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Gloved hands pressing a black rubber seal along the bottom edge of a paneled garage door, with a red drill nearby. — Westmount

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Garage Doors in WestmountA frayed cable
is a warning.

Lifting cables on a door in Westmount show their age as a few broken strands near the bottom bracket, long before they snap. We inspect them on every visit, replace both cables together with new bottom fixtures, and check the drums and bearings that wear alongside them so the door lifts evenly.

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TorontoOntario

Town
Westmount, Toronto
In business
26 years
Hours
Open 24/7
Nights, weekends and holidays, same fees
Phone
(289) 804-2651
Work
repairs, springs, openers, new doors
Visits
On-site assessment preferred. Request a visit or call.

2021 census: what it means at the door

Every square is one home in a hundred.

  • 58 in 100 homes · older homes
  • About 58% of homes in Toronto were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.Where houses are older, the garage often sits beside the house rather than beneath a bedroom, so noise is a smaller concern and durability a larger one. Heavy-duty rollers, a properly sized torsion spring and cold-rated lubricant make an old door dependable for years.
  • Single-detached houses make up about 23% of homes in Toronto (2021 Census).Apartment and condo buildings often have a single heavy door protecting the whole parking level, and when it stops, everyone is affected. We prioritise these calls, carry commercial operator parts, and set up a maintenance interval matched to the number of cycles the door sees each day.

Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile

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Garage door services · Westmount

We think of garage door work in Westmount as keeping a heavy moving object safe and smooth. That covers spring and cable work, tracks and rollers, opener force and sensor settings, seals against the weather, and complete door replacement when a repair no longer makes sense.

Gloved hands setting a black rubber seal along the base of a white garage door, holding a ribbed strip over paving stones. — Garage Door Bottom Seal Replacement, Westmount

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Westmount

We think of garage door work in Westmount as keeping a heavy moving object safe and smooth. That covers spring and cable work, tracks and rollers, opener force and sensor settings, seals against the weather, and complete door replacement when a repair no longer makes sense.

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Garage Door Bottom Seal Replacement

Pair of cast metal cable drums, two coiled steel cables, locking pliers, a combination wrench and red-handled cutters on a wooden bench. — Westmount
The call
One end of the bottom seal has slipped out of its channel and hangs down like a loose shoelace. Each time the door closes it folds under, each time it opens it flaps, and the gap beside it keeps growing.
First step
How the opener meets the floor

ServiceGarage Door Bottom Seal Replacement

Job sheet2 of 4

Garage Door Perimeter Weatherstrip

Gloved person holding a black strip along the side of a sectional garage-door opening — Garage Door Perimeter Weatherstrip, Westmount
The call
Dry leaves keep appearing in the same corner inside the garage, and this fall there were mouse droppings along the wall beside the door. When you look, the corner where the top and side strips meet is wide open.
First step
Measuring for the new pieces

ServiceGarage Door Perimeter Weatherstrip

Job sheet3 of 4

Garage Door Manual Lock Repair

Person leaning close to a white paneled door, one hand on a metal slide-bolt bar mounted across the panel. — Garage Door Manual Lock Repair, Westmount
The call
It is a February morning and the key goes only halfway into the garage handle. Yesterday's melt ran down the door face and into the keyway, and overnight it set like glass.
First step
How the lock is fixed to the door

ServiceGarage Door Manual Lock Repair

Job sheet4 of 4

Garage Door Cable Replacement

Two coiled steel cables with loop and stop ends on a workbench. — Garage Door Cable Replacement, Westmount
The call
After years of slushy winters the cables look thinner near the bottom brackets, with rust streaks running down the door where they attach. The door still works, but the frayed wires catch your glove when you brush past.
First step
Why the last cable failed

ServiceGarage Door Cable Replacement

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Garage Doors

Anatomy of a garage door

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ScaleNot to scale

Doors that are hard to lift by hand, or that slam shut when released, are out of balance. Balance lives in the springs, and the services here restore it, whether that means new springs, a fresh cable or a careful adjustment.

  1. Part 1The panels

    Garage Door Panel Replacement

    Rust has crept along the bottom edge of the lowest section. What began as bubbling paint is now a soft, flaking strip, the seal retainer is working loose, and a screwdriver pressed against the worst spot goes through the steel.

  2. Part 2The springs

    Torsion Spring Replacement

    After pulling the red release cord, you tried lifting the door yourself and it would barely leave the floor. A door that used to glide up with one hand now takes real effort, which points to the counterbalance rather than the opener.

  3. Part 3The cables

    Garage Door Cable Replacement

    Your older door has springs along the tracks, and one cable has slipped off its pulley and dangles slack. The door lifts crooked and needs a shoulder to close, when it used to glide.

  4. Part 4Tracks and rollers

    Garage Door Roller Replacement

    The door is the one the builder installed and has never had a part changed. It works, but it clatters, the wheels are hard white plastic with no bearings in them, and the opener sounds like it is labouring more each season.

  5. Part 5The opener

    Garage Door Opener Diagnosis and Repair

    It is a January morning and the door lifts about a hand's width, groans, and settles back down. When you pull the release and try by hand the door feels far heavier than it used to, and the bottom seal is stuck hard to the slab.

Garage Door Safety Inspection. There is a new sound.

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What to expect, in questions

What is a threshold seal, and when is it worth adding?

A threshold seal is a rubber or aluminum-backed strip glued to the garage floor along the line where the door closes. The door's bottom seal lands on it, and its raised outer edge turns water, wind-blown debris and small visitors back toward the driveway. It earns its place where the drive slopes toward the garage, the slab sits below the apron, or the floor edge is too uneven for the bottom seal alone to meet cleanly.

Why should the seal only touch the door lightly?

The fin is meant to bend against the door with a small, even deflection. That is enough to seal, and it lets the fin spring clear as the door lifts. Pressed hard, it drags on the door face, folds under on the way down, squeals and wears through well before its time, and it adds load to the opener. Set too far off, it leaves a standing gap. The light touch is the setting that lasts.

The handle turns but the bars stay put. What has broken?

Something in the short chain between the handle and the bars. The square spindle may have twisted or sheared, the set screw holding the inside knob may have let it spin free, the cam inside the centre body may have worn round, or the return spring may have snapped. The inside cover comes off to see which, and the failed part or the whole mechanism is replaced to suit.

Why did the cable come off the drum?

A cable leaves its drum when it goes slack for a moment while the drum keeps turning. The usual reasons are the door closing onto an object or a ridge of ice so the bottom stops early, a spring that has lost tension or broken, or a drum whose set screws let it slip on the shaft. The technician finds which of these happened and corrects it so the new cable stays seated.

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