Stranded in the garage with an opener that won’t work? A live person answers (833) 435-4540 around the clock.
That 6 a.m. bang in a Chevy Chase winter. Do not run the opener. Leave the door where it is and call us.
Opener grinding in an older Colonial-era garage. Motor strain and worn drive parts are common in Chevy Chase's aging attached garages. We carry the parts to sort it today.
Heavy Chevy Chase door sitting lopsided on its track. A door off its track is dead weight. Keep everyone and every vehicle away from it until our techs arrive.
Panels warped from Chevy Chase humidity cycles. Wet summers and cold winters split seals and bow panels. We replace single panels or full bottom seals to keep the weather out.
For all garage door repair Chevy Chase MD calls the most common parts are stocked on our service trucks to enable a single visit to complete most repairs.
Heavy Torsion and Extension Springs can fail without warning, usually after the hard Chevy Chase winter. We replace them with brand new springs of proper size for your door’s weight, for the appropriate cycle rating.
We repair many different openers, including LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Genie and many others.
We have many different styles of wood garage doors and also steel insulated garage doors. Our technicians will take the exact measurements for you and put in the order. We will install your new garage door for you as well.
We consider alternative doors made from steel, composite or insulated materials when a door becomes uneconomical to repair. Doors are offered to suit the opening and your budget.
Inspect all springs, cables, rollers, photo eyes and auto-reverse functions and make any required adjustments. Write down any additional items that may need repair work before leaving the customers’ homes.
We have a team of professionals that service all types of roll-up and sectional doors at warehouses, loading docks and retail bays throughout Chevy Chase. Just one number to call!
We deal with many issues on our garage door repair Chevy Chase MD work including frayed cables and bent tracks on a heavy door.
Sometimes a single panel is damaged but the rest of the door is just fine and does not have to be replaced. We can assess the door and tell you whether it is worth repairing.
A broken spring is one of the most common causes of a door not moving. A springless door can be very hard to open because the opener has to lift the entire weight of the door, often 200 pounds or more, without any help from a counterbalance spring.
We check both springs on all garage door repair Chevy Chase MD calls where a broken spring is reported. Once a spring is broken, do not run the opener. Leave the door where it is and call a technician. The torsion spring sits on a shaft above the door. The extension springs run along the upper tracks on both sides of the door. For a two-spring setup, both springs typically wear out at about the same time.
When an opener grinds, reverses or stops answering the keypad, a garage door repair Chevy Chase MD diagnosis does not just quote a new “motor”.
Many parts including drive gear, photo eyes, logic board and shorted wall buttons can cause these types of problems. Our repair diagnostics identify the root cause of a problem before a quote is written. Never pull the red release cord while the door is open or jammed. Pull it only when the door is fully closed. Our techs work on LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Genie, Craftsman and most other opener brands. We handle garage door opener repair Chevy Chase jobs that need a full unit replacement the same way as any other repair: you approve a written figure before your technician opens a toolbox.
When cables fray or pull away from the drum, one side of the door typically hangs lower than the other.
Often a track will bend from a car clipping the door frame. The narrow garage openings of many of the Tudor and Colonial style homes in Chevy Chase make them particularly prone to this problem. 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. We treat garage door repair Chevy Chase MD off-track calls seriously, because an off-track door is unstable when it hangs at an angle. Don’t stand under an angled off-track door.
Impact and humidity cycling can cause the panels to crack. In many cases, a single cracked panel will pull the entire door out of alignment.
We provide a written quote for panel swap(s) and for full door(s) and let you know which is best value. Spring and cable work belongs to a trained technician, never a homeowner. The same goes for the drive gear and wiring inside the opener.
There are no closing times or Sunday gaps at (833) 435-4540: a real person answers every day of the year, at any hour.
An after-hours garage door repair Chevy Chase MD call gets the same live dispatcher as a daytime one. We set a 2 hour time slot with the customer prior to ending the call to arrange a truck to send to them. They will also receive a text message when the truck is en route so they know when to expect it. This saves the customer from having to stand at the end of the driveway wondering when the truck is going to arrive.
Late-night or odd-hour calls from tenants or property managers regarding a stuck door receive the same live answer and clear window of information as any other call. There is no voicemail on our garage door repair Chevy Chase MD line.
