When your garage door is stuck, you want it fixed fast. Whether you’re coming or going, a jammed garage door not only leaves your home unsecured, but it can be a major inconvenience if you can’t access your car. That’s why at Austin’s Greater Garage Doors we offer 24/7 emergency services so you can get your door repaired as quickly as possible.
If you’re dealing with a broken garage door in the Pflugerville or the Austin, Texas, area, call us now and our expert technicians will be with you in no time.
Why is my Garage Door Stuck?
Without troubleshooting the cause of a broken garage door, it’s difficult to say what caused it to break. There are a number of reasons why a garage door can get stuck, including an obstruction on the track, a broken spring, or just bad weather. Extremes in temperature can cause cables and components to become brittle, and ice can build up in the springs and mechanisms of a garage door, causing it to fail.
It’s tempting to look for the cause of your broken garage door yourself, but if you don’t know what you’re looking for it can be difficult to know what’s broken.
When your garage door is jammed, it’s safest to turn off the opener and call an expert. If you can unhook your door from the opening mechanism and close it manually then do so, but if you feel any resistance when you try to move the door, stop immediately to prevent further damage.
Hire a Professional to Fix Your Broken Garage Door
It’s tempting to search online for how to repair a stuck garage door, but doing a DIY garage door repair is never a good idea. Garage doors are large and heavy, weighing up to 400 pounds, and if you can’t support a door properly during maintenance you risk doing even more damage. A simple mistake can lead to a very expensive repair bill, or even result in the door having to be entirely replaced.
Garage doors are moved using torsion springs, which are always under pressure when working correctly. In fact, the pressure of a torsion spring is equal to the weight of the garage door, meaning there are hundreds of pounds of pressure just waiting to explode. If you try to fix your garage door on your own, you risk releasing that pressure. Broken torsion springs can cause serious bodily injury or even death, which is why we always recommend leaving any garage door repair to the professionals.
Choose Austin’s Greater Garage Doors
We’re a family-owned and operated local business that has been serving the Pflugerville and Austin, Texas, area for over fifteen years. We care about our customers and founded Austin’s Greater Garage Doors on our core company values of always providing affordable, dependable workmanship of the highest quality.
With years of repairing and installing garage doors, our technicians have the experience and expertise to troubleshoot your broken garage door without risking additional damage. We cover all kinds of repairs, from broken cables and springs to doors that have completely fallen off their tracks.
When your garage door is stuck we know you need it fixed fast. That’s why we offer Same Day Garage Door Repair services and can have your door repaired within 2 hours.
From Lakeway to Georgetown to Buda to downtown Austin, wherever you are in the greater Austin area, you can call us today and we’ll take care of your stuck garage door so it doesn’t slow you down.
