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Garage door repair in Alicante

If your garage door is stuck, you heard a loud bang when it opened or the motor no longer responds, we will come and repair it. We provide a 24-hour emergency service in Alicante, Elche and the surrounding area, and we fix any type of door: sectional, up-and-over, roller, swing or sliding.

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What it involves

A broken garage door does not wait for a convenient moment: a spring snaps on a Sunday morning, the motor goes dead with the car inside or the door gets stuck halfway and you cannot leave the house open. Our repair service is designed for exactly those moments: we come out, find the fault and fix it so that you can get in and out of the garage normally and safely again.

We repair doors for homeowners, residential communities, shops and industrial units, both the ones we manufacture ourselves and those made by other manufacturers. We replace torsion and extension springs, cables and drums, pulleys, bearings and rollers, bent tracks, dented panels, broken slats, hinges and pivots. On the electrical side, we diagnose motors that will not start, burnt-out control boards, misadjusted limit switches and photocells that stop the door from closing.

The work is done by our own team, the same one that has been manufacturing and installing doors since 2009, so we know exactly how every mechanism works on the inside. Before touching anything, we explain what has failed, which part needs replacing and why, and we tell you honestly whether the repair is worth it.

Technician replacing the torsion spring on a sectional garage door in Alicante

Emergency repair: jobs we do

These are the jobs we are asked for most. If yours looks like one of them, call us and we will tell you how we would handle it.

Broken garage door spring replacement

If you heard a loud bang, like a firecracker, and now the door is extremely heavy or the motor cannot lift it, a spring has almost certainly snapped. On sectional doors these are torsion springs mounted on a shaft above the lintel, and they hold almost the entire weight of the panels. Do not try to lift the door by hand or keep pressing the remote: the remaining spring is working at its limit and the cables can come off the drum. We replace springs in pairs, sized for the weight and height of your door, and adjust the tension until it rises smoothly and stays still at half height.

Garage door motor burnt out or not starting

A motor that shows no sign of life, smells of burning or starts and then stops after a few seconds needs a methodical diagnosis. We check the power supply, the capacitor, the thermal protection, the control board and the limit switches until we find the fault. Motors often burn out because they are moving an unbalanced door or one with seized bearings, so we also check the mechanics to stop it happening again. We repair the damaged component and, if the winding has burnt out, fit an equivalent motor suited to your door and its weight.

Garage door off its tracks or hanging crooked

When a sectional door twists, ends up with one side lower than the other or the rollers come out of the track, you must stop using it straight away. It usually happens after a knock from the car, when it closes on an obstacle or when a cable fails. We lower the door in a controlled way, straighten or replace the bent section of track, replace the damaged rollers and re-centre the panels. When we finish, we check that it travels cleanly, without rubbing, and that the door closes square with the floor and the lintel.

Garage door that will not close or opens again

If the door comes down and then stops or goes back up halfway, the safety system is detecting something. The most common cause is dirty or misaligned photocells or damaged wiring, but it can also be a worn safety edge, a misadjusted limit switch or a badly programmed closing force that mistakes friction for an obstacle. We find the cause, clean and align the photocells, readjust the travel and force settings and, if the door rubs anywhere, correct the mechanics. We never disable a safety device just to make the door close.

Broken cable or cable off the drum on a sectional door

The steel cables transfer the force of the springs to the panels. If one breaks or comes off the drum, the door rises crooked, catches or is left hanging on one side, and the loose cable can wind itself around the shaft. With use, the steel fatigues and frays little by little, without anything being visible from below. We always replace both cables at the same time, check the drums and pulleys, wind each cable with the same number of turns and adjust the tension so that both sides work equally.

More jobs in this service

  • Garage door stuck shut with the car inside

    If you need to get the car out and the door will not move, we come out to open it. We release the motor, free up the jammed mechanism and, if a part is broken, open the door just long enough for you to get the vehicle out, then close it securely until the repair is finished.

