Just because your garage door is living life on the edge it doesn't mean you have to. A garage door off its tracks is an obvious repair you won't be able to ignore. Call our technicians to get assistance with broken rollers and garage door track repair. We will safely repair any lopsided or damaged doors!
Uplift Garage, your local experts dedicated to addressing issues like Broken Garage Door Rollers & Garage Door Off Track. As a family-owned business committed to delivering the best customer experience, competitive prices, and prompt service, Uplift Garage stands out as a trusted choice in the Western Suburbs of Chicago and beyond. With a mission to provide professional garage door installation, repair, and sales, our skilled technicians are equipped to handle any garage door challenge. From strange noises to complete malfunctions, we've seen it all, and we understand the importance of a properly operating garage door for both usability and security.
Our crew specializes in garage door spring replacement. Without proper working springs, your door will refuse to open or close properly, if at all. It is important to call a garage door specialist to replace your springs sooner than later so no one gets injured, or your garage door doesn’t suffer further damage.
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How did your garage door get derailed in the first place?
Since your garage door likely is one of the heaviest objects in your home, it may benefit you or your family to learn how your garage door can become unaligned in the first place, and how your can prevent it from happening. Here are some commons signs to blame for your garage door going off the rails.
Although your garage door may be operating fine, just one worn out roller will create a domino effect. One broken roller will cause additional weight and stress to the other rollers. Once the other rollers begin breaking, eventually the door will collapse after its rails begin to bend. Owners of particularly heavy garage doors will need to be extra weary of this issue!
A very common cause of garage doors coming off their tracks involve bent horizontal tracks. The horizontal tracks are responsible for holding up the weight of the entire garage door. When using low quality, incorrectly installed, or old horizontal tracks, the entire system may buckle. This increases the risk of your garage door coming off its tracks if it cannot properly be supported.
If your garage door is on the older side, there is a rare chance one of your lift cables may eventually break. Keeping up with regular garage door maintenance will help you catch a worn cable before it breaks. A door out-of-alignment can cause the lift cables to unravel out of the drum and break without notice.
Many of us may have done this whether we admit it or not, but hitting your garage door with your car a couple of times can likely do enough damage to eventually knock off a couple rollers. In this event, maintaining safety to both yourself and your vehicle is priority! Call up your local technician to avoid any property damage or injury!
Here are a few signs to look for that indicate you may be dealing with a broken spring.
If your garage door abruptly jerks closed or open, it is likely the springs are experiencing problems. The opener system has a mechanism to control how fast the door lowers and raises. When any springs are damaged, it may interfere with this safety feature due to the excess weight on other components, making it unable to control the speed.
Does your garage door suddenly feel heavy? This may be a sign that your garage door extension springs are broken and in need of replacement. Since garage doors are extremely heavy you put yourself at risk of injury trying to inspect the door on your own. It is best to leave this service to the professionals if you think something is off.
You may think a crooked garage door isn’t a big deal, but it is not a problem to be overlooked. This is typically a sign of the extension springs being broken and requires immediate attention. The door appears crooked from this issue because one side of the door is getting pulled up quicker than the other.
If a torsion spring has snapped, you could see visible gaps of up to a few inches wide. Sometimes, people can even hear a loud snapping noise coming from their garage and discover a broken spring. This will require a specialist to come in and replace the torsion spring. It is also advised to get the other springs evaluated to ensure all components work properly and none received damage from the broken spring.
You may find loose cables hanging from your garage and think the issue lies with the cables. In reality, cables will loosen or slack when the torsion springs are broken, adding more stress onto those components. This means the springs are to blame for the issue!
Uplift Garage’s mission is to provide professional garage door installation, repair, and sales in the Chicagoland area. We are in Aurora, Illinois, but you can get us to come out to anywhere in the western suburbs and surrounding areas! Our primary service areas include Kane, DuPage, DeKalb, and McHenry counties. Don’t see your city on the map? That’s alright, give us a call anyway!
The garage door on our house finally got to a point where it was noisy and rarely opened. Mark offered a couple options and was a pleasure to work with.
Brian Watson
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