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Describe the fault
Say what the door does: stuck open, stuck shut, off the track, one side dropped, or loud. Add whether it rolls up in sections or swings out as one piece.
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Garage Door Repair in Vancouver
Garage door repair in Vancouver, done at your garage: off-track doors, broken springs, snapped cables and worn rollers. Call 604-227-9083, describe what the door is doing, and we confirm the range before work starts.
Track. Spring. Cable. Roller.
The door repaired where it hangs, then run through a full cycle.+
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► 01 / Faults we repair
Garage door repairs we handle at your garage
The technician comes to you. The repair is done at your garage.
Fast Locksmith Vancouver comes to you. We repair the garage door where it hangs, at your house, laneway house or business unit.
- Off the trackRollers re-seated, bent track straightened or replaced
- SpringsBroken or weak springs replaced as a matched pair so the door stays balanced
- CablesFrayed or snapped lift cables replaced and re-wound so both sides lift together
- Rollers & hingesWorn, rusted or seized rollers and hinges swapped out
- PanelsDented or cracked sections and bent bottom brackets, after a bumper strike
- SealsBottom seal and weatherstrip where the door no longer meets the slab
- BindingDoors that catch on one side or stick in the last foot of travel
If the door runs but the lock or the opener is the problem, see garage door locks or garage door opener repair.
A track reset, a spring pair and a panel replacement are different jobs, so the price follows the fault. Tell us the symptom and the door type on the call. The total for your address is confirmed before work starts.
Our prices are on one page.
See our locksmith prices →► 03 / The visit
How a garage door repair visit works
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We come to you
A technician brings tools and parts to the garage. Technician availability and arrival are confirmed on the call.
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Repair, balance, cycle test
We repair the door, balance it by hand with the opener disconnected, then run it through full cycles. You watch it work before we leave.
► On the job
Garage door repair for sectional and roll-up doors
Two door types we are called to, checked along their full travel.
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Sectional doors that bind or sag
A panel door that rubs, sags on one side or will not close square is checked at the hinges, rollers and panel joints. Loose or worn parts are tightened or replaced at the door.
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Roll-up doors that catch in the guides
A slatted roll-up door that jams, jumps its guides or will not lock is checked from top to bottom. If a spring or cable is involved, it is quoted on the call before any work starts.
► 04 / Off the track
What to do when a garage door comes off the track
An off-track door is still heavy and often still under spring tension. What you do first decides how much needs replacing.
✓Do
- Stop the opener and leave the door where it is
- Keep people, pets and cars clear of the opening
- Pull the release cord only if the door is fully down
✕Don't
- Run the opener to push it back on
- Force a rolled-out roller back into the track
- Stand under a door hanging half open
Cycling a bent track is how a track repair turns into a panel repair.
Car stuck inside
Tell us on the call. If a part has to be ordered, we can often free the opening for the car and finish the repair on a second visit.
► 05 / Broken springs
Broken garage door spring: how to tell, and why not to DIY
A torsion spring holds the weight of the whole door and stays loaded even when the door is shut.
The hand test
Pull the release cord and lift the door a foot or two. A balanced door stays put. A door that feels very heavy or drops has lost spring tension.
Why not DIY
A spring released wrong unwinds through the winding bar in an instant. We will not talk anyone through winding one over the phone.
Replaced as a pair
Springs are replaced together and sized to the door's actual weight, so the door lifts evenly instead of pulling to one corner.
► 06 / Older garages
Doors that keep binding: the opening, not the hardware
A detached garage sits on its own footing and settles on its own schedule. When the two jambs stop being parallel, a sound door binds on one side.
The tape test
We measure the opening corner to corner. If the diagonals do not match, new rollers only buy a season. We re-hang the track to the opening that exists, or tell you the frame needs a carpenter first.
Old slabs and seals
Water at one end and a gap at the other means the slab is uneven. A deeper bulb seal spans a small gap. A heaved slab is concrete work, and we say so.
One-piece tilt-up doors
These swing out as they lift, so they need clear ground in front. Wear is in the pivot hinges and spring arms, not rollers. Turning one into a sectional is a new door, not a repair.
► 07 / Strata
Parkade gates and shared overhead doors: your strata, not us
In a strata building, the overhead door at the bottom of the ramp belongs to the strata.
✓We do
- Garage doors at houses, laneway houses and coach houses
- Garage doors on business units
✕Your strata or property manager
- Parkade gates and shared overhead doors
- Building fobs and remotes. We never copy or program them.
Call the building manager, not us, for a parkade door that will not open.
► 08 / Repair or replace
Is an old garage door worth repairing?
Usually yes. Tracks, rollers, hinges, cables, springs and seals are all replaceable parts.
Repair
The sections are sound and the fault is hardware. A forty-year-old door runs well once the worn parts are replaced.
Replace
Sections are rotted or crushed and the profile is no longer made, so no matching panel exists. We tell you that on site and the decision stays yours.
01My garage door came off the track. What should I do first?
Stop running the opener and leave the door where it is. Pull the release cord only if the door is fully down, and keep people and cars clear of it. Off-track doors are often still carrying load through a bent track or a failing cable, so cycling them makes damage worse. Call 604-227-9083.
02How do I know if a garage door spring is broken?
Pull the release cord and lift the door by hand. A balanced door stays roughly where you leave it. If it feels very heavy or drops, a spring has likely lost tension. You may also have heard a loud bang from the garage. Do not try to wind or release a spring yourself.
03Do you repair garage doors in Vancouver or only locks?
Both. Fast Locksmith Vancouver repairs garage doors across the City of Vancouver and the UBC area, and also does garage locks and opener repair. The technician comes to your garage.
04How much does garage door repair cost in Vancouver?
It depends on the fault: a track reset, a pair of cables and a spring replacement are different jobs. Describe the symptom and the door type on the call and the total for your address is confirmed before work starts. Published ranges for related garage work are on our prices page.
05Is it worth repairing an old garage door?
Often yes. Tracks, rollers, hinges, cables, springs and seals are replaceable parts. It stops being worth it when sections are rotted or crushed and no matching panel can be found. We look at the door and tell you which side of that line it is on.
06Who do I call about a parkade gate in my strata building?
Your strata or property manager. Parkade gates and shared overhead doors belong to the building and run on its own system, so we do not repair them. We repair the garage door at your own house, laneway house or business unit.
► Areas we serve
Vancouver neighbourhoods we repair garage doors in
Mobile garage door repair across the city of Vancouver and the UBC area.
Each area page covers the doors, lanes and buildings we see in that part of the city.
View Service Areas ↗Call about a garage door repair: 604-227-9083
↗Tell us what the door is doing and which kind of garage it is. The range and the arrival are both confirmed on the call.