Garages Here Work Hard
Out here a garage is often a workshop, a boat barn or a place for a second car and a tractor. Doors that open many times a day wear their springs out faster.
A standard spring is rated for about 10,000 cycles. If your door runs all day, longer life springs rated for 25,000 or more usually pay for themselves.
See broken springs and the spring cost guide.
Common Calls From Cantonment
- Broken springs on busy doors.
- Openers dead after summer lightning.
- Bottom seals chewed by rodents, leaving gaps.
- Older doors on detached garages that are ready to replace.
Lightning and Openers
Afternoon thunderstorms are hard on opener circuit boards. If your opener died after a storm, the board is the first suspect. A surge protector at the outlet helps prevent it. Unplugging the opener before a big storm helps too.
See opener repair.
Gaps and Critters
Rubber seals along the bottom are a favorite snack for rodents. Once there's a gap, water, snakes and bugs follow.
A new bottom seal that matches the floor fixes most of it. If the concrete is uneven, a technician can fit a thicker seal or adjust the door.
Permits
Cantonment is unincorporated Escambia County, so county building rules apply to a replacement door. Expect a permit and a door with the right wind approval.
Shop Doors and Wide Doors
Wide doors on shops and boat barns are heavier and may use more springs. When one breaks, the others are carrying extra load, so replacing them together is common.
Heavy doors also need a stronger opener. Ask the technician to match the opener to the door rather than reusing an old small unit. See opener replacement.
Where Technicians Go
All of Cantonment, plus nearby Molino and the areas off Highway 29 and Highway 97.
Need help in Cantonment? Send the form or call (850) 555-0147.