I sometimes get asked for stories on garage door repair jobs. I’ve fixed several doors that where hanging by a couple of rollers ready to fall. Those get pretty exciting. They aren’t too odd though. The reasons for those situations vary. Usually it comes down to bad maintenance and poor decisions! I have seen a…
Category: Garage Door Repair
We install NEW Garage Doors too!
I get asked all the time when I answer the phone “GEM Garage Door Repair” if we also install new garage doors and openers or if we only do repairs! Well, I guess that’s a problem with the business name and how I set it up with the licensing and insurance. The answer though is…
Why are our garage door springs so good?
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…
Repair Garage Door and get the best value
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…
If I don’t do regular maintenance will it really hurt my 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…
How do I know when it’s time to replace my garage door opener?
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….
How can I prepare my garage door for winter?
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…
How do I program my garage door remote?
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…
Why will a garage door opener open, but not close?
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…
Garage Door Tuneup and Maintenance
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…