Garage Door Repair in Oakland, NJ Along the Ramapo

River-town garages

What a flood leaves behind

Hurricane Irene in 2011 set the flood of record on the Ramapo and Pompton rivers, and the borough also flooded badly in 2007, 2010 and a second time in 2011. A garage near the river can take water without the house above it showing much. The parts that suffer sit low: the photo-eye sensors a few inches off the slab, the bottom seal, the lower rollers and hinges, and the bottom brackets where the cables attach.

Water also hides damage. Silt left in the tracks makes rollers drag, rust starts on springs and cable drums weeks later, and a wet circuit board may work once and then fail. Our post-flood check covers the sensors, the opener's wiring and logic board, spring and cable condition, and the door's balance with the opener disconnected. Anything that needs replacing, we explain before touching it.

• Garage door repair, any make
• Spring replacement
• Opener and sensor repair
• Swing and sliding gate repair
• Gate operator service
• New doors and gates

Repair or new

When the old door has had enough

A door that's been through more than one flood often has swollen wood sections, rusted steel skins or a bottom panel that no longer seals. At that point a new garage door is usually a better use of money than piecemeal parts. A steel door with a sealed bottom retainer handles damp conditions better than raw wood.

If the panels are sound, repair still wins. New rollers, a fresh bottom seal and correctly tensioned springs will get many doors running well again. We set the two routes side by side, say what each one fixes, and the decision stays with you.