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11-01-2011, 10:01 AM | #1 |
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Garage Door problems
Our garage door got stuck coming down this morning but kept running and started to buckle. We were able to get it back down. My husband inspected it-can really see nothing that made it happen. We would like to have a professional come take a look. Any suggestions as to who we should call? We live in Laconia.
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11-01-2011, 11:44 AM | #2 |
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We've used Laurent in Laconia a couple of times and were very happy with their work.
http://www.garagabylaurentdoors.com/ |
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Before you pay money to have someone come out, you can just pull the cord that releases the the part that connects to the door itself from the track, which allows you to move the door freely. Move it up and down and see if it's catching on anything. If it's not, then whatever the problem was probably is no longer an issue.
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try these guys
http://www.elitedoorne.com/
they have a 4.89 of 5 with just over a 100 reviews posted possible on service magic, go to their page and look at the reviews. little biased here tho he is my son |
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I have also had very good experiences using "Overhead Door Options" in Meredith 279-5700 |
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11-03-2011, 03:45 AM | #12 |
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sensor?
Garage doors have a sensor that tells them when to stop at both the up and down position.
Sounds like the sensor has moved and needs to be readjusted, the wire going to it might have come loose or the circuit board that controls this function is not working. There are several garage door places around, having not used one I don’t know who is good bad or indifferent. I’ve always installed and adjusted my own. |
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These sensors are called "eyes" and usually if they are out of adjustment will give the door problems. If the door is stopping before it hits the ground there is a force knob on the back of the motor(LiftMaster, Craftsman) that you can adjust also.All doors installed from the mid nineties should have a set of electric eyes on them.
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First things first.
Nicole stated, "Our garage door got stuck coming down this morning but kept running and started to buckle."
It sounds like something has hung up. Like brk-lnt said. "Before you pay money to have someone come out, you can just pull the cord that releases the the part that connects to the door itself from the track, which allows you to move the door freely. Move it up and down and see if it's catching on anything. If it's not, then whatever the problem was probably is no longer an issue." First step is to see if the door itself is moving without interference. |
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On my opener there are 2 knobs. One adjusts the closing force and one the final stop position. It can fine tuned to close more or less. I would suspect if it was buckling the door before it close that it was getting hung up or binding somehow. As mentioned, operate the door by hand and see if it works freely. The operator however should have reversed direction with that much resistence.
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At any rate nicole, even if you find the problem i would have the motor looked at because it should auto reverse when obstructed, especially if you have children or pets.
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In the past I have had a roller break and buckel the door on the way down wasent a big deal to fix
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I only stated that the "eye's" having nothing to do with the door buckling issue. And if the door buckles i would look to the motor myself.there could be nothing wrong with the motor, just someone happened to screw with the adjustment,and then again maybe the motor is junk! sorry winni if i offended you,was certainly not intended. |
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Thumbs up to Ryan at elite. They replaced both of our doors this summer with new carriage style doors with the highest r value we could find. Looks great. They even took one of my good panels that came off and installed it on my neighbors garage since we had the same ones and his was damaged.
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11-12-2011, 06:18 AM | #25 |
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Could you please post what the problem turned out to be and what fixed it?
Having spent 20 years in the electronics industry troubleshooting and repairing equipment, I’m curious to know if it was a motor, sensor or other problem. The knowledge is always good to have as I’ve fixed several garage door problems while working for others and save people from having to call in someone else. |
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