Garage Door Cable Repair in Tequesta, FL | Garage Door USA
from $149
Garage Door Garage Door Cable Repair Tequesta, FL
Lift-cable replacement, drum re-spooling, and tension recalibration. We pair new cables with a spring inspection so the door is safe and balanced before we leave.
Tequesta garage door cable repair, done by a crew that works this area daily. We see corroded springs and cables on salt-air homes, salt-pitted spring coils that fail early near the coast, mildew and rust on shaded, low hardware, and rusted track hardware and seized rollers near the water most often here, and we carry the parts to resolve them on the first visit.
Local climate is the quiet reason Tequesta doors fail when they do. Year-round heat and humidity, frequent tropical downpours, and salt-tinged moisture that never lets metal fully dry leads to relentless UV and salt that degrade rubber weatherstripping, moisture that never lets metal hardware fully dry, and mildew and corrosion on shaded, low hardware — all of it preventable with the right hardware.
The repair board in Tequesta fills up with the same culprits: corroded springs and cables on salt-air homes, salt-pitted spring coils that fail early near the coast, mildew and rust on shaded, low hardware, and rusted track hardware and seized rollers near the water. Each is a one-visit fix with parts already on the truck.
Lift cables transfer the spring's stored energy to the door panels — they're under high tension every cycle and degrade slowly through fraying, corrosion, and mis-spooling on the drum. A cable repair visit replaces both cables (always replace as a pair so the door stays balanced), re-spools the drums to the correct number of wraps, recalibrates spring tension to match, and inspects related components like the bottom bracket where one end of each cable terminates.
Cables are galvanized aircraft-grade steel — typically 1/8-inch diameter for residential doors and 3/16-inch for heavier or commercial doors. We carry both diameters along with the bottom-bracket fittings, drum caps, and shaft set-screws that occasionally need replacement alongside the cables.
Cable failure usually leaves the door off-track or hanging crooked. Continuing to operate the opener after one cable has snapped causes the other side to take the full load and is the fastest way to bend tracks or damage panels. Stop the opener and call for repair when you see a frayed or snapped cable — fast service is standard.
Strands of steel poking out of the cable indicate active wear. Cables don't self-heal — frays accelerate to snap.
Door hangs crooked when closed
If one corner is higher than the other when the door is fully down, one cable has stretched, slipped on the drum, or partially failed.
Snapped cable, door stuck
A fully snapped cable leaves the door off-track or jammed. Don't try to force it — call for repair.
Rust streaks on cables
Coastal homes see cable corrosion progress until the strands weaken. Visible rust means the cable is no longer at full strength.
Loud bang followed by crooked door
Cable snap sounds similar to spring snap but is usually quieter. If the door is crooked after the noise, suspect cable failure.
Common causes & what we fix
Mis-spooled drum
When a cable jumps off its drum groove, it crosses over itself and wears at the crossover point. Re-spooling fixes the spool but the wear point becomes the weak link.
Drum cap or set-screw failure
If the drum slips on the shaft, one cable unwinds while the other tries to hold. This sudden imbalance can snap the loaded cable.
Bottom bracket failure
The bracket where the cable attaches at the door bottom occasionally cracks or pulls free, letting the cable whip free under tension.
Coastal corrosion
Salt-air pitting on uncoated cables can drop tensile strength 30–40% over 10+ years. Galvanized aircraft cables resist this far better.
Spring imbalance
An over- or under-tensioned spring puts uneven load on the cables and accelerates wear on the loaded side.
Our process
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Call or schedule online. Start your garage door cable repair request by phone or online. Pick a 2-hour window; a five-minute confirmation follows with the tech's name and photo.
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On-site diagnosis. We diagnose your garage door cable repair in person, show you exactly what's wrong, and only then quote it. Most repairs are diagnosed free; minor service calls carry a $39 fee, waived if you proceed.
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Flat-rate quote. Before starting, we hand you a written, flat-rate garage door cable repair estimate. What you see is what you pay — no hourly surprises, no commission-driven add-ons.
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Same-visit fix. Your garage door cable repair in Tequesta is almost always a single-visit fix — our first-call rate is 96%. We test the door alongside you and leave the space cleaner than we found it.
How much does garage door cable repair cost in Tequesta, FL?
