Category: Safety

A garage door inspection and tune-up is one thing every Austin area homeowner needs to take seriously. Having a professional inspect your door and opener and, if required, also make adjustments, improves performance, and extend lifespan. Experts who specialize in mending broken doors, replacing springs, and fixing openers also know how to spot even the smallest issues. Even the slightest issue will affect how your garage door operates.

Garage Door Inspection – A Good Idea

It doesn’t take much for a door to become unsafe to use. Every year over 30,000 people get injured by an automatic garage door with many of the injuries also occurring to small children. One good reason calling a professional to assist with your garage door is a smart idea. Garage doors do lots of work and also handle lots of stress. Combine this with a busy household, and you have a door that opens and closes up 1,500 times a year. As a result of injuries, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission advises inspecting doors once every month to ensure safe and in proper working condition.

Checking Garage Springs

It’s vital to inspect and replace springs because they don’t last forever. A home with a garage that has a broken torsion spring is one repair that should always be done by a specialist. The pressure springs use to operate is enormous and also can cause serious harm. Always use a professional for installing new garage springs. The lifespan of a garage spring is 7-9 years. For garages used as a home entrance, then the life of your springs drops to 4-6 years. It’s common to replace springs a few times during ownership of a home.

Door and Opener Inspection Tune-Ups Greater Austin

Door not opening and closing? If your home has a door or opener that’s not working correctly, call us to help. For over 20 years our team has assisted Central Texas property owners with affordable garage door services. Our Company is 5 Star Rated on Yelp, offering same-day door and opener repairs. Garage door services in the greater Austin TX area by highly skilled technicians.

Garage doors are a vital part of a home. The garage is a safe place to keep your car, work on projects, and use it for storing items. With so much use, keeping your garage door and opener in good condition is a must. With that said, accidents and equipment malfunctions can bring about times where the door no longer opens and closes. At this point, instead of trying to figure out what is wrong and DIY call garage door repair experts that have the proper experience first. Although some folks may go the do it yourself route and for those that do before you start making changes consider safety.

 

Garage Door Repair Experts Know Safety

Professionally trained garage door technicians for doors and openers. We install safely, and also correctly. Your garage door is big, heavy, and bulky with lots of moving parts and can cause injury if trying to repair without proper training.

Again we understand people these days love to do home repairs on their own if possible. Just google or search youtube for garage door repair DIY, and you get tons of info and videos. With the increase of info online, more folks getting injured while making repairs have also increased. Each year more than 10,000 people get injured while working on a project that involves fixing a garage door. 

Garage Spring Replacement Injuries

Injuries happen when regular homeowners try to replace garage springs on their own. Tightly wound springs release lots of energy when they break. If this happens while someone is trying to replace a spring without proper training, you could get hurt. Garage door sensors installed incorrectly also present safety issues. Many injuries from garage doors are when doors close onto a person underneath, which is a common faulty sensor issue. 

Local Austin Garage Door and Opener Repair Experts

Need help with your garage door or opener? Protect your family and investment. It’s always best to reach out to garage door service professionals for assistance. Greater Austin licensed garage door services from Alliance Overhead Door. Our company does door and opener repairs and installations to affordable garage door spring replacement.

WiFi garage door openers make life easier as told to us by many local Austin customers. Do you remember the last time you pulled into your driveway in a heavy rainstorm and had to get out then back into the car all wet? Being able to open the garage by remote is a huge factor when folks upgrade to an automatic opener. Now with the press of a button, your driving in to park dry as can be. 

Benefits of WiFi Garage Door Openers

Nowadays Wi-Fi connected garage doors are smarter than ever. There are many benefits to upgrading a garage that opens manually to a state of the art Wi-Fi door opener. Here are a few things that are possible once you turn your garage into a smart one.

WiFi Connected Garage Door Openers Work Remotely

One main reason homeowners are installing a garage door opener that’s WiFi-connected is the ability to open and close your garage door from anywhere in the world.  Even when away from your home and can’t remember if the garage was left open not?  

Remote Garage Access

Does a neighbor need to access your garage while you’re away to get a tool you borrowed? Even while not at home opening your garage door is easy. With a one-button push, you can open and close the door for them.  Did you forget your house keys? Wi-Fi enabled garage door openers let you go inside and get your forgotten keys. In all the cases mentioned above WiFi garage door openers help secure your home and give access to yourself and also people you know while away.

Know Who’s Going in and Out of The Garage

Monitoring who goes in-and-out of your garage is also another benefit to having a smart garage door opener. You can even set your system up so that you’ll receive notifications every time the garage gets opened or closed. Smart garage doors also can program lighting. This is great when away from home and you want to set up lights on a timer.

Professional Garage Door Services Greater Austin

Alliance Overhead offers full servicing of garage doors and openers along with same-day spring replacements. From large commercial doors to overhead residential doors our highly skilled technicians can handle all sized projects. We also handle the installations of new doors and openers and are LiftMaster professionals. Feel free to reach out and learn how we can help with installing, repairing or replacing your old opener to a smart one. Our garage door service area covers all cities in the greater Austin area.

Garage door problems do arise from time to time. There’s a good chance that anytime a garage door opener no longer works all of a sudden the fix is quite easy. We have many years of expertise installing and repairing garage doors and you’d be amazed at how many times problems can be fixed in just a few minutes. Of course, that isn’t always the case and if by chance you’re unable to resolve the issue our technicians will fix the problem for you.

 

Fixing Common Residential Garage Door Problems

One common issue is when the door won’t shut all the way. Three main things to check are the close limit switch, tracking sensors or the roller. Adjusting the limit switch and also verifying that the sensors are aligned and no rust is on the rollers will help correct this problem. If your issues still persist contact a professional.

Garage Remote Opener

If neither the remote opener or wall switch doesn’t open your door there could be a couple of reasons why. The motor unit being unplugged many times is a quick fix. Also, it’s good to check the cords. Make sure they’re correctly plugged in. If after trying these tips make sure that the fuse or the breaker has not been tripped or fried and burned out. A final word on this issue is also having any problems with the electrical system in your garage. If that’s the case one of our technicians can help.

Remote Control and Keypad Door Opener

If you need to figure out the reason why the door won’t open or close with your keypad or remote here are things to check. One of the first things to check is the range. Get as close to the door as possible and try again. The antenna can be the problem too. It’s a good idea to see if it has been damaged or is in a downward hanging position. If the wall switch works fine with the door the problem could be with the batteries. Also, it’s best to finally reprogram the remote or keypad. If you’ve never done this before we suggest calling our professionals.

Alliance Overhead Garage Door Services Greater Austin

We hope some of these tips help fix the problems with the door or opener on the garage. If none of the above resolve your problem call one of our expert garage door technicians today. We’ve been serving the Greater Austin area for more than 25 years. We fix and also Install new doors and openers. All the way from North Austin, West Hills, Cedar Park, Round Rock and anywhere within 25 miles of the ATX area.