Repairs, service calls and new garage doors in Hotchkiss and the North Fork Valley, for the older houses in town and the barns, sheds and shops on the orchards and farms around it. Describe the door and the problem, and the estimate is free.
Tell us what the door is doing. The estimate is free and you can say no.
Many garages in town were built long before automatic openers, and it shows: narrow openings, low headers, wood doors thick with old paint, and detached garages set behind the house. Fresh springs, rollers and hinges usually keep those doors in service, but an opening that has settled out of square needs its tracks reset or the door will bind at the same spot every time.
When a wood door has gone soft at the bottom or split through a panel, a new steel door in a carriage-house pattern keeps the look of the house without the upkeep.
Around the orchards and vineyards, the doors that matter most in summer and fall are on the buildings where fruit, equipment and supplies go in and out all day. Those are wide doors, sectional or roll-up, and they take a pounding from forklifts and wind. A bent section, a cable that lets go on one side or an opener that quits in the middle of harvest are the typical calls, and the truck carries heavier hardware for them.
Before anyone talks about a new door, the technician finds out why the old one stopped. A door that won't open is usually a broken spring; a door that hangs crooked is a cable off its drum; a door that reverses on its own is often the safety eyes or a door that has gotten heavy. Each of those is a repair, and most wrap up in one visit.
When replacing is the right call, this is the order.
Whoever puts in a door, ask them to measure before they sell you anything, to put the estimate in writing, to size the springs to the new door rather than reuse the old ones, and to test the reverse before leaving. A door installed with the wrong springs wears out its opener in a couple of seasons.
The valley floor collects cold air on still winter nights, and doors feel it: rollers stiffen, a bottom seal freezes to the slab, and a spring that was already tired breaks the first time the door is asked to lift on a frozen morning. If the door is frozen down, forcing it with the opener tears the rubber and strains the motor.
The better fix is prevention: rollers and hinges treated with a cold-weather lubricant, a fresh bottom seal, and the springs looked at before the first hard freeze.
Solid wood doors weigh far more than steel ones, and the springs on them work hard. A wood door with years of paint on it that has also taken on moisture is heavier than when it was hung, so springs sized for its original weight leave it feeling heavy and wear out the opener. Weighing the door and matching new springs to what it weighs now makes it lift easily again. If it has become too heavy for any sensible spring setup, a lighter insulated steel door in a similar pattern is the alternative.
Openers here tend to live a long time in detached garages, and a lot of them predate rolling-code remotes. When an older unit's board fails, parts are getting scarce, and a new opener with battery backup often makes more sense. Keypads by the door are popular on farms, where nobody wants to carry a remote in a work truck.
Paonia and Crawford are on the same route, as are Delta and Cedaredge. Say where the door is and the time window you're given allows for the drive up the valley.
Often. Springs, hinges, rollers and tracks can be replaced on most wood doors. If the wood itself has failed, you hear that and see what a new door would look like.
Yes. Wide doors for barns, sheds and shops, sectional or roll-up, sized for the equipment that goes through them.
Don't force it with the opener, which tears the seal and strains the motor. Call, and a torn seal is replaced in a short job.
Most often the safety eyes by the floor are misaligned or dirty, or the door has gotten heavy. The technician checks both.
Usually. Once the door is weighed, springs chosen for that weight make most doors light to lift again.
For the common brands, yes. Some very old units have parts that aren't made anymore, and then a new opener is the better option.
Call or use the form. It's free, it comes on paper, and nothing is done until you answer.
Call or fill in the form to get a window, with a call from the technician as they set out.
The written estimate is free, and turning it down is always fine.
A two-hour window instead of a whole day, and a call before the technician leaves. Free throughout Mesa County. The estimate is free either way.
Want to talk instead? Call (970) 238-2833.
Tell us what the door is doing. The estimate is free and you can say no.