Your car is stuck and you are late! We answer (848) 321-8924 24/7.
That crack at dawn on a Lakewood morning. Do not run the opener. Leave the door where it is and call us now.
Opener grinding in a Lakewood winter chill. Could be the drive gear, a stripped trolley, or a dead logic board. We carry the parts.
Salt-air winters knock Lakewood doors sideways. Stay back and keep vehicles clear. We'll secure it.
Nor'easter dents and rotted seals on older Lakewood homes. Storm-battered panels and blown-out bottom seals are common after coastal weather. We replace both.
On every garage door repair Lakewood NJ call, the tech looks at the door before any tools come out. Here is the work we do.
A broken torsion spring or extension spring is by far the most common reason a door will not move, and is the most common repair that we complete in the Lakewood area. Your technician puts the cost on paper first and waits for your answer.
From LiftMaster to Chamberlain, Genie to Craftsman, our repair techs quickly diagnose issues like worn drive gears, faulty logic boards, and stripped trolleys.
Whether you need to upgrade an old door or replace storm damaged panels, we complete full garage door installation Lakewood NJ projects.Read more
We supply and install single car wooden doors through to insulated steel double doors and provide a written quote before we start work on your project.
As repair costs approach the price of a new door, we describe the steel, insulated, and composite door options available to fit your opening.
We check the door for balance, test the safety reversal, tighten any loose parts and apply any necessary lubrication.
We service roll-up doors, sectional doors, loading docks. Our technicians will come to your warehouse or retail space to repair your door during business hours.
Damaged cables can cause doors to go out of balance quickly. We replace damaged cables and readjust door tension to return the door to a level running position.
One bent or cracked section does not necessarily mean you need a whole new door. We can usually match the door profile and replace the individual damaged panel.
Torsion springs ride on a steel shaft above the door. Extension springs are mounted on the side tracks.
Both are under heavy tension and can fail without warning, and a door with a failed spring will not move safely. A broken spring is not something to leave until next weekend, so book the garage door repair Lakewood NJ visit as soon as it breaks. Once a spring is broken, do not run the opener. Leave the door where it is and call a technician. Our service technicians carry a variety of springs for typical doors found in most homes in Lakewood, including the single-car garage door found on many of the older ranch homes near Pine Street, as well as the heavy double doors found on many of the newer homes in the Lake Ridge area.
Cables connect the drum to the bottom bracket on each side of the door. If one of the cables breaks or starts to fray, that side of the door will fall.
The tracks support the rollers, and a single bent track can jam the door partway. Never pull the red release cord while the door is open or jammed. Pull it only when the door is fully closed. With worn cables or bent tracks, we check the whole system before we write any garage door repair Lakewood NJ quote.
A door that leaves its tracks is a different kind of problem. It is very heavy, not very stable and not something to experiment with.
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. After a nor’easter passes through Ocean County, damaged panels are a common occurrence. A storm-damaged panel often comes with a second job, broken garage spring repair Lakewood NJ. It only takes one impact to dent a panel but that same impact can also snap the spring under sudden load. We inspect the entire door for damage not just what is visible to the eye. If we find other hardware that needs attention beyond the main repair, we point it out and quote it before touching it.
A door stuck open at midnight is a security problem tonight, not tomorrow. Emergency garage door repair Lakewood NJ calls to (848) 321-8924 are answered live by our team, 24/7, 365 days a year.
The dispatcher will schedule a 2 hour arrival window and text you when the truck is on its way. A 2am call about a tenant’s stuck door, or a garage door opener repair Lakewood NJ call after hours, gets the same honest answer about the next open slot as a call at noon.
Seniors, military and first responders receive a standing discount.
Our Lakewood trucks serve the following ZIP codes in the surrounding communities: 08701, 07731, 08724, 08723, 08527, 08733, 08730, 08742, 08736, 07727, 08738, 07719, 08750, and 07762.
The list of towns and cities includes Toms River, Brick, Howell, Manasquan, Sea Girt, and the Shore barrier island towns. The trucks are based out of 105 River Ave #50f (Lakewood, NJ) 08701. For garage door repair Lakewood NJ beyond the towns listed above, see the full coverage map. For specific streets, call and ask the dispatcher for a confirmation of coverage for your street.
Call (848) 321-8924 for questions about coverage in your area.
