Garage Door Repair Washington D.C.

Garage Door Repair Washington DC

Beside roll up doors and roll up gates, we offer same day garage door repair in Washington. From commercial Overhead door in Maryland, to residential automated garage door repair in Annandale, we can fix it. We carry in our service tracks garage doors parts and tolls, which are required to complete the repair on our first visit. We repair and install garage doors from all makers, including Amarr, Wayne Dalton, Lift Master and more.

Commercial Overhead Door Repair

If you own a commercial garage door, you probably know that a perfectly working commercial door can save you a k lot of time and money, which you would of spend otherwise. That is why we offer a same day repair service for commercial Overhead doors in Washington, including Annandale, D.C., Bethesda and Washington DC.
If you are having issues with your commercial Overhead door, and you are thinking to continue to use it, or to repair it by doing it yourself, we suggest that you will think again. A commercial Overhead door, whether it is in Washington or a commercial Garage Door in Alexandria is dangerous, and should be repaired by a trained and experienced technician, who carry the tools, and the right parts for the repair.

New Garage Door Washington DC

Sometimes, the cost for repairing your garage door can be bigger than the price of a completely new garage door. So not once, when we are getting a call for a garage door repair, we end with a new garage door installation. When you are planning to purchase a new garage door, there are few things that you should consider before making the decision.
What is your budget?
What kind of door you need (insulated/non insulated)?
Do you need a motorized garage door?
What is the size that I want?
What color of garage door?
With or without a window?
We can help you answering those questions, by sharing out experience in the garage door repair and installation field. After hundreds of garage doors projects in Washington, there is no garage door project that will be too simple or too complicated for us.

 

Garage Door Spring Repair Washington DC

One of the common problems that can prevent a garage door for working, is a broken spring. The spring system, which usually built from 1-4 springs when it a torsion spring system, or 2 springs when it is an extension spring system, is what make it so easy to lift and open even the heaviest doors, and what make a garage door which weight hundreds of pounds to go down and close so smoothly. When a garage door spring break, the door go out of balance, and that can be dangerous. If you think that one of you garage door springs broke, you should stop using the garage door, and contact a garage door company that repair garage doors in Washington D.C.
Garage Door Opener
Having an automated garage door make it much easier and convenience to operate your garage door, especially for those who use the garage door on a daily base. There are all kinds of openers in the market, so each one will find the right opener for them. From silent Belt-Drive opener, to Chain-Drive opener, we carry openers from leading garage door openers brands such as Lift-Master opener, which is considered to be one of the most loyal garage door openers in the market.
One thing you should know about your garage door opener, is that the opener IS NOT the force which lift the garage door, but it is actually the spring system which do most of the job. So when your opener is having hard time lifting your garage door, don’t be sure that it is an opener problem, but it may be due to a different problem, like a broken spring, or any other problem from the mechanism of your garage door.

Garage Door Repair Do It Yourself

If you look on youtube, and search for a DIY garage door repair, you will find endless amount of Videos, which explain how to repair your garage door by yourself. Now, we are big fans of DIY repairs, and we appreciate all those who try to fix things by themselves before contacting a technician in DC to come and repair the door for them. BUT, and here is the important part - Some repairs should be left for a professional and experienced person, who got the tools, the experience and the parts to complete the repair on the safe side. Which bring us to our nest part, and that is a garage door safety.

Garage Door Repair Safety Washington

A broken, damaged, our of track, or any other problem that may prevent a garage door in Washington or anywhere else, from working in the perfect way every garage door should, should not be used before it is repaired and examined by a trained garage door technician. Sometime the issue is something you can repair in matter of minutes, and sometime it is so complicated and expensive that it may better for you to replace your garage door with a new door. But one thing should not be done: You should not ignore the problem, thinking it will go away by itself. Because it won’t. Ignoring the problem may lead to 2 things:
A bigger problem: Using a broken garage door will usually increase the damage, until the door will completely stop working. For example, using a garage door with a broken spring, may burn the opener, which is now required to lift the door, which is supposed to be the spring part.
Put yourself at risk: Using a broken garage door can be dangerous, and can lead to series injuries. Some garage door can weight hundreds of pounds, and when it is not perfectly balance, it can be dangerous.