For Tequesta homeowners pricing garage door cable repair, the starting point is $149, quoted flat-rate in writing. The estimate holds for 30 days and never moves once you approve it — no add-ons mid-job, no hourly creep. Pricing garage door cable repair cost in Tequesta, FL? The quote is flat-rate and in writing before any work begins — no hourly creep.
Garage Door Cable Repair the United States starts at from $149, and your garage door cable repair quote in Tequesta is flat-rate, in writing, and final before any work — no add-ons, no creeping hourly charges. Senior (65+) and military customers get 10% off labor, and Synchrony funds projects above $1,500 at 0% APR for a year with no prepayment penalty.
Why homeowners in Tequesta, FL choose us for garage door cable repair
Why Tequesta keeps our number for garage door cable repair: a local Palm Beach County crew, flat-rate written quotes, salaried (never commissioned) techs, and a ten-year guarantee. CSLB #1098234, family-run since 1974. Professional garage door cable repair in Tequesta, FL means a named tech at your door and a flat-rate quote before any work starts.
The garage door cable repair carries a decade-long workmanship guarantee — independent of the manufacturer's parts warranty. Fail because of how we installed it, and we fix the garage door cable repair at no cost for ten years. 30,000-cycle springs hold a lifetime warranty for the original homeowner, with parts and accessories backed 1–5 years by item.
Honest sizing and honest scope drive how we quote garage door cable repair: we don't up-sell unnecessary work, our techs are salaried (not commissioned), and the diagnostic is structured so you see exactly what we see — including the parts still in good shape. If a repair is the right call we say so; if replacement is the better long-term economics, we say that. Either way the garage door cable repair quote is flat-rate, written, and good for 30 days.
Areas we serve for garage door cable repair
We provide garage door cable repair throughout Tequesta, FL and the surrounding Palm Beach County area. Serving Black Pearl Marina, Crystal Cove, Sea Pointe Marina and surrounding neighborhoods.
Context for garage door cable repair in Tequesta: Tequesta lies within Palm Beach County, in Florida. We serve the entire county, not just the easy-to-reach parts.
Just outside Tequesta? Our garage door cable repair still reaches you — Limestone Creek, Jupiter, Juno Beach, and Cabana Colony and the towns between are on the daily route across Palm Beach County. Need garage door cable repair near 33469? It's on the daily Palm Beach County loop, dispatched to the closest stocked truck.
Garage Door Cable Repair near you in Tequesta, FL
When you look up garage door cable repair near me in Tequesta, the local choice pays off twice — a faster arrival now and a real number to call later. We cover Tequesta and Limestone Creek, Jupiter, Juno Beach, and Cabana Colony on one daily loop.
ZIP codes 33469 and the surrounding streets sit inside our garage door cable repair area. Garage door cable repair arrival times in Tequesta rise and fall with traffic, so we quote the ETA when you call instead of over-promising. Dispatch puts you on with an on-call tech, not a recording. For local garage door cable repair in Tequesta, FL, including 33469, we route the nearest stocked truck straight to your door.
Frequently asked about garage door cable repair
Top questions homeowners searching for Garage Door Cable Repair near me ask us:
Tequesta sits in year-round heat and humidity, frequent tropical downpours, and salt-tinged moisture that never lets metal fully dry. That is hard on a door — relentless UV and salt that degrade rubber weatherstripping, moisture that never lets metal hardware fully dry, and mildew and corrosion on shaded, low hardware all accelerate wear on springs, seals, and openers, so the failures we see most here are corroded springs and cables on salt-air homes, salt-pitted spring coils that fail early near the coast, mildew and rust on shaded, low hardware, and rusted track hardware and seized rollers near the water. We size springs and seals for Florida's tropical climate conditions rather than a generic catalog spec.
Tequesta runs a mixed-age housing stock (median build year 1978), roughly 54% pre-1980, so we see both first-generation doors and aging replacements.
Cables on a balanced door wear at the same rate. The second cable is days to weeks behind the first. Replacing both at once is faster, cheaper than two visits, and properly re-balances the door.
5 years on cables and drums. 10-year workmanship on the install. Galvanized cables in coastal homes typically last well beyond it.
Most cable jobs run 45–60 minutes including spring tension verification and balance test. Add 15 minutes if drums also need replacement.
Cable repairs are quoted flat-rate before starting; the figure depends on whether the drums or a bottom bracket also need replacement. No surprises once you approve the written quote.