Garage Door Repair in Orlando, FL

Orlando is a city built across decades, and that means the garage doors we work on vary enormously from one neighborhood to the next. A classic ranch home in College Park might have an original single-car garage with extension springs that have been hanging since the 1960s, while a recently built townhome in Creative Village has a modern insulated door with a belt-drive opener and Wi-Fi connectivity. Over in Thornton Park, homeowners deal with older detached garages that were often added on or converted, which creates alignment and track issues that are different from what you find in standard attached garages. Mills 50 has a mix of everything — mid-century homes with manually operated doors sitting next door to renovated properties with brand-new hurricane-rated installations. We have worked on all of it, and the variety is part of what keeps Orlando service calls interesting.

Central Florida weather is the single biggest factor in how often Orlando homeowners need garage door service. The Orlando metro sits squarely in Lightning Alley, the corridor between Tampa Bay and the Space Coast that records more lightning strikes per square mile than anywhere else in the country. A direct or nearby lightning strike can destroy a garage door opener circuit board instantly, and power surges from afternoon thunderstorms cause slow cumulative damage to opener electronics even when there is no direct hit. We see a noticeable spike in opener repair calls every summer from May through September, and a significant percentage of those are surge-related failures. Beyond lightning, the daily cycle of intense heat and high humidity puts constant stress on metal springs, rollers, and hardware. Torsion springs on Orlando homes tend to fail earlier than the national average because of thermal cycling — the metal expands in 95-degree afternoon heat and contracts overnight, weakening the coils over thousands of cycles. Rubber seals at the bottom of the door deteriorate faster here too, cracking and hardening within five to seven years instead of the ten or more you might expect in a drier climate.

Hurricane preparedness is something every Orlando homeowner should think about when it comes to their garage door. The garage door is typically the largest opening on a house, and during a hurricane it is the most vulnerable point of entry for wind. If a garage door fails during a storm, wind gets inside and pressurizes the structure, which can blow off the roof or collapse walls. Orlando falls within a wind speed zone that requires garage doors to meet specific design pressure ratings. If you are replacing a garage door or installing a new one, the door needs to meet these wind load requirements and the installation typically requires a permit in Orange County. We handle the compliance side of things for every installation job, making sure the door meets code and that you have the documentation you need for inspections and insurance purposes. Even if you are not replacing your door, we can assess whether your current door is hurricane-rated and recommend reinforcement options if it is not.

We stock the most commonly needed parts on every service truck — torsion springs in the sizes that fit the majority of Orlando residential doors, extension springs, cables, rollers, hinges, bottom seals, and replacement opener circuit boards. That means most repairs get completed in a single visit without the delay of ordering parts and scheduling a return trip. For spring repairs specifically, we always recommend replacing both springs at the same time even if only one has broken. Springs on the same door have the same age and wear, so when one goes the other is usually close behind. Replacing both saves you the cost and inconvenience of a second service call a few months later.

Our service covers every Orlando neighborhood — from the Milk District and Audubon Park on the east side to Rosemont and Holden Heights to the south, and from the core Downtown districts up through Ivanhoe Village and College Park to the north. We run service calls seven days a week and offer free on-site estimates for any job, whether it is a broken spring that needs immediate attention or a full door replacement you are planning. You will get an honest assessment of what needs to be done, a clear price before work starts, and no pressure to add on services you do not need. That approach is why most of our Orlando business comes from repeat customers and word-of-mouth referrals.