The garage door blog
Straight answers for Western North Carolina homeowners — what's safe to check yourself, what to never touch, and how the hardest-working door in your house actually works.
A Broken Torsion Spring Is Not a DIY Job — Here's Why
It looks like a coil of wire. It holds enough energy to lift several hundred pounds. When a garage door spring snaps, the repair that follows is the most dangerous one in your house.
Read the post →Opener Not Working? Check These Six Things, In This Order
Before you assume the opener died, work down this list. Most 'dead openers' are one of six simple things — and two of them take under a minute to check.
Read the post →Winter-Proofing Your Garage Door in the North Carolina Mountains
Freeze-thaw cycles, hard freezes at elevation and storm outages are the three things WNC winters do to garage doors. Here's the prep that actually matters, in the order it matters.
Read the post →What a Garage Door Tune-Up Actually Checks (The Full List)
A real tune-up is a checklist, not a spray can. Here is every item on ours — including the two checks that catch the failures that strand cars.
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