The opener ran its cycle but the door did not move, stuck halfway up in a South End brownstone or a Jamaica Plain triple-decker. Call (833) 435-4540 for garage door repair Boston MA.
That crack at dawn in a Boston winter means a snapped spring. Don't run the opener. Leave the door where it is and call us now.
Boston cold killed your opener's drive gear overnight. Motor running but door won't budge? Our techs diagnose opener faults on the spot.
Icy tracks in a Boston winter throw doors sideways. A door off its rails is dangerous. Keep everyone away from it until our techs arrive.
Freeze-thaw cycles split Boston panels and bottom seals fast. A cracked panel or failed seal lets cold air and moisture straight into your garage. We replace both.
Every garage door repair Boston MA call works the same way: a written quote for the work, and your go-ahead before anything starts.
Replacing the torsion and extension springs on single or double doors. Written quote approval prior to commencement of repair work.
We repair LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Genie and Craftsman openers part by part, such as a stripped drive gear, rather than replacing the whole opener.
We install new doors for Boston single-car bays, large carriage-house openings and hard-to-find urban two-car garages, insulated for the Boston climate.
We quote a replacement door alongside the cost of repairing the damaged panels, so you can compare, for example when a door has worn out its springs twice.
Tune-ups, safety inspections, roller replacements, hinge repairs, bottom seal replacements and more! Seniors, military and first responders receive a standing discount.
Our techs handle roll-up and sectional doors for businesses and property managers across Boston, from retail bays to loading docks, so a downed door does not stop your site.
Loose or broken cables stop the springs carrying the door's weight properly, which can cause serious damage. We replace cables on a regular garage door repair Boston MA service call.
For a dented or cracked panel we find a matching panel and add a new bottom seal so that the door will close flush and keep the weather out.
A failed spring is one of the most common reasons Boston residents book garage door repair Boston MA, because the springs carry the weight of the door so the opener does not have to.
When one lets go, the door stops moving. Once a spring is broken, do not run the opener. Leave the door where it is and call a technician. We service both the torsion spring which is mounted on the header tube above the door and the extension spring that runs along the horizontal tracks on either side of the door. We stock a wide variety of wire gauges and cycle ratings on our trucks to handle both the heavier insulated garage doors found in Boston as well as the lighter uninsulated garage doors. A property manager with multiple properties in Dorchester or Roxbury will often find that all of the doors installed at the same time in a particular building will fail in the same season.
Some of the most common problems with door openers are a worn drive gear, a faulty logic board, or a knocked photo-eye.
We repair all types of door openers including belt drive, chain drive and screw drive models by leading manufacturers. Opener problems make up a large share of our garage door repair Boston MA calls, mainly because older buildings have had their doors updated but not their openers. Never pull the red release cord while the door is open or jammed. Pull it only when the door is fully closed.
Cables run from the bottom bracket of the door up to the drum. These cables take a great deal of strain each time the door opens and shuts.
They work alongside the springs to hold the weight of the door. A frayed cable is a disaster waiting to happen. A broken cable means the door will fall to one side of the track and this is how doors come off their tracks. 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. The older garages in Boston were built on settling foundations with a lot of frost heave. As a result, door tracks can become misaligned over time. We can straighten, reattach and level misaligned tracks as part of a regular garage door repair Boston MA service call rather than scheduling a second service call.
One cracked or dented panel does not have to mean the whole door has to be replaced. We can usually obtain steel or faux-wood panels to match damaged sections on very common door models and swap them out for you.
However, if the damage is structural or the door is too old we may not be able to obtain matching sections and would advise on a replacement door and provide a quote. Spring and cable work belongs to a trained technician, never a homeowner. The same goes for the drive gear and wiring inside the opener.
An open door at midnight is a security problem. When you call Century Garage Door Repair Service for emergency garage door repair Boston, a real person answers 24/7, not a voicemail you play back the next morning.
Call (833) 435-4540 24/7. The dispatcher will set a 2 hour time slot for your arrival time and send you a text when the truck is on its way to you. The dispatcher will inform you whether there is any space available for that day or not and when the next available slot will be.
A stuck-open door in Charlestown at midnight is the kind of call we answer.
Century Garage Door Repair Service runs garage door repair Boston MA calls throughout the city.
We run on the narrow streets of the North End as well as the wider residential streets of Hyde Park along the Southeast Expressway and Route 9 corridors. We serve all Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan and Jamaica Plain locations. Every Boston area we serve is listed online.