Our Lakewood service location is in the heart of Ocean County, only a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
The high wind loads experienced during nor’easters and coastal storms can cause doors to become misaligned. The resulting driven rain can penetrate into the bottom of a door seal and the salt-laden air from the coastal environment can accelerate the natural rusting process of springs, hinges and track hardware faster than it would twenty miles inland. Recommended maintenance for doors in coastal environments is outlined in the International Door Association document. Many of the recommended inspection points are found during our post-storm service calls. This is why when we receive a call for garage door repair Lakewood NJ after a nor’easter we often find two to three issues with a given door instead of one. Our technicians have identified a trend with the housing stock in Lakewood. Much of the housing was built in the 1990s and early 2000s and the original torsion springs are now 20 to 25 years old and far exceeded their cycle life some time ago. The large Orthodox Jewish community in Lakewood also means that there are many multi-family homes and community buildings that have many doors that open and close throughout the day. Thus Garage door repair Lakewood NJ calls from these properties are typically high-cycle spring failure and opener gear wear that has exceeded the life expectancy of the component by years. A garage door service Lakewood NJ call to a building running 40 cycles a day is a very different job from one at a ranch home running 4.
The Orthodox Jewish community in Lakewood has reshaped the town's residential footprint, and the central neighborhoods hold a large number of attached and semi-attached homes.Read more
Those properties often share a driveway wall, which affects how a tech approaches track alignment and panel replacement when one side of the opening is close to a neighbor's structure. Garage door repair Lakewood NJ in those blocks takes a little more care with the workspace.
Serving older Colonials & new builds
Whether a slot is open today depends on how full the day already is. Call (848) 321-8924 and the dispatcher checks honestly and tells you straight: today or the next opening. Our trucks roll out stocked, so most garage door repair Lakewood NJ jobs get finished in one visit rather than needing a second trip for parts. The dispatcher gives you a two hour arrival window and you get a text when the truck rolls.
We do not quote numbers over the phone, because the cost depends on what the repair needs. On every garage door repair Lakewood NJ visit, our techs inspect the door and write out the cost before starting, and nothing starts until you approve it.
You get a two hour arrival window, not a vague all-day promise. Garage door repair Lakewood NJ calls route to the nearest available truck, and the dispatcher confirms your window before you hang up. You also get a text the moment the truck leaves for your address, so you know it’s actually on the way. No minutes are promised, because road conditions in Ocean County vary.
We serve the Lakewood and surrounding communities of Ocean and Monmouth Counties. This includes the towns of Toms River, Brick, Howell, Manasquan, Sea Girt and others along the Jersey Shore. If you are not sure your street is covered, call our Garage door repair Lakewood NJ number and the dispatcher will tell you.
Our garage door repair Lakewood NJ crews dispatch from 105 River Ave #50f, Lakewood, NJ 08701, and cover Lakewood and the surrounding communities. Call the dispatcher at (848) 321-8924 to confirm your address is covered and book a service window. The technician comes to your home, so there is nothing to bring in.
No, running an opener with a failed spring could cause serious damage and potentially cause the door to fall. A broken spring will often make a loud bang when it breaks. Do not use the door and book garage door repair Lakewood NJ immediately. Leave the door where it is.
Usually the safety reversing system is doing its job and something small set it off. For example, photo eyes could be blocked or not aligned properly, lenses could be dirty or travel limits set too short. Instead of disabling the safety reversing system, we will reset the system and test it to make sure it is functioning properly. One garage door repair Lakewood NJ service call usually puts this right.
Commercial garage door repair Lakewood NJ covers rolling steel doors, sectional overhead doors and high-cycle springs in warehouses, retail bays and multi-family buildings where doors open dozens of times a day. Our tech inspects the door first, writes the quote, and starts only once you approve it.
Wind loading can rack a door out of square, and driven water reaches the bottom seal and the track hardware. After a big storm, our tech checks the tracks for bends, the spring tension for imbalance, and the seal for tears. Garage door repair Lakewood NJ calls spike after nor’easters, so calling early gets you a better slot. Salt air speeds up rust on springs and hinges year-round, not just after storms.
A noisy door can be caused by a number of things. Typically the four most common reasons for a door becoming noisy are: 1) dry rollers, 2) worn hinges, 3) loose door hardware and 4) an unbalanced door. A grinding noise is usually caused by worn rollers or a worn drive gear. A banging noise can be caused by something coming loose in the track or the spring tension becoming out of balance. If your door is announcing itself to the whole street, a garage door repair Lakewood NJ visit will find the cause.
Century Garage Door Service runs garage door repair Lakewood NJ calls every day, around the clock. Call (848) 321-8924 now and a real person picks up, checks the schedule, and books your arrival window on the spot. Our full service list. Century Garage Door Service, 105 River Ave #50f, Lakewood, NJ 08701. Call (848) 321-8924.
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