For garage door repair Chevy Chase MD service at your address, call (833) 435-4540. We run calls across ZIP codes 20815 and 20825, reaching neighborhoods from the Maryland side of Western Avenue up through Friendship Heights and into Bethesda’s bordering streets.
Call (833) 435-4540 for questions about coverage in your area.
Summer in Chevy Chase is hot and humid from June to August, followed by a cold, wet winter with actual freeze-ups in January.
This type of temperature fluctuation causes serious problems for the metal and grease-based parts of door hardware as well as the wood doors themselves. Repeatedly contracting and expanding steel parts can wear out, while summer heat causes grease to thin and leak out of rollers. Meanwhile, wood door panels absorb moisture and swell up, becoming stuck in their frames. Many neighborhoods have sections that are under the control of active HOAs. Even more areas are historic and are subject to strict preservation requirements. The International Door Association publishes guidance on door types and standards, and your HOA or historic district sets which styles it allows. If you are the manager for multiple homes in historic neighborhoods, it is very valuable to know which of the door profiles have been approved by your HOA prior to placing an order.
Serving older Colonials & new builds
Our trucks carry the parts for most garage door repair Chevy Chase MD jobs, but whether we can come the same day depends on where the day already stands. Calls to (833) 435-4540 are answered by a live person at any hour. Your dispatcher will let you know if we have same day availability for a repair or not. If we do not have same day availability, your dispatcher will advise you of the next available appointment time. You will receive a 2 hour window of arrival time from the time of dispatch, and a text message when the truck is on its way to complete your repair.
Our work is priced by the inspection. This means that before we start any work, the Garage door repair Chevy Chase MD technician will diagnose the problem with your door and provide you with a detailed price for the work to be done. You can choose to approve the work to be done or not.
We’ll line up the nearest service truck and agree a two hour arrival window for your garage door repair Chevy Chase MD call before the call ends. You will receive a text message as soon as the service truck has departed for your location. There is no countdown timer or tracking app to view. You will simply be given your two hour arrival window.
We service the following neighborhoods: Chevy Chase. The following are the zip codes that we cover: 20815, 20825. These are the areas off of Western Avenue in Friendship Heights and the Betheseda line. We can confirm whether or not your street is covered by our service area when you call the dispatcher.
Our work is performed by mobile teams of service technicians. To book garage door repair Chevy Chase MD, please call (833) 435-4540. After verifying your address, we will book the service for you. If you are outside our regular service area we will let you know immediately.
DO NOT attempt to push the door back or operate the opener as serious injury could occur. Leave the door as is and have it properly secured by a trained technician. In the meantime, keep people and vehicles away from the door to prevent it from falling or shifting.
The springs on a two-spring door are usually the same age and therefore have the same amount of wear on them. When one breaks, the other usually fails within a few months. For two-spring doors, we recommend that both springs be replaced at the same time. You pay for the parts and labor once, rather than having to call us back for another service call within a few months.
We will not commence any work until you are completely satisfied with the quoted price. Nothing starts until you approve the written quote, and if you decline, no work is done.
Even though grease looks like it’s just sitting there, it actually does work over time. In wet weather during the summer, the grease thins out and drips out of rollers and hinges allowing metal to rub against metal. Then in the cold, dry weather of winter, the same metal contracts putting additional stress on the springs and cables. Our techs inspect lubrication, spring tension and cable condition on a garage door repair Chevy Chase MD visit.
A door opening by itself can be caused by a few things. A jammed or shorted wall button, a wire touching the door frame from time to time and shorting out, a neighbor using an older remote control with the same fixed code as yours, or a failing control board are all things that can cause a door to open by itself. When we come out on a garage door repair Chevy Chase MD service call, we determine the cause of the problem and fix it as opposed to just reprogramming the opener.
Call (833) 435-4540 24/7 and a live dispatcher tells you where you stand and books your truck. Century Garage Door Service & Repair services Chevy Chase residents and property managers 7 days/week. Seniors, military and first responders receive a standing discount on all work. One call covers garage door repair Chevy Chase MD, from a snapped spring to a completely new door.
