Our technician attended a property in Innaloo, Perth, for a garage door repair after the homeowner attempted a DIY fix that made things significantly worse. The sectional panel lift door had come completely off its tracks and was resting entirely on the car parked inside the garage. Without the car holding it up, the door would have collapsed to the floor.
Attempting to repair a sectional panel lift door without the right tools and knowledge is risky. The springs, cables, and tracks all work under tension, and one wrong move can turn a minor issue into a major one. In this case, the homeowner’s effort left the door in a far more dangerous state than it started.
Our technician assessed the situation and rebuilt the door from scratch. He straightened the panels, re-seated them into the tracks section by section, and realigned the entire system until the door operated smoothly again. He then completed our 25-point safety inspection covering the control panel, motor, safety reverse, door balance, springs, rollers, cables, drums, bearings, tracks, hinges, brackets, and bottom weather seal.