free….

Along with all the other questions I get, when things get real busy for us as the temperatures first dip below freezing, I get asked this question a bunch. Of course, I get it asked much more about this time of year compared to say June. I can understand why though. I’m a big proponent…

We get a lot of service call requests for problems with remotes. I hate getting out to a troubleshooting job and it just ends up being a garage door remote. On a scale of 1-10 on DIY, programming remotes are usually about as light weight DIY as it gets! The two largest manufactures have pages dedicated…

We get this question a lot too. We answer it on the phone when the person says they are confident with a little DIY. But, just be warned right here, right now, you need to be careful with adjusting the settings mentioned. They are specific safety features of your door that can cause these problems…

Most manufacturers recommend a garage door tuneup, inspection, and maintenance on both the door and accessories anywhere from every 3 months to every 6 months. This extends the life of your garage door and the associated mechanisms involved. It’s also important to do this for safety reasons as well. If you’re not sure what to do…

Do you have a Broken Garage Door or have a garage door falling out of its tracks? Did a teenager back into the door and mess some panels up? There are a lot of parts to how a garage door actually works. This is true if you have an automatic opener or not. Hinges can…