Guides
Garage door care, season by season
Written by our engineers. Each guide is clear about what you can safely do yourself and what to leave to us.
The ten-minute autumn check before the cold sets in Springs break most in the first cold snap. Ten minutes with the door in October tells you whether yours is likely to be one of them.
A spring clean for the garage door: lubricate, tighten, test Twenty minutes, a can of silicone spray and a socket set. What is safe to do yourself, and the three parts you should always leave to us.
Cold mornings and a door that won't close A door that goes down, touches the floor and springs back up on a frosty morning is rarely broken. Here is what is going on and what to try first.
Repair or replace? What the age of your door tells you Most doors we see are worth repairing. A few are not. The age of the door, and how many times it has failed lately, decide which. Door stuck open, or stuck shut? Ring before 2pm.
Tell us what it is doing and you get the fixed price on the phone. A van with the parts on board is with you the same day.