Garage Door Repair in Renton, WA

Garage door repair in Renton

Renton Garage Door Co handles garage door repair for homeowners in Renton, WA. Your garage door is probably the largest moving part in your home and is typically used every day, so when it sticks, drops, or refuses to open you notice fast.

We also cover the surrounding area, including Kent, Tukwila, Newcastle, Maple Valley, Covington, and Bellevue.

Problems we fix

• Off-track or binding doors. A properly operating garage door is balanced, meaning it stays in place when stopped in any partly open position; a severely unbalanced door can unexpectedly crash to the floor and strike someone underneath. If a door is not balanced, binds, or sticks, it should be serviced by a professional.
• Broken springs. Garage door counterbalance springs are under high tension, and a spring that breaks can cause injury, so spring systems should be repaired only by trained professionals.
• Opener problems. Federal rules require residential openers to have an automatic reversing system, plus a secondary entrapment-protection device such as a photoelectric electric eye added in 1993; if an electric eye is used it should sit 4 to 6 inches above the floor.

Why spring work is not a DIY job

When the door is down, the springs are under high tension, and DASMA warns that spring systems are dangerous and should be repaired only by trained professionals, not homeowners.

Springs wear out with use. One door cycle runs the door from closed to fully open and back to closed, and a residential door is normally expected to run fewer than 1,500 cycles per year. Surface rust reduces the effective area of the spring wire and creates corrosion pits where fatigue cracks accelerate, which shortens cycle life; corrosive environments, extreme climate exposure, lack of lubrication, and improper installation do the same. Over-winding a torsion spring puts excess force on the counterbalance parts and is a safety hazard for the installer, which is why springs should be serviced per the manufacturer's instructions by trained technicians.

Check your opener safety

About 73 children between ages 2 and 14 were trapped and killed under automatic garage doors since March 1982, roughly three deaths per year on average, which is the reason the reversing-opener law exists.

You can test the auto-reverse yourself: lay a 2x4 flat on the floor in the door's path, and if the door does not reverse when it strikes the board, disengage the opener until it is adjusted, repaired, or replaced. CPSC also advises inspecting the door and opener every 30 days.

Licensed and verifiable in Washington

Renton Garage Door Co is licensed for garage door repair services in WA and the listed service areas. Washington's Contractor Registration Act requires every construction contractor to register with the Department of Labor & Industries, which requires posting a bond and carrying liability insurance, and it is illegal to advertise, bid, or perform contractor work without an active registration.

Contracting in Washington without an active L&I registration is a gross misdemeanor, so hiring a registered garage door contractor matters. You can confirm any contractor's standing for free using L&I's official Verify a Contractor, Tradesperson or Business tool at https://secure.lni.wa.gov/verify/.

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