Click to Rate03/12/2014Had my garage door converted from an I-drive to a torsion spring system. The installer jo was very efficent and friendly. He had a alot of good advice about other garage door systems to avoid. Appreciated the professional job that was done. I would recommend them because they were very quick to fix the problem and reasonably pricedShareFlag01/21/2014My garage door got broken. It broke a spring, ripped open the metal track for the roller wheels and 4 wheels came out of the track. This left the door hanging by 2 wheels!When you have a 22 foot, 4 inch steel door hanging by its toenails over your GS400, your blood pressure will go up.Of course this type of challenge always happens at the most convenient time. I called garland garage door and they send josh to fix our door . they balanced the door with tender loving care.Will I use these guys again.ShareFlag01/02/2014They did everything right. Pleasant and helpful on the phone when I made the appointment to replace my garage door openers.

They didn't tried to persuade me to buy their garage door opener . They told me I would be fine with the most basic model. They showed up right on time. They even redid my bracket assembly at no charge. Highly recommendedShareFlag11/26/2013First of all, Andy is one of the nicest guys we've worked with! We had our old heavy wooden garage door replaced by him. He gave us a very reasonable quote and was out within1 hour to do the work. Really professional, really fair and really knowledgeable! Will definitely recommend to others.ShareFlag10/04/2013Amazing Service and the Best Quality Garland Overhead Door is the only the company I would call for garage door service. They recently installed a brand new opener. The repairman Josh was on time he gave me a great price and walked me through everything I needed to know. I HIGHLY recommend them .How To Reattach Your Automatic Garage Door OpenerWe’re lucky where I live.  And my “where I live” I mean my specific neighborhood and my specific house.  

Knock on wood, we don’t have the issues with flooding that so many around me (including in my neighborhood) do.  We don’t lose power.  We don’t have major natural disasters.  So of course we lost power for the first time since we moved into our house.If you haven’t noticed, it’s been incredibly hot this summer.  And on one of our hottest days of the year, we lost power.  At first, it was a flicker that went out for just a minute or so before everything turned back on.  garage door openers south bendFive minutes later, the power went out, but there was no buzz of the house turning itself back on.  bi fold doors amazonAs time ticked by, it got awfully warm in our house.  garage door chain hoist manufacturers

Calling ComEd – our electric company in Chicago – I found out that it would be hours before they expected to repair the blown transformer and restore power.It was a no brainer.  I called our library, confirmed they had power (and air conditioning), and I packed up the wee ones.  Getting out of the garage wasn’t a huge issue.  I know how to disable the automatic garage door opener.  In my case, you simply pull on the red lever, which removes the motor and gear from the track.  garage door company peterboroughThen I can manually lift it up and exit the garage – just like I did when I was a little kid and we didn’t have an automatic garage door opener.Unlike when I was a little kid, we don’t have a key to lock our garage door to keep anyone from coming in the way we did back then.  Instead, I locked the back door to our house (thank goodness for the battery operated keypad lock on our front door), and manually closed the garage door.  

What else can I do, right?Yes, it was definitely a good call to leave my house.  The power outage was fairly widespread.  When there’s no power to stoplights anywhere around, you know it’s a bad sign.  It took us awhile to get to the library, but we were happy to be there (and meet up with some friends who had the same idea) once we finally arrived.After a few hours at the library, I got a text from a friend letting me know power had been restored.  We all cheered and jumped back in the car to return home.  When we arrived, I manually opened the garage door again and drove inside.  After scooting the wee ones through the front door, I turned my attention to the garage door, knowing I wanted to reconnect it so that it would work with my opener again.It’s only easy if you remember how to do it.  I pressed the garage door opener, pleased with myself for remembering how to do this, since I hadn’t had to reconnect my garage door opener in over 10 years.  I waited for it to engage the gears as it went past, smiling to myself.  

The motor worked and pulled the gear along, but the garage door wasn’t engaged and remained firmly planted on the garage floor.I tried pulling and tugging the cord to see if that worked.  Calling friends to see if they (or their husbands if they were around) knew how to reattach the garage door opener.  I could have sat down to cry.  Or I could have pretended that all was well with the world and that I wanted to manually open and close the garage door for the rest of the time I lived in this house.  Or I could have waited for my husband to get home and make him fix it.  But that’s not how I roll.  I like figuring things out and fixing them.So I stood up on the door of my car to peer at the track and gear and garage door.  It isn’t a complicated system, relatively.  I should be able to visually see how it goes together and fix it that way.  Once I really looked at it, I figured it out, but I’ll save you the pain of having to sit and stare and puzzle.The first key is that you have to open your garage door.