Our techs are dispatched to your address, not waiting at a fixed point. Call (833) 435-4540 and the dispatcher confirms your street before booking.
Coverage includes ZIP codes 02120, 02127, 02125, 02108, 02113, 02122, 02116, 02114, 02199, 02129, 02115, 02121, 02124, 02215, and 02126.
Call (833) 435-4540 for questions about coverage in your area.
Exposure to harsh weather is a normal part of life for most Boston area garages. Freezing and thawing cycles can occur multiple times between November and March.
Freezing and thawing cycles can cause metal to expand and contract similar to a paperclip being bent back and forth until it breaks. Springs, cables, and roller bearings are also subject to the deteriorating effects of salt air from the harbor. The International Door Association ties maintenance intervals to climate, and Boston’s calls for the shorter ones. Most Boston garages were built onto homes in the early 20th century, with low headers, narrow openings and hardware nobody has touched in 20 years. In the South End and Beacon Hill we see many carriage-house conversions whose frames were never designed for a modern torsion spring, so on those garage door repair Boston MA calls we build a custom spring mount instead of using a standard bracket. A garage door replacement Boston job in these buildings needs careful measuring before we order parts, and we often measure twice. Homeowners looking for a garage door company Boston can trust for these older homes get parts that are rarely standard, fitted to the building.
Serving older Colonials & new builds
Whether same day garage door repair Boston MA is available depends on the dispatcher’s schedule. Call (833) 435-4540 and the dispatcher will advise whether or not there is space on the same day and if not, when an alternate date and time will be available. If space is available, you will receive a 2 hour window of arrival time and a text message when the truck is on its way.
We don’t quote prices over the phone because the cost depends entirely on what the door actually needs. Every garage door repair Boston MA visit starts with our tech looking at the problem first, then writing out the cost before any work begins. Your technician puts the cost on paper first and waits for your answer. Work begins only after you approve it.
You and the dispatcher agree on the two hour arrival window before the call ends. You receive a text message when the truck is on its way. Every garage door repair Boston MA call goes to the nearest available technician. You know your window before the call ends, not “sometime this afternoon”.
We serve the City of Boston as well as neighborhoods such as Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, South Boston, Charlestown, Roxbury, Mattapan and Hyde Park to name a few. If you are not sure if we service your street, please call (833) 435-4540 and have the dispatcher verify your address for you.
Century Garage Door Repair Service sends techs across Boston proper and the surrounding communities. Call (833) 435-4540 for garage door repair Boston MA to have the dispatcher verify your street and advise you when service can be sent to your location.
Running an opener with a failed spring can cause serious damage. All the weight of the door will be transferred to parts of the opener that were not designed to hold it. This can place excessive strain on the motor and the cables. They were designed to hold a certain amount of weight and any extra can cause serious damage quickly. The door could also fall and do so without control. Don’t use it and book garage door repair Boston MA straight away. The more you use it the more damage will be done.
A two-spring door has two springs of approximately the same age and with the same number of cycles. The second spring fails about the time the first one does. Therefore, it is standard practice to change both springs at the same time. Replacing only one means going through the whole job again a short time later. We will explain our reasoning, and then you can decide whether to proceed with the proposed change.
The number depends on the door’s size, the material, the insulation level, and whether the existing opener stays or gets replaced at the same time. We can’t give a useful figure over the phone. Our tech measures the opening, looks at the existing hardware, and writes the cost out clearly in a quote before anything is ordered or installed.
A fall tune-up checks the bottom seal, since a cracked or flattened seal lets cold air and moisture reach the springs, and clears ice and debris from the photo eyes. Never force a frozen door. It is far better to book a garage door service Boston visit in October than to risk a spring failure in January when temperatures drop sharply.
An unusual occurrence with a door opening by itself is usually caused by a simple problem. A loose wall button could be keeping a circuit closed. There may be a short in the wiring. A remote control from an old system in a neighboring property could be operating on the same fixed frequency as your remotes. The control board may be failing also. Our garage door repair Boston MA service call would determine the cause of the problem and fix it for you.
Stuck, broken or off-track doors require immediate attention. At Century Garage Door Repair Service you can speak to someone 24 hours a day. We handle garage door repair Boston MA jobs across the city, and our stocked trucks finish most of them on the first visit. You approve every repair in writing before any work starts. Contact (833) 435-4540 and we will send a qualified technician to your premises.
