A torsion spring letting go sounds like something fell in the garage, and then the door refuses to lift. If that happened in Asphodel-Norwood today, we bring the matching spring, replace it as a pair when the door has two, check the cables and bearings beside it, and rebalance the door before we leave. We also come out to Sunnybrae, Birdsalls, Cameron, Hastings, Norwood, Westwood, South Dummer, Blezard and Villiers.
Garage door services
A door in Asphodel-Norwood that is lifting unevenly, dropping too far, screeching on the rails or refusing the remote is telling you which part is tired. Our services are grouped around those parts, springs and cables, tracks and rollers, openers and controls, so the fix is easy to identify.
Asphodel-Norwood
Garage Door Tune-UpHalfway up, the door shudders.
Garage Door Bottom Seal ReplacementThe garage doubles as a workshop, and with the heater running the floor near the door stays cold and the draft finds your ankles…
Extension Spring ReplacementIt is the first hard frost of the year and the door on the old detached garage has stopped halfway, squealing at one pulley.
Belt-Drive Opener RepairIt is minus twenty in the detached garage and the door climbs in jerks, the belt stiff as a board.
Photo-Eye Sensor Alignment or ReplacementAfter a cold night the door stays open until the garage warms up.
Garage Door Remote and Keypad ProgrammingThe new car has three buttons in the mirror for garage doors.
Insulated Steel Garage Door InstallationSeveral sections are dented and the bottom edge has begun to rust.
Full-View Glass Garage Door InstallationA damaged glazed door has mismatched sections and uneven movement.
New-Construction Garage Door InstallationThe garage walls are framed, the roof is on and the opening is taking shape.
Commercial Rolling Door RepairThe rolling door starts upward, then one side rises ahead of the other.Springs
Hinges hold the sections together and let them fold around the curve of the track. When they crack or wear oval, the door binds and the panels begin to separate.
Openers
Openers connect to the door through the arm and the trolley, and a poor connection here makes the door jerk at the start of travel. Adjusting the arm, replacing a worn trolley and lubricating the rail smooth it out.
Asphodel-Norwood
When you call about a garage door in Asphodel-Norwood, a technician comes to the house, looks at the whole door and tells you what he found before anything is taken apart. The cost is worked out on site from that assessment rather than guessed from a description, and the fee is the same whatever hour the visit happens to fall in.
— Trent Valley Door & Opener Co.
Hours
Peterborough, Ontario
2021 census · what it means at the door
60%Older homes
About 60% of homes in Asphodel-Norwood were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Older houses frequently have a garage door that was replaced once already, sometimes with a door chosen for the opening rather than the building. When that door reaches its end, there is a chance to pick a style that suits the house properly, and we measure with that in mind.
91%Mostly houses
Single-detached houses make up about 91% of homes in Asphodel-Norwood (2021 Census).
Single-detached homes give a technician room to work: a driveway for the van, side room beside the tracks and a clear header. That means spring replacement, opener installation and full door replacement can each be finished in one visit with the door properly secured throughout.
Asphodel-Norwood
Garage Door Tune-Up
Since the first cold snap the door has been sluggish. It climbs slowly, hesitates near the top and the opener motor sounds strained. On the coldest mornings it opens a hand's width, thinks about it, and comes back down.
Garage Door Tune-UpUsually, yes, and often dramatically. Most garage door noise comes from dry hinge pins, dry roller bearings and hardware that vibration has loosened, and those three are exactly what a tune-up addresses. Some noise comes from parts that have worn, such as a roller gone out of round or a chain that has stretched, and the technician tells you which sounds were settled by maintenance and which point to a part worth replacing, with a separate quote for that.
It is worth having them looked at while the technician is there. The vinyl fin on the stop moulding around the jambs and header shrinks, tears and hardens on the same schedule as the bottom seal, and a draft that survives a new bottom seal usually comes from the sides. Doing the perimeter in the same visit saves a return trip and leaves the door sealed on all four edges.
Keep a clear zone around them. The springs, pulleys and cables move on every cycle, and anything leaning into their path, such as a ladder, a hockey bag or a shelf edge, can catch a cable or knock a pulley. Storage that crowds the rear hangers also slows any future service. A hand's width of clear air around each spring's full travel, and nothing hung from the springs or their cables, is the rule of thumb.
A belt's life is counted in cycles and years, and on a balanced door with the rail straight and the tension right it runs for many years. What shortens it is a heavy door, an over-tight adjustment, a bent rail rubbing one edge, or grease on the rubber. Keep the door balanced and lubricated, the belt dry, and glance along the rail a few times a year.
Two, and you are invited to watch. With the door closing, an object is passed through the beam and the door has to halt and climb back to the top. A 2x4 laid flat beneath the door's centre comes next; closing onto it must make the door back off on contact. The door is also run from the wall control and a remote, the opener's warning flashes are confirmed gone, and both sensor lights are shown steady.
On-site assessment preferred
Ask about your door. Let's talk about your door.
Trent Valley Door & Opener Co.
Garage Doors · Asphodel-Norwood
Open 24/7
(249) 494-287733 years in business
Open 24/7 · same fees any hour
On-site assessment preferred · (249) 494-2877 · open 24/7
