Garage Door Jammed?

Garage Door Repair in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Has your garage door stopped moving? Or worse, is it noticeably jammed? It’s time to call Overhead Door Company of the North Land for some help! For future reference, here’s a tip to prevent any need for garage door repair.

A Garage Door Maintenance Kit

Just like your car needs maintenance to run smoothly, your garage door is the same! If you take some time and inspect your garage door every so often, you can catch a potential problem before it actually happens and damages your garage door.

And Overhead Door Company of the North Land has maintenance kits for just that!

Visual Inspection

Stand inside the garage with the garage door closed. Look over the garage door springs, cables, rollers, pulleys and mounting hardware, such as hinges, for signs of wear or damage. Look for cable wear or fraying.

If something doesn’t look quite right, or doesn’t sound quite right, it could mean it’s a more serious issue. Have the garage door system inspected by Overhead Door Company.

Door Balance Test

Disconnect the automatic opener, and lift the door manually. It should lift smoothly with little resistance and should remain fully open. If it is difficult to open or does not remain open, the door may be out of balance and should be serviced by a trained service technician (Ahem, Overhead Door Company!).

Reversing mechanism test

With the door fully open, lay a piece of wood on the floor in the center of the garage door opening where the door would touch the floor. Push your garage door opener’s transmitter or wall button to close the door. When the door touches the wood, the door should automatically reverse. If the door does not automatically reverse, you need to call us.

Door Balance Test

Disconnect the automatic opener, and lift the door manually. It should lift smoothly with little resistance and should remain fully open. If it is difficult to open or does not remain open, the door may be out of balance and should be serviced by a trained service technician (Ahem, Overhead Door Company!).

Reversing mechanism test

With the door fully open, lay a piece of wood on the floor in the center of the garage door opening where the door would touch the floor. Push your garage door opener’s transmitter or wall button to close the door. When the door touches the wood, the door should automatically reverse. If the door does not automatically reverse, you need to call us.

If it does not reverse and reopen, pull the broomstick out of the path of the closing door. Close the door. With the door in the closed position, clean the photo eyes with a soft, dry cloth. Gently adjust the photo eyes by hand if they appear to be out of alignment. Open the door and repeat the photo eye test. If the door does not reverse and reopen, you need to call us.

Force Setting Test

With the door fully open, push your garage door opener’s transmitter or wall button to close the door. As the door is closing, hold up the bottom of the door with your hands outstretched and stiff. If the door does not easily reverse and continues to close, pull your hands away immediately. The closing force is excessive and the door should be serviced by a trained service technician.

Force Setting Test

With the door fully open, push your garage door opener’s transmitter or wall button to close the door. As the door is closing, hold up the bottom of the door with your hands outstretched and stiff. If the door does not easily reverse and continues to close, pull your hands away immediately. The closing force is excessive and the door should be serviced by a trained service technician.

It’s completely understandable if you’d rather have Overhead Door Company do the maintenance tests for you. We’re here whenever you need us!

Phone: 651.683.0307

3195 Terminal Dr., Eagan, MN 55121