A high-lift conversion raises the door's horizontal track toward the ceiling, freeing the space above a car for a hoist or storage. We rework the tracks, drums and springs for the new travel and fit a jackshaft opener beside the door.
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Repair & MaintenanceInspection, adjustment, sealing, and section-level repairs.
Springs & HardwareCounterbalance, track, roller, cable, and hinge work.
Openers & AccessOperators, safety sensors, controls, and access systems.
Installation & UpgradesResidential and commercial replacement, upgrades, sectional-door, and rolling-door work.Many of the homes we work in have doors older than the people living there. Extension springs without safety cables, wooden sections that have taken on water, openers made before safety sensors were standard. We know how these doors were built and how to bring them up to today's expectations without ripping out what still works.
Nearby Lakeshore Village, Westmount, Beechwood, Maple Hills and Rummelhardt
Every part checked, every cycle tested.
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Garage door spring replacement
Business doors have their own needs: heavier hardware, more cycles per day, loading bays that have to stay tight against the weather. Alongside our residential work, we look after sectional and rolling doors for shops, garages and warehouses.
Extension springs run along the sides and stretch as the door closes.
A door in good repair is quiet, closes flat against the floor and stays put wherever you stop it.
A garage door belongs to the architecture. Its movement belongs to your everyday life. We bring both into the conversation.
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ServiceGarage Door Tune-Up
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ServiceOff-Track Garage Door Reset
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Extension springs run along the sides and stretch as the door closes. They should have a safety cable threaded through them so a break does not send steel across the garage. We replace the springs, fit the cables and set them evenly.
Part 1The panels
After an overnight freeze the door stuck to the slab, the opener strained, and something gave. The bottom section is bowed inward, one hinge has torn free of its screws, and the rubber seal along the bottom no longer sits flat.
Part 2The springs
After pulling the red release cord, you tried lifting the door yourself and it would barely leave the floor. A door that used to glide up with one hand now takes real effort, which points to the counterbalance rather than the opener.
Part 3The cables
After years of slushy winters the cables look thinner near the bottom brackets, with rust streaks running down the door where they attach. The door still works, but the frayed wires catch your glove when you brush past.
Part 4Tracks and rollers
A roller near the top corner is riding on the lip of the track rather than inside it, and the section above leans back a little more each week. The door still moves, but it looks one bump away from coming out altogether.
Part 5The opener
For a few days there was a grinding sound whenever the door started moving. Now the motor spins freely and the door stays exactly where it is.
Garage Door Safety Inspection. Your toddler has discovered the wall button.
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Openers
Every remote, keypad and phone that opens your door is a key. We help you keep track of them: erase the ones that went missing with a set of car keys, add the new ones, and confirm each works from the driveway.
Door samples
Choosing colour and panel style is easier with real samples and a photo of your house. We bring both to the conversation, and we can show how a design looks against your brick, siding or stone before you decide.
Tap a situation. The answer opens here.
If The door starts to close, then reverses and the opener light blinks.
Then Photo-eye alignment.
The sensors near the floor are out of line or dirty; a clean and re-aim usually restores normal closing.
If The door touches the floor and pops back open.
Then Close-limit adjustment.
The opener thinks it hit something; setting the travel limit correctly stops the bounce.
If The door closes but leaves a gap along the bottom.
Then Bottom seal and limit setting.
A compressed seal or a short travel limit leaves daylight; both are simple to correct. Garage Door Bottom Seal Replacement
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Many of the homes we work in have doors older than the people living there. Extension springs without safety cables, wooden sections that have taken on water, openers made before safety sensors were standard.
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Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
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We agree a time that suits you and confirm what we will bring. If a photo helps, send one; a crooked door or a snapped spring is easy to spot.
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You see what we see: the spring that has stretched, the cable that is fraying, the sensor that is knocked off line.
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Bikes, tools, seasonal boxes and vehicles are moved or covered as needed, and put back where they were.
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Selling next year, staying for decades or renting out: the right option depends on that, and we ask before advising.
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Every square is one home in a hundred.
Both move the same doors, so the choice is about sound and setting. Chain is the sturdy, simple workhorse and a fine fit for a detached garage or a workshop where a little noise is nobody's concern. Belt is the pick when a bedroom, nursery or office shares a wall or floor with the garage, because it starts and stops softly and hums rather than rattles. If the ceiling is crowded, a wall-mounted unit beside the spring shaft removes the rail altogether.
The technician takes it away. The steel rail, chain and angle iron go to metal recycling and the head unit, with its motor and circuit board, goes to electronics recycling rather than the landfill. Old remotes are cleared from memory before they are discarded or handed back to you, and any wiring that is not being reused is removed from the ceiling and walls so the garage is left tidy.
Manufacturers recommend replacing units made before 1993, since most lacked external entrapment protection such as a photo-eye pair, a sensing edge or a constant-contact close control. Identify the model rather than guessing its age or remote type, since a fixed-code remote with small switches is not proof by itself. Replacing rather than repairing brings the sensor beam, a contact-sensitive force setting, remotes whose code changes on every press and a console lock button.
Usually a little. A balanced door presents a much lighter load than a door with a broken spring, so the opener's force settings are reset to suit it, and the travel limits are checked so the door seals at the floor and stops cleanly at the top. The technician then runs the reversal test and the photo-eye check to confirm the safety system responds correctly with the new balance.
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