A business in Chemong Park cannot serve customers behind a door that will not lift. We keep shop doors, loading bays and service bays moving with the operators, springs and safety edges they need, schedule the work around your trading hours, and set up a maintenance routine so surprises become rare. This page also covers Fife's Bay.
Garage door services
Every garage door service we offer in Chemong Park is described the same way: what you might have noticed, what the technician checks first, how the work is done and what you have afterwards. Start with the symptom you are seeing and the right service will be easy to find.
Chemong Park
Garage Door Tune-UpHalfway up, the door shudders.
Garage Door Roller ReplacementThe door is the one the builder installed and has never had a part changed.
Garage Door Hinge ReplacementWatching from inside as the door opens, you can see the gap between the second and third panels open up on one side as they turn…
Torsion Spring ReplacementYou heard a sharp bang from the garage, and now the opener hums for a second and gives up.
Belt-Drive Opener RepairIt is minus twenty in the detached garage and the door climbs in jerks, the belt stiff as a board.
Garage Door Opener ReplacementPress the button and the motor hums, but the door stays exactly where it is.
Smart Garage Controller SetupA contractor is coming to work in the garage on Thursday while you are away.
New-Construction Garage Door InstallationThe garage walls are framed, the roof is on and the opening is taking shape.
Commercial Sectional Door RepairOne busy service-bay door has become louder than the matching doors beside it.
Commercial Rolling Door RepairThe rolling door starts upward, then one side rises ahead of the other.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.
New Doors
For builders and renovators, we fit doors into new openings and coordinate with the framing. For homeowners, we replace tired doors with ones chosen to suit the house and the climate.
Sectional Garage Door Replacement · Chemong Park
Insulated Steel Garage Door Installation · Chemong Park
Wind-Rated Garage Door Replacement · Chemong Park
Carriage-House Garage Door Installation · Chemong Park
Full-View Glass Garage Door Installation · Chemong Park
High-Lift Garage Door Conversion · Chemong Park
Chemong Park
One fee whatever the hour, a price given in person after the door has been assessed, and a technician who explains what he sees: that is how we work in Chemong Park. It applies to a stuck door on a Tuesday morning and to a planned new door for a renovated house alike.
— Trent Valley Door & Opener Co.
Hours
Peterborough, Ontario
2021 census · what it means at the door
60%Older homes
About 60% of homes in Selwyn were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Older garages tend to have lower headroom and narrower single openings, so replacement doors and openers are chosen to fit the space rather than the other way round. Measuring the header, side room and ceiling depth is the first step on every one of these visits.
93%Mostly houses
Single-detached houses make up about 93% of homes in Selwyn (2021 Census).
Family homes with their own garage tend to use it as the everyday entrance, so the door sees many cycles a week and the auto-reverse and photo-eyes matter for children and pets. We test both on every visit and set the force so the door stops on a light touch.
Chemong Park
Garage Door Tune-Up
On windy nights the door rattles in its frame, there is a line of daylight along one side, and the bottom seal has gone hard and flat. Leaves and fine snow drift in underneath and the garage never seems to hold its temperature.
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.
Yes, and it is one of the main reasons to replace them before they fail. A wheel worn oval, a bent stem, or a short stem sitting loose in a double hinge lets a section drift until the wheel climbs onto the track lip; from there a bump or a gust can carry it out entirely. A door hanging crooked is a far larger repair than a set of rollers. Fresh, correctly sized rollers seated in a squared track are what keep the door where it belongs.
Stamped galvanized steel, formed into two leaves joined by a pin or a rolled tube. The zinc coating is what resists rust in a garage that sees wet cars and salt, and it is why a scratched or bent hinge starts to brown at the damaged spot. Edge hinges include a tube that holds the roller stem. Thickness is given as a gauge, most residential hinges being 14 or 18.
Yes, and this is exactly why the door is weighed. A solid wood door or a thick insulated steel door can weigh far more than a single-skin steel door of the same size, so it needs heavier wire, a larger coil or a second spring to balance. The technician measures the actual weight and selects accordingly, so the finished door lifts as easily by hand as a lighter one.
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.
On-site assessment preferred
Ask about your door. Let's talk about your door.
Trent Valley Door & Opener Co.
Garage Doors · Chemong Park
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
