Garage Door Repair Ann Arbor, MI
The spring has come loose and the door won’t move. Call (313) 479-2092 to speak to a real person 24/7.
What garage door repair Ann Arbor MI actually covers
We treat every door the same for every call for garage door repair Ann Arbor MI. We provide a written quote for the work to be done and have the customer approve the quote before we start the work. If the customer declines the quote for any reason, we do not complete any work for that customer. The typical work done by the trucks on a visit for garage door repair Ann Arbor MI is listed below.
Broken spring replacement
Torsion and extension springs are probably the most common parts to break and cause a door to stop moving. We have the necessary parts on our trucks for the majority of door sizes.
Garage Door Opener Repair Ann Arbor MI
We repair LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Genie, Craftsman and most other brands of garage door openers. We can replace worn drive gears, broken cable drums, broken cables and repair or replace logic boards.
Garage Door Installation Ann Arbor MI
New door openers feel very different from your current one when installed by our service people. All door work (including safety edge(s) and wall push button(s)) is fully fitted, tested and commissioned by our service people, with most installations completed in a single visit.
Garage door replacement
We assess the door, walk you through the various steel, wood and composite options, and complete the full swap of your old door with your new door.
Garage door service
We have our service technicians check the door’s hardware, lubricate moving parts, check the door’s balance and test all safety reversals.
Commercial garage door repair
We service roll-up and sectional doors on properties managed by property managers, warehouses and retail stores to keep their loading areas open.
Cable and drum replacement
Our technicians can replace worn cables with new ones and also replace the cable drum if required due to excessive wear.
Panel replacement
Panels for single damaged panels for sound doors are sourced and held for particular models.
What we fix: Springs, Openers, Cables, Tracks & Panels
Torsion and extension springs
The springs carry the door’s weight, and the opener only guides it. A broken spring means a 200 pound or more door with nothing holding it up. That means every garage door repair Ann Arbor MI call that starts with a bang in the garage is a spring call until we determine otherwise.
Once a spring is broken, do not run the opener. Leave the door where it is and call a technician.
A worn spring may not have broken yet, but we would advise the cost of a new one prior to it breaking at the worst time.
Garage door openers
When ann arbor garage door repair calls come in for opener problems, the cause is almost always one of four things: a stripped drive gear, a dead capacitor, a misaligned photo eye, or a remote that has lost its programming.
We service LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Genie, Craftsman, Skylink, and most other major brands.
Cables, tracks, and the manual release
The cable bears the load of the spring and transfers it to the door. When a cable starts to wear or breaks, the door falls suddenly to one side. Never pull the red release cord while the door is open or jammed. Pull it only when the door is fully closed.
Some types of track damage cause no problems until they start to cause problems such as ‘grinding’, a ‘drifting’ door, or the bottom of a door to hang down unevenly.
Off-track doors
A door that has jumped track is a different problem from a jammed door. A door that comes off track can weigh 200 pounds or more, and it can drop without warning. Keep people and vehicles clear until a technician secures it.
As a property manager of a building with doors of this nature, you have a responsibility to advise tenants with a crooked door to keep the bay clear and call us. Do not attempt to fix the problem with a ladder.
Panel damage and weather seals
Cracked panels and split bottom seals are common after a hard Ann Arbor winter. Spring and cable work belongs to a trained technician, never a homeowner. The same goes for the drive gear and wiring inside the opener.
For every panel work visit, our garage door repair Ann Arbor MI engineers complete a door check to make sure the newly installed panel is square and the door is balanced.
After-hours and emergency garage door repair Ann Arbor MI
(313) 479-2092 is answered live 24/7. A real person books your visit over the phone, even when a spring snaps at midnight or a tenant calls on a Sunday. The dispatcher will truthfully let you know whether there are any time slots available for same day visit or if it’s going to have to be tomorrow.
When you book a visit we set a two hour arrival window with you and text you when our truck is on the way. No ‘sometime today’ with us.
All garage door repair Ann Arbor MI after-hours calls are treated the same as if they were called during the day. You receive the same stocked trucks and a written quote before we begin work as if you called during the day. It does not matter what time of day or night we receive your call.
For property managers covering multiple addresses: one call for one address. We will note all the details and send the best tech to your tenant. For any garage door repair Ann Arbor MI call, day or night, reach us at (313) 479-2092.
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How It Works
Two-Hour Arrival Window
You get a text when the truck rolls.
Written Quote First
You approve the written quote before any work starts.
