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Garage Door Opener Repair in Austin
You press the remote and nothing happens. Or the motor runs, but the door doesn’t move. Or it starts to close, stops, and reverses while the light flashes. Most opener problems come down to a handful of parts: a stripped drive gear, a worn trolley, a failed logic board or capacitor, or a chain or belt that’s lost tension. We repair LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Genie, Craftsman, and most other brands, and we’ll tell you plainly when a repair is worth it and when a new opener makes more sense.
Upfront quote before we start. $79 service call, waived with repair.
What we do
- Diagnose the opener on site: remotes, wall console, logic board, motor, drive gear, trolley, and travel limits
- Replace stripped gears, worn trolleys, capacitors, and logic boards for the major brands
- Retension or replace chains and belts, then reset force and travel settings
- Program remotes, keypads, and in-car buttons, and test the safety reverse
- Install a new opener if yours is beyond repair, quoted before we start
Why it happened
An opener is built to move a balanced door that weighs almost nothing in the hands of the springs. When a spring weakens or a roller binds, the opener strains against the extra weight, and the plastic drive gear is usually the first thing to strip. Power surges from Central Texas storms take out logic boards. Remotes and wall buttons simply wear out after fifteen or twenty years of daily use.
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Questions about opener repair
Do you repair LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Genie, and Craftsman openers?
Yes. Those four brands account for most of the openers in Austin, and we carry drive gears, trolleys, capacitors, logic boards, sensors, and remotes for them. We also work on Linear, Overhead Door, Marantec, Sommer, and most other brands. If a part has to be ordered, we tell you before we start.
Is it worth repairing an old opener?
Usually, if the motor is sound. A stripped gear, a worn trolley, or a bad capacitor is a straightforward repair on an opener of any age. We recommend replacement when the logic board has failed on a unit older than about fifteen years, when the opener predates safety sensors, or when the repair would cost more than half of a new unit. You get the quote both ways before we start.
The light blinks and the door won’t close. Is the opener broken?
Probably not. A door that stops and reverses while the opener light flashes is almost always a safety sensor problem: the sensors are misaligned, a lens is dirty, or a wire is damaged. The opener is doing exactly what it should. Sensor repair is a quick visit, and we can often talk you through a first check on the phone.
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Tell us what the door is doing and we’ll call you within 10 minutes during business hours with a time window and an upfront quote.
- We call back within 10 minutes during business hours
- Upfront quote before any work starts
- $79 service call, waived with repair
- 1-year labor warranty on every repair