Minneapolis Residential Garage Door Repair & Replacement

As the local garage door repair experts in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, idc-Automatic is your go-to garage door repair and replacement team. Our core priorities are to provide fast reliable repair service and provide a high standard of customer service. Our repair team is made up of certified experienced technicians, who can diagnose and solve all of your garage door repair needs. Call our team today for your residential garage door repair and replacement needs.

Our Residential Garage Door Repair Services

Spring repair
Cable repair
Broken roller repair and replacement
Off-Track repair
Damage or dented panel repair
Opener repair
and any other garage door repair need

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If your garage door is broken, not working right, or not working at all, don’t wait, request your residential garage door service today. You can reach the service team at idc-Automatic by calling us or by contacting us online.

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Signs Your Garage Door Needs Repair:

Garage Door Won’t Open or Close: When a garage door won’t open or close, there are a number of different potential issues. Common causes of this problem are: broken or worn cables, malfunctioning opener, stripped opener gear, or broken spring. Whatever the issue may be, when your garage door won’t open or close, you need garage door repair immediately.

Garage Door Makes Excessive Noise: An extra noisy garage door is often a sign that the garage door needs repair services. There are a number of different sounds to listen for. If you hear a popping sound as it opens or closes it may be that panels are not coming together properly. If you hear a grinding noise, the door could have broken rollers or could be dragging against the track. If you hear rumbling or grating, this could mean the spring needs attention. No matter what odd sound you hear, be sure to request residential garage door repair to get it solved.

Garage Door is Off Its Tracks: As you know, garage doors open and close along a track, connected by a collection of rollers. When this connection is disrupted and the garage door comes off the track the garage door will not be able to close or open. If you try to close or open the door when it is off the rollers it may cause more damage and pose a serious risk to you. Save that trouble and call the pros when your garage door is coming off the track in Minneapolis.

Garage Door Looks Unbalanced or Misaligned: If you notice one side of the garage door sagging or lower than the other, this is a sign that your garage door is unbalanced and needs immediate repair. An unbalanced garage door can prematurely wear other parts and cause the need for more repairs.

Garage Door Operates Slowly: A slow garage door is a garage door that takes more than several seconds to open. If this is the case for your garage door, it could benefit from a repair visit as well as on-going maintenance visits to extend the life of your garage door. There are several issues that can cause a slow garage door. Without addressing the issue it can lead to more damage and repairs, so get ahead of it now with a visit from a repair specialist.

Roll Up Garage Door Repair in Minneapolis & St. Paul

Garage doors are vital fixtures for your home. They complete the overall aesthetic of your exterior, ensure dependable home security and provide a safe, convenient entry to your house. Most local Minneapolis area homeowners use their garage doors every day to leave and enter their homes, which can add up to more than 1,500 uses every year!

With regular use and wear and tear, it’s common to experience unexpected malfunctions or breakages, leaving you without the use of your garage door. When you need prompt, reliable and helpful residential garage door repair or replacement throughout Minneapolis, MN, area, don’t hesitate to call the team at idc-Automatic.

At idc-Automatic, we’re dedicated to offering the most responsive and comprehensive Minneapolis residential garage door repair services for local homeowners. We make sure to always provide personalized garage door repair and replacement solutions to improve the overall look and feel of each home. All of our residential garage door services are matched with fair and competitive pricing models with available financing, service quotes and same-day and emergency service.

We think differently about garage doors and the role they play in your daily lifestyle — let us provide complete, custom repair solutions tailored to your household’s needs to improve the functionality and safety of your home for years to come.

Common Garage Door Repairs

Since a garage door has so many working parts, many different issues can arise. Here are five of the most common garage door problems home and business owners experience, as well as how you can solve them.

1. Garage Door Opener Won’t Work

An automatic garage door opener was once a luxury but is now found on almost every garage door. There is a tremendous amount of value in the safety and convenience that garage door openers offer — except when they don’t work.

If you press your garage door remote and nothing happens, first, determine if the problem is the remote or the opener. If the door works when you press the wall switch, you have a remote issue. It could be as simple as changing the batteries, so try that first. If that doesn’t work, you may have to replace the remote.

If the automatic garage door opener doesn’t kick in even when you use the wall switch, you still want to determine whether or not the opener system is the problem. Disable the opener and try to open the door manually. If you can lift the door manually, you do indeed have a problem with your automatic garage door opener. Fortunately, idc-Automatic’s residential garage door service in Minneapolis and St. Paul deals with garage door opener issues, and we can repair or replace your unit as necessary.

If you cannot open the door manually with the opener disabled, the issue is probably not with your opener, and you should look for a different cause of the problem.

2. Garage Door Won’t Open or Close

A garage door that won’t open or close, or is stuck halfway, is one of the most common reasons people call for residential garage door repair in Minneapolis. If you are having this problem, you should call for garage door repair right away, as this can be a serious safety and security issue.

If your door is stuck open or half-open, it can be a safety issue because the door could drop unexpectedly with someone or something underneath it. If your door is stuck closed, it blocks off one method of getting out of your house in case of an emergency. A door stuck open or half open is also a security issue for the opposite reason, in that it allows potentially unwanted intruders a point of access to your house. The sooner you can get this issue resolved, the better.

The most common cause of a stuck door like this is one or two broken torsion or extension springs. Fortunately, this is a common garage door repair we can handle. Minneapolis area Residents should call idc-Automatic, and we’ll be at your home as soon as possible with replacement springs.

3. Garage Door Misaligned or Unbalanced

If your door comes down too quickly, goes up too quickly or appears off-kilter, you may have an alignment or balance problem. When you lift your garage door halfway with the opener disengaged and then release it, it should hang just about where you let go of it. If it drops to the floor or flies up into the roof, you need to adjust the balance. You do this by altering the tension of the torsion springs. For safety’s sake, it is best to let the garage door repair professionals at idc-Automatic make these adjustments for you.

Another alignment issue you may need to address is your photo-eye sensor alignment. If you have an automatic garage door opener system, you also have sensors on either side of your door to make sure the door does not come down with something or someone underneath it. If anything breaks the line of sight between the two sensors while the door is going down, the door will stop and reverse itself.

If your door is not coming down or is immediately going back up, your sensors may be misaligned. Fixing this may simply be a matter of cleaning off and adjusting the sensors so that they can “see” each other.

4. Garage Door Off Track

Your overhead roll-up garage door works by utilizing small wheels called rollers that glide up a track when your opener’s drive system pulls the door up or down. If the door is not going up or down, it may be because the wheels have jumped the track. With the automatic opener disengaged, it may be possible to clear any debris off the track and pop the rollers back into place. If you encounter any serious resistance, however, you should contact idc-Automatic to get your door back on track for your safety.

5. Dented or Broken Garage Door Panel

Broken garage door panels can happen for any number of reasons, including being hit by a ball, your car, another vehicle or wind-blown debris. Broken panels don’t necessarily affect the operation of your garage door, although they can if the broken panel is too misshapen. However, broken panels are unsightly and may create other hazards, so it is best to replace them as soon as possible. We have the inventory to replace panels for most major garage door brands.