Where we work in Ann Arbor
We service customers in the older homes on the West Side and in Kerrytown, many of which are 100 years old or more and are situated on the street with very small driveways. We also service customers in the Burns Park area and rest of the Ann Arbor neighborhoods east of the U of M campus. In addition, we service the new construction on Washtenaw Avenue and all of the subdivisions off of Plymouth Road. See all of the areas we service.
Service is dispatched from 326-330 S State St #208, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, covering ZIP code 48104.
Why Ann Arbor weather is hard on garage door hardware
Winters in Ann Arbor are very cold and long. By the time a spring nears the end of its cycle life it can become brittle. The repeated expansion and contraction of a torsion spring in the cold of a spring morning over one hundred cycles can be enough to cause failure. describes cold weather maintenance intervals. Read this before Michigan winter sets in.
The age of the housing stock within a neighborhood also impacts service to garage door repair Ann Arbor MI calls. The older neighborhoods such as downtown, Burns Park, Germantown, and the Old West Side have wooden garage doors from the 1950s and 1960s. These doors absorb moisture in the humid summer months. As they contract in the cold winter months, they develop cracks in the panels and seals. The newer subdivisions off of North Maple and Pontiac Trail have steel garage doors but are serviced with older openers that were installed when the home was built in the 1990s. Different parts are required for these situations.
Garage Door Repair Ann Arbor MI FAQs
Can I get same day garage door repair Ann Arbor MI?
Whether a slot is open today depends on how full the schedule already is. Our dispatcher answers that honestly on the call: today, or the next opening. What does not change is that the trucks are stocked for most garage door repair Ann Arbor MI jobs, so when a tech does arrive, the work is usually finished in one visit. You get a two-hour arrival window and a text when the truck rolls.
How much does garage door repair Ann Arbor MI cost?
The cost of a repair is based on what exactly needs fixing. Garage door repair Ann Arbor MI prices are given following a visit when all repairs that are needed have been identified and a full price written for the work to be done. You get the full price in writing before any work begins, and nothing starts until that quote has been approved by you.
How fast can a technician get to me for garage door repair Ann Arbor MI?
Calls sent out as Garage door repair Ann Arbor MI will be routed to the closest available technician. The dispatcher will establish a 2 hour window of arrival with you prior to closing the call. You will then receive a text when the truck is on the move. No minutes promised, only a real window of time established by phone with the dispatcher and agreed to by you.
What areas does garage door repair Ann Arbor MI cover?
We serve customers in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area as well as in surrounding communities. Some of our customers live in the Kerrytown, Burns Park, Washtenaw Avenue and Plymouth Road areas. If you’re not sure if we can serve your street, just call and ask the dispatcher at (313) 479-2092.
Where is your Ann Arbor garage door location?
We dispatch from 326-330 S State St #208 in Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Call (313) 479-2092 to have Blitz Garage Door Repair serve Ann Arbor and the surrounding communities. We are a come to you service. Call (313) 479-2092 and let the dispatcher know where you are and we’ll send a tech out to you.
What should I do while I wait for garage door repair Ann Arbor MI after a spring breaks?
Please do not attempt to open or close the door manually, and switch the opener off at the wall. With a broken spring the door has no counterbalance and can drop at any time without warning, causing serious injury. We would appreciate it if you could keep people clear of the door until we are able to send someone to assess and quote for the repair.
Can you fix a garage door that will not open or close?
Identifying the most common failures first, our experienced service techs check for a broken spring, a snapped cable, a blocked or misaligned photo eye, a stripped drive gear or a lost signal from a remote control. Most of these parts are kept on board the garage door repair Ann Arbor MI trucks and are typically repaired on the first visit.
What garage door opener brands do you service in Ann Arbor?
We have parts for LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Genie, Craftsman and Skylink garage openers. We carry parts for most other brands of garage openers as well. A worn-out garage opener can often be replaced with a completely new unit on the same service call. We carry a complete line of new garage openers. Just call (313) 479-2092 and let the dispatcher know what brand unit you have.
Does the weather in Ann Arbor affect how often garage doors fail?
Hardware at the end of its useful life can fail suddenly under extreme conditions as compared to failing under normal conditions over time. For example, springs and cables which are near the end of their life tend to fail in late winter and early spring when the temperature fluctuates the most. The extreme temperature fluctuations in Michigan between winter and summer and the high humidity in summer particularly stress springs and cables. Maintenance which identifies worn hardware and replaces it before failure can prevent such failures.
Can you replace just one panel instead of the whole garage door?
Usually yes. A single panel replacement is possible when the rest of the door is in good shape and the panel is currently in production. Before we write up a quote our tech will confirm the make and model of your door. If the panel is no longer in production or the door frame is damaged we have alternative solutions for you.
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