  • Dented or damaged sectional door panel

    A knock while manoeuvring leaves dented panels, bent hinges and broken seals. We replace only the damaged panels, matching the design and colour of the rest of the door, change any affected hinges and rollers and leave the door closing square and with no gaps.

  • Worn or seized garage door rollers, bearings and pulleys

    Jerking, metallic squeaks and a door that rises in fits and starts usually come from rollers with broken bearings or seized pulleys. We replace the worn parts with ones of the correct size, check their brackets and leave the door running smoothly and quietly.

  • Garage door control board failure after a storm or power surge

    After an electrical storm or a power cut, the motor can go silent even though power is still reaching it. We check the circuit board, fuses, transformer and protection devices, repair or replace the control unit and readjust the travel and force so that the door works as it did before.

  • Up-and-over door that drops or will not stay up

    On an up-and-over door, when it comes down on its own, is very hard to lift or bangs when it opens, the fault lies in the counterweights, extension springs, arms or pivots. We adjust or replace the springs, renew counterweight cables, straighten arms and replace worn axles so that it is properly balanced again.

  • Jammed roller garage door or broken slats

    Roller doors jam when a slat breaks, comes out of the guide or the barrel loses tension. We replace the damaged slats, the bottom slat and the stops, straighten the guides, check the barrel’s balance spring and repair the tubular or central motor so that it goes up and down without catching.

  • Sliding gate coming off its track or not moving

    On sliding gates, a deformed track, worn wheels or broken top guide rollers make the gate derail or jam. We replace wheels and guides, straighten or replace the section of track, renew worn rack and adjust the motor so that it brakes properly at the end of its travel.

  • Swing gate with a sagging leaf or broken motor arm

    Swing gate leaves sag when hinges and pivots give way or when the pillar has moved, and then they scrape the ground or no longer meet in the middle. We weld or replace hinges, level the leaves and repair or replace the motor arms and their stops.

  • Garage door motor runs but the door does not move

    If the motor makes a noise but the door does not move, the drive is at fault: a slack or snapped chain or belt, a worn pinion, a broken drive carriage or the manual release engaged by accident. We replace the damaged part, tension the drive and check that the release locks back in properly.

  • Garage door opening or closing on its own

    A door that moves without anyone operating it is a hazard, and it usually points to a short-circuited push button, bare wires, damp in the junction box or a failing control board. We check the door’s entire electrical installation, replace whatever is faulty and leave every movement under your control.

  • Built-in pedestrian door that will not close properly

    The pedestrian door built into a sectional door takes a lot of strain: hinges that give way, door closers that lose their force, a lock that does not engage and a micro-switch that stops the motor from starting if it is not properly shut. We adjust or replace each part so that it closes by itself, engages first time and the motor responds again.

  • Garage door forced in an attempted break-in

    An attempted break-in leaves panels and slats bent, tracks prised open, locks smashed or the external release tampered with. We repair the damage, replace the lock and the forced parts, get the door closing normally again and give you an itemised quote to submit to your insurer.

  • Flood-damaged garage door after a gota fría storm

    When water gets into the garage, the motor, the control board and the limit switches can be left useless, and mud builds up at the bottom of the tracks and slats. We clean and dry the mechanism, replace the damaged electrical components, remove the rust and check every safety device before putting the door back into service.

What you get with us

  • Urgent response when you need it

    Outside office hours we keep our emergency service running for doors that are stuck, hanging off their tracks or will not close, because a garage left wide open cannot wait until Monday.

  • We repair any type of door, from any manufacturer

    Sectional, up-and-over, roller, swing and sliding doors, manual or motorised, whether we installed them or not. We find compatible parts even if your door model is an old one.

  • Parts sized for your door

    As manufacturers, we know how to size springs, cables, drums and tracks to the actual weight and dimensions of your door, so that the repair lasts and the door is properly balanced.

