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Garage Door Tune-Up in Austin
The door still works, but it sounds terrible. It squeals, grinds, or shakes in the track, and the neighbors can hear it open at six in the morning. Noise is usually the first sign of worn rollers, dry hinges, loose hardware, or a door that’s out of balance. A tune-up catches those before they turn into a broken spring or a stripped opener gear.
Upfront quote before we start. $79 service call, waived with repair.
What we do
- Inspect the springs, cables, drums, bearings, rollers, hinges, tracks, and opener
- Tighten every bolt and bracket and correct the track alignment
- Lubricate springs, hinges, bearings, and rollers with a garage door lubricant, not a spray that attracts dust
- Replace worn steel rollers with sealed nylon rollers if you’d like a quieter door
- Balance the door and reset the opener’s force and travel limits
Why it happened
A garage door moves more than a thousand times a year, and every cycle wears the rollers and hinges a little. Builder-grade steel rollers get loud after a few years, and most doors are never lubricated after the day they’re installed. Hardware works loose from vibration, and an unbalanced door makes the opener labor, which is where the shaking comes from.
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Questions about tune-up
How often should a garage door be serviced?
Once a year is right for most homes. A tune-up takes about an hour and catches worn rollers, loose hardware, dry hinges, and out-of-balance springs before they become a broken spring or a stripped opener gear. Doors that open ten or more times a day benefit from a check every six months.
Will a tune-up make the door quiet?
Most of the noise comes from dry hinges, worn steel rollers, and loose hardware, and a tune-up addresses all three. If the rollers are worn out, swapping them for sealed nylon rollers makes the biggest difference. Noise from the opener itself, like a grinding chain drive, is an opener repair, and we’ll tell you if that’s what we’re hearing.
What’s included in a tune-up?
A full inspection of springs, cables, drums, bearings, rollers, hinges, tracks, and the opener; tightening every bolt and bracket; lubricating all moving parts; balancing the door; and resetting the opener’s force, travel limits, and safety reverse. You get a plain-English rundown of anything that’s wearing out and a quote for it, with no pressure to do it that day.
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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