Not all sections are the same. Top Section Replacement On A Garage Door Is Different Than Replacing A Bottom Section. Top Sections Should Have A Strut and An Operator Bracket Installed. This Is Usually In The User Manual Of ALL Garage Door Manufacturers and The Most Common Thing To be Left Off Of An install. Especially On Smaller Doors. Bottom Sections Have Seals Installed By The Manufacturer On Steel Doors But Wood Garage Doors The Seal Is Installed Separately On Site.
In Georgia we Have Several Brands Of Garage Doors To Choose From. The Most Common Garage Door Brands Are listed below We Can Get Any Of These Doors For You If You Like. Clopay Is The Only Company That Still Sells Sections That Match Design Stamps over Eight Years Old (this means we may be able to find a section to fit but it can have subtle differences in the design):
Section Damage Can Happen In Several Different Ways. The Most Common Section Damage Is Caused From Impact From Vehicles. However, Don’t Feel Bad. In Most Cases The Reason A Car Hits The Garage Door In The First Place Is Because The Door Has Not Been Serviced Or Maintained Properly. The Best Advice I Can Give You To Avoid Running Into Your Garage Door With Your Car Is as Follows:
Garage door openers are built with sensitivity settings that are designed to alert you of potential problems. Older openers made it really easy to adjust the garage door opener “force” settings.
The opener force settings should never be turned up in order to overcome a problem with the garage door that should be resolved with a garage door service or repair, but home owners and un- professional garage door technicians alike used the force settings as a quick fix to cover up a bigger problems.
Ultimately putting the entire garage door system at risk for severe failure such as a garage door off track situation.
New garage door openers have addressed this problem. While still easy to adjust the settings in the opener when needed it is harder than just a thoughtless turn of a screw driver.
Garage door and garage door opener manufacturing companies recommend professional garage door and opener service at least once a year.
If you have an opener that is older than 10 years a new opener could be a good idea to remove the risk associated with older openers that have not been serviced regularly or properly.
If a cable comes off the drum, Do NOT try to fix it yourself. We can fix this problem for very little more than a door service 98.00. Therefore, Let a garage door pro do the work. Garage Door Off Track Situations above Stage 5 are Almost Always Caused By The Home Owner Trying To Fix The Garage Door Problem Themselves.
How do Customers prevent a Garage Door Off Track Condition? Garage door service and regular maintenance can prevent Garage Doors From Coming “Off Track. Garage Doors Service and Garage door inspection Should Be done twice a year according to most manufactures. A Professional Garage Door Service should be done any time