Garage Opener Washington DC

In case you own an automatic garage doors ( A garage door which is controlled with an electrical opener ), You need to know that one of the most known problems which lead to a garage door that won’t come down completely, or only go down partly before it will reverse and open again, is a problem with the garage door opener, and to be more specific, it might be a problem with the garage door safety sensors, There might be many possible reasons why the opener stopped, or why it doesn't work like it used to, From incorrect garage door opener installment, to lack of garage door preservation, if your garage door opener is not working, or if you think that there is something wrong with the way the opener functions, please contact DC Gates Experts of Washington, so they can send you an expert and repair your broken garage door opener,
DC Gates Experts can service any over-head garage door in DC, We carry, deliver and install top quality garage openers, like Liftmaster garage openers, Genie garage openers, or others, We provide same day service for broken garage doors in Washington, whether it is a new garage opener installment in Washington DC, or garage door repair D.C., We also provide garage motor’s parts like Key-pad, remote control ( Clicker ) and more, We do not limit our services in Washington County, D.C. to just residential operators, we also supply industrial operators for overhead doors in Washington, Which makes us to a company that can handle any garage door trouble, whether it is a broken opener or a busted garage door spring.

Out of Tracks Garage Door Repair

In case the garage door is off tracks, be cautious, never try and use the door, and get in touch with a local garage doors expert who can come and bring the door back into the tracks. Off tracks (Or out of tracks) garage door is one of the most dangerous garage door problems, which can prevent a door from working properly. It can be a broken garage door in the D.C., or broken garage door in Bethesda, if the garage door is off tracks, do not use it ! If you will look at your garage door, you will find that the element which hold the overhead door on the tracks are the rollers. Any time the roller jump out of the track, the door cannot, and shouldn’t be operated, until a garage door specialist will put it back on the tracks. You might consider pushing the roller or the rollers back to the tracks, and not using a certified garage door technician in Washington to do the repair, but that will be a mistake, since every time garage door in Washington is out of tracks, there is a reason for that, and the reason should be taken care of before the door can be used again. If you will not address the problem, the door can come out of tracks again, and the next time can be even more dangerous, since the overhead door can fall completely out of the tracks.

Reasons garage door go out of tracks

There are many factors that can make a garage door jump or fall from of the tracks. But regardless of what is the reason that made the door go out of the tracks, the important thing is to cease using the door and wait for a qualified overhead garage door specialist who can deal with off tracks garage door, like all the technicians of DC Gates Experts can. The reasons can change from one door to a different, and from off tracks commercial overhead door, to residential garage door. What matter is that you will use a local garage door repairman in Washington for the repair, and that you will not try to force the door to open or close. Sometime the door might be fully trapped and sometime it can still be moved, but that doesn’t mean that you should try and move it. If you wish to learn more about off tracks garage door repair, check out our article about off tracks roll up door repair.

Garage Door Spring Repair Washington DC

If you live in DC, and looking for a company that fix and replace broken garage door springs, you got to the right place. DC Gates Experts offer same day spring repair or replacement for commercial and residential overhead doors.
A broken spring, whether it is a torsion or extension spring, is of the most common garage door problems. When a garage door spring snapped, the door cannot work, until you replace the broken spring with a new one. There are many reasons that lead to a broken garage door spring, but it seem that lack of garage door maintenance which should be performed at least every six months is one of the main reasons. And since we learned that it is the most common reason, we highly recommend, to provide your garage door with a maintenance service, at least every 6 months, to make sure that door will continue to work in a perfect way for many more years.

What to do if the spring snapped?

A snapped spring is not the end of the world, and with the right repair, your garage door will work again today. All you need is a trained garage door repairman that know how to match the right spring for each Overhead door. If the spring of your garage door is broken, or if you think that the spring need an adjustment, we highly recommend that you stop using the door, and call a garage door company in Washington DC. If you will continue to use the damaged door, not only that you will make the problem worst, but it can be dangerous to you, or to those who uses the garage door.
A broken garage door spring does not mean that you need to replace the garage door. All it means is that you need to replace the spring, which is a job that can be done by any garage door technician, as long as he is professional and experienced.
We got the knowledge and the experience to find the right spring for your garage door, torsion or extension.

What kind of spring do I need?

Whether it is a torsion garage door spring, or an extension spring that need to be replaced, it is important to wait for the repairman to fix the spring before using the door again. Our garage doors technicians, have successfully fixed and replaced hundreds of garage doors springs in DC. They have the experience to fit the door with the right spring, that will bring it back on track again, and that will help the garage door work in the perfect way that every garage door should work.

Torsion spring repair DC

A torsion spring replacement, can be a simple job, and can be a complicated job. A lot depend on how professional the repairman is, and how complicated is the replacement. There isn’t much you can do if one (or both) of your garage door’s torsion springs snapped. The best thing for you to do is to contact a garage door company that offer same day garage door repairs in Washington DC, to come to your house or your business and replace the spring with a new one.
If you are going to ignore our recommendation to stop using the door, and you will try to open it using the opener, it is only a matter of time before the opener will burn, the second spring will also break, or any other problem that can happen when using an unsafe garage door. But more important than that, is the fact that using a garage door although the spring snapped is dangerous, and the door can hurt someone.

