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Areas we serve:

The locations we service include:

Minneapolis
St. Paul
Maple Grove
Hopkins
St. Louse Park
Columbia Heights
Eagan
Rosemount
Bloomington
Richfield
Chaska

Carver
Shakopee
Edina
Roseville
Maplewood
Inver Grove Heights
Lakeville
Minnetonka
Golden Valley
Robbinsdale
New Hope

To learn more about Overhead Door Company Of The Northland, check out our About Us page!

Garage Door Spring Repair

Broken springs are the most common mechanical failure.

If you have a broken spring, get it fixed right away. Your door can be damaged if you don't.

If you have to get out or secure your door use the manual release and open and close the door manually.

How Can I Tell If My Overhead Garage Door Needs a New Spring?You may have heard a loud crack like the sound of a very large metal spring breaking🤔. Obvious maybe but it can be really loud. Or your Door may have suddenly started to groan and creak when you open it. Or try as it might your opener is no longer able to pull the door up the track.

And finally, for conclusive proof, you may need to walk up to the door and look at the spring.

What Do I Do When My Garage Door Spring Is Broken?

Open the door only when you absolutely need to. Because with a broken spring your door opening system is out of balance putting stress on the door. Opening your garage door with a broken spring can damage the door, the tracks, and the opener. The side of the door with the spring pulls the whole door up potentially bending the door and tracks and overstressing the motor in the opener.

Garage door opening systems are designed with two springs, one on each side. This provides balanced lifting forces that provide most of the lifting force. The springs are tuned so that they balance much of the weight of the door. This allows the garage door opener to be much smaller. Without the springs you would need a much larger and more expensive opener.

Other Common Garage Door Repairs

Damaged Door Rails

Garage door rails get bumped and damaged by everything from lawnmowers to vehicles. Bent rails or rails that aren’t properly aligned increase stress on both the door and opener and should be replaced.

Frayed and Broken Cables

When your garage door is opened and closed, the cables on the sides of the door, experience a lot of force. You should never try to adjust the mounting points of a cable while the door is closed. Even if the door is open, there can still be some residual force on the cables, which is why we don’t recommend homeowners try this repair on their own. If one of your cables is broken don’t try to lower the door the uneven loading can cause the door to buckle.

Garage Door Panel Replacement

If only one garage door panel is damaged, you may not have to replace the entire door. Panel replacement is a job best done by us. You can paint or finish the door after it’s fixed if you want. Please understand that in some cases we may recommend replacing the whole door after an inspection of a damaged panel.

Common Repairs for Garage Door Electronics & Openers that you can do yourself:

• The remotes not working- okay, changing a battery in a remote may not be technically a repair but it does occur frequently. For help in reprograming a remote to your opener go here.
• Wall-Mounted Keypads. What may not be obvious some wall-mounted keypads may be battery-powered. If you are having a problem with a keypad, check first to determine if it is hardwired or battery-operated.
• Similarly, reprogramming cars to link to the opener can at times be required. For help reprogramming your car garage door controller go here.
• Safety Sensors: At the bottom of each side of the door there are photoelectric sensors. These sensors are there to prevent the door from crushing something or someone as it closes. Prior to requiring these sensors and the door overload detector, there were some deaths, so these are an important safety addition.
• The door limit settings need an adjustment because the door stops and returns to fully open.

A Couple of Not Very Common Garage Door Problems:

• Your door is frozen to the ground and ice has frozen between the panels. Usually, pushing on the door a bit breaks it free. It's not a bad idea to help the opener out a bit by lifting the handle in the middle of the door from the inside.
• And finally, bent tracks or misaligned rollers can cause stress on the system usually accompanied by groans and squeaks as the door is moving. Whenever your door starts making loud or unusual noises check it out. It might be something serious.

Other Maintenance Resources

• More information on garage door opener repair
• Maintenance instructions recommended by Door & Access Systems Manufacturers Association International (DASMA)
• Watch a video from DASMA on residential garage door inspection - Part 1 & Part 2

Question & Answer

Are you by appointment only?

We are a garage door company that are experts on all issues regarding garage doors/overhead doors/ door system/systems. Any technician that we have hired is so good at their job that we have been able to operate better than most companies. You do not need an appointment, you simply have to call in, our team will ask a few questions, based on your issue and a few things we will address and communicate your options as quickly as possible.

Are there locations we currently do not serve?

If you are in the following areas, give us a call, we may have someone in your area!

• Eden Prairie
• Apple Valley
• Farmington
• New Brighton
• Coon Rapids
• Brooklyn Park
• Plymouth
• Wayzata
• Western Wisconsin
• Osseo
• Brooklyn Center
• Circle Pines
• White Bear Lake

What types of Residential doors do you supply?

•  Steel Garage Doors
• Wood Garage Doors
• Modern Aluminum
• Custom Doors
• Fiberglass
• Wind Load
• Residential Door Openers

How can you help me choose a door for my house and what materials or products should I use?

1. Download our “Ultimate Guide for Choosing a new garage door”
2. Use our Door View application to see a variety of new doors on a photo of your house in the convenience of your home. Anyone can use this tool so they can see the overall design of their home.
3. For more information, give us a call at 651-683-0307. We can help with giving a price range, save time and frustration, best practices for applications of each product type for best results, and any other factors that may affect your decision. We know it can take a lot of time to make these decisions so we would be happy to help our clients with all decision making.

How much would it cost for a new garage door? Do you have any option for financing?

We would never want the cost of a garage door of the overhead door to be a source of stress. Before we order any product, we will communicate with you what the options would be. All businesses should operate that way and wouldn't want to put any stress on a family.

• You could pay less. For example, an un-insulated stamped steel door and save some money, but we don’t typically sell uninsulated doors because, well, on a cold January day an insulated door with high-quality weather stripping is a nice thing to have.
• You could pay more. There are a lot of choices and options that can affect the look and the price of your door. Pick the most intricate style, with decorative hardware and the most expensive windows and trim and it’s going to increase the price.
• We will help you navigate through your options to get the right door for your house and budget. Call us at 651-683-0307 or go here to get our Ultimate Guide to selecting your perfect garage door. This guide will provide you with tips to help you get a door that fits your house and your budget.

For more information about garage door pricing, check out our blog “Garage Door Prices in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Surrounding Suburbs for 2020”

Does your service provide garage door replacement or just repairs?

We provide both!

Any projects where we are servicing overhead or garage doors may include:

• • Garage door installation
  • Repairing issues/replacement parts/part on current broken doors such as springs, spring replacement, glass, or windows that are not sealed properly, checking that a sensor works, tracks, panels, roller, hinges, cables, motor, keypad, remote connection, weatherstripping, rollers, garage door springs, garage door rollers, lubrication, insulation, garage door accessories, automatic garage doors, operators, safety concerns that a cable, panel, or track might not be in working order or have damage. Our professional technicians who estimate garage door repairs will try to assess the problems and let the homeowners know. Sometimes the best action forward would be to provide garage door maintenance with precision instead of replacing a garage door.
  • We provide emergency service for all Commercial Garage Doors on Commercial property