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Garage Door Not Opening or Closing Properly in Johannesburg?
A garage door that won't open, jams halfway or hangs crooked is usually a broken spring, a frayed cable or a worn hinge, and on older doors in Melville, Greenside, Parktown and Auckland Park it is often more than one. If you hear a loud bang, the door feels heavy, or the motor runs but the door doesn't move, stop using it and call us. We repair broken garage doors across Johannesburg, and where possible we fix the door rather than replace it.
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Garage Door Repairs in Johannesburg
Johannesburg's older, established northern suburbs — Melville, Greenside, Parktown and Auckland Park — are full of character homes with garage doors and motors that are often decades old. We carry spares for older sectional doors that most installers no longer stock, so we can get a legacy door working again rather than forcing a full replacement.
Between us we have over 40 years' combined experience, and the same core team for more than 10 years. From a snapped spring to a worn hinge, our garage door repairs in Johannesburg deal with whatever has stopped your door working.
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Garage Door Spring Repairs
Older doors in this part of Johannesburg often use non-standard spring sizes that were discontinued years ago elsewhere. We stock a wide range of spring sizes to match these older sectional doors correctly — not just current standard sizes — so the door balances properly and doesn't strain an ageing motor. A broken garage door spring is the most common reason an older door won't lift, so we match the spring to the door instead of forcing a standard size.
Every spring replacement includes a free service of the rest of the door. That free service is included with every garage door spring repair in Johannesburg. 
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Garage Door Cable Repairs
On older doors, cables and their mounting brackets wear differently to newer hardware, and matching replacements aren't always a standard stock item. We keep older-pattern cables on hand so we can restore a door in Melville, Greenside, Parktown or Auckland Park to full working order without waiting on a special order. If your door hangs crooked or one side drops, a frayed or slipped cable is the likely cause. Garage door cable repairs in Johannesburg are done with replacement cables that suit your particular door.
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Garage Door Hinge Repairs
A broken hinge on an older door is often the first visible sign that the door's out of balance — common once a garage door in this area has gone years without a service. We offer an annual garage door service to catch this before it becomes a hinge or track replacement. A squeaking, grinding or sagging door often points to a cracked hinge, which is much cheaper to fix early. Before any garage door hinge repairs in Johannesburg, we check whether the door is out of balance.
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Garage Door Motor Repairs
Many garage door motors in Johannesburg's older suburbs are legacy models that are hard to find parts for elsewhere — we've been repairing this generation of motor long enough to still source spares for some of them. Exposed, elevated stands, common around Melville's ridge, also see more lightning-related surge damage than average, so we check the motor's surge protection whenever we're called out, in addition to maintenance-related faults. Garage door motor repairs in Johannesburg are done on Centurion and Digidoor motors.