Extension spring repair DC

If your overhead door in Washington DC is equipped with extension spring system (The can be found on the sides of the overhead door, and usually installed on top of the steal tracks), and one of the springs snapped, you shouldn’t try and use the door before the spring will be repaired.
We carry with us extension springs from different overhead doors sizes and weights, because we know how important it is for you to get your door repaired and working again as soon as possible. So moist likely that we can repair your garage door today.

Garage Door Technician Washington DC

DC Gates Experts believe that a technician, and it can be a rolling gate technician, or garage door repairman, need to have the ability – beside repairing the problem – to locate and address the reason that caused the problem in the first place. There are many things that separate a professional garage door technician from an amateur. And being able to solve complex problems is what distinguish the technicians of DC Gates Experts from other techs in Washington. Many times during years of servicing overhead doors in Washington, we received service calls from customers who almost gave on fixing their garage doors, and were ready to replace them with new doors, until the technicians of DC Gates Experts arrived and solve the problem.

During many years in the overhead doors industry, we do not think that there is a kind of type of opener in Washington DC that we did not see, repaired, replaced, installed and services. If you search and investigate, you will find that there are many kinds of openers in the market, when each one of the manufactures will declare that they offer the best garage door operator, in terms of strength, long lasting and warranty.
We can say that after countless openers repair and installation, our preferred brand, that we consider to be from the kind that can easily last 20 years and up, and that is easy to install, program and maintain, is the openers created by Lift Master. It does not matter if it is their chain drive Lift Master opener, their belt drive opener, ½ Horse power, or the ¾, their openers are from the kind that you can trust to do the job for many years, and that will never require from you to come back to the customers place once you completed the installation. It can be commercial or residential, Lift Master deliver quality.

Lift Master Opener Installation D.C

An important part of perfectly working opener, is the installation. To get a Lift Master opener is not enough. You can go and purchase the best opener in the American market, but if you will decide to install it by yourself without the proper tools, or use the services of a handyman which is not a licensed and experienced overhead doors installer, you will not get the full potential that such a high quality opener can produce.
At DC Gates Experts we always say that a professional installer will avoid even trying to install the opener if he predict complications or if the door is not perfectly balanced. A non-professional installer will start the installation, just to find at later point that he miss an important part, or in some cases, that a Lift Master opener, or any other opener cannot be installed in this particular garage.

Lift Master Chain drive opener

The Lift Master chain drive opener is probably our best seller near Washington DC, and it is our first recommendation. It is a strong opener, reliable, relatively easy to install, and with the right treatment, it can serve you for more than 20 years.
The Lift Master chain drive opener work with a steal belt (Like a motorcycle chain) which is moving by the opener. And while moving along the rail, it move the trolley which is connected to the door itself, open and close the door whenever it is required.
The chain drive motor does not require a lot of maintenance, and basic garage door maintenance every 3 months will definitely protect it, improve the way it is working, and will ensure that the opener will continue to work for many more years. If you own garage door, commercial overhead door in DC or residential garage door in Alexandria VA, Make sure to lube and maintain it to keep it working.

Lift Master belt drive opener

The belt-driven Lift Master garage operator is the operator for the home owners in Washington DC who want their garage door opener to be as silent as possible. If you garage is located above the bedroom, the living room, or even the kitchen. If it is important for you to have a silently operating garage door, you should choose the belt drive opener.
At the same time, some home owners in DC prefer to hear every time that someone use their garage door, and for those people we will recommend to stick to the chain drive opener. Repair installation and services near Washington DC. From Lift Master opener service, to new opener installation, with our same day service, someone will be there today.

Commercial overhead doors technician D.C.

We practice our overhead garage door specialists to be able to deal with both residential and industrial overhead doors in when they get a call for garage door repair in Washington DC. We think that every garage door technician, whether he is a technician in Annandale, or garage door specialist in Bethesda should be able to deal with both residential and commercial garage doors if he consider himself a real pro.
The way industrial and residential overhead doors operate is nearly identical, just the door and the parts, and of course the tools needed to fix the doors or to install them are heavy-duty parts and tools. Let’s simply take the fact that a technician that want to be able to repair the heavy duty commercial overhead doors, or a commercial rolling gate in Washington need to have a tall ladder, that will allow the technician to be able to fix the tall industrial overhead door that can be found in Washington County, D.C..
The commercial overhead doors are definitely not the place for do-it-yourself. They are incredibly dangerous when they break, and if someone who isn’t qualified will try to fix the door, it can end with injuries. We offer emergency garage doors and roll up gate repairs Washington, and we can fix any broken garage door, commercial or residential today.

 

 

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