  • We never leave your garage open

    If a part has to be ordered, we leave the door closed and locked, or in manual mode and completely safe, until we come back to complete the repair.

How we do it, step by step

  1. Tell us what the door is doing

    When you call 865 443 261, we ask what type of door you have, what position it is stuck in, whether it has made a noise or banged and whether the car is inside. That way we arrive with everything we need.

  2. We come to your garage

    We come to your home, community, shop or industrial unit with the tools to tension springs safely, cut and weld metal parts and check all of the door’s electrics.

  3. Diagnosis and price before we start

    We inspect the whole door, not just the broken part, explain what has failed and why, and give you the price of the repair. We do not touch anything without your go-ahead.

  4. Repair and full adjustment

    We replace the damaged parts, balance the springs and cables, align the tracks and adjust the motor’s travel and force so that the door runs effortlessly and nothing is under strain.

  5. Final safety test

    Before leaving, we open and close the door several times, check the photocells, obstacle reversal and manual release, and show you how to use the release in case it ever fails again.

Emergency repair in Alicante province

On the coast, from Playa de San Juan and El Campello to Santa Pola and Los Arenales del Sol, salt air is the great enemy of the mechanism: it corrodes cables from the inside until they fray, seizes bearings and hinges and pits the springs, which end up snapping before their time. Many breakdowns appear at Easter or at the start of summer, when second homes are opened up after months shut and the door, which has not moved in all that time, jams on the first attempt.

Inland, the problem is different. In Elche, Aspe or Crevillent, dust and calima haze dirty the photocells and the guides of roller doors, and in the height of August south-facing garages reach temperatures that punish motors and control boards. The autumn gota fría storms leave ground-floor garages with water and mud in the motor and at the foot of the tracks, as well as control units damaged by lightning and power surges. And in the community garages of apartment blocks in Alicante and Elche, which open and close non-stop, the wear on springs and cables is constant.

Where we do it

Garage doors in Elche

We manufacture and install garage doors in Elche from our base in Las Atalayas: community garages in the city centre, country houses in the rural partidas, townhouses in Arenales del Sol and industrial units in Carrús and Torrellano. We also repair and maintain the door you already have.

El Raval · Altabix · Carrús · El Toscar

Garage doors in San Vicente del Raspeig

We install, motorise and repair garage doors in San Vicente del Raspeig, from the community garage of a town-centre apartment block to a villa garage in Boqueres or a workshop unit on the Canastell industrial estate. We set out from Las Atalayas with our own team, no subcontractors.

Santa Isabel · Los Girasoles · Haygón · Sol y Luz

Garage doors in Santa Pola

We install, repair and maintain garage doors in Santa Pola, from the basement garages of apartment buildings in Playa Lisa and the Gran Playa to the townhouses of Gran Alacant and the industrial units on the IN-2 estate, with materials and care designed for life right by the sea.

Barrio del Calvario · Eixample de Llevant · Santa Pola del Este · Gran Playa

Garage doors in Aspe

We manufacture and install garage doors in Aspe for houses in the town centre, apartment blocks in La Coca and Vistahermosa, country properties in Huerta Mayor, El Aljau or La Ofra and industrial units on the Polígono Tres Hermanas, built to cope with the heat and dust of the Vinalopó.

El Castillo · Serranica · Colón-Santa Rita · Polvorín

Garage doors in Crevillent

We install and repair garage doors in Crevillent, from the street-level garages on the steep streets of the old town to the industrial units on the I-4 and Faima estates, the country houses of El Boch and Cachapets and the outlying villages of El Realengo and San Felipe Neri.

El Calvario · Ronda Sur · Els Arbrets · Rincón de los Pablos

Garage doors in Torrevieja

We manufacture and install garage doors for the bungalows, villas and apartment blocks of Torrevieja, from La Mata to Los Balcones, with fittings and finishes designed for the salty air that blows in from the sea and the salt lagoons. We also repair motors, springs and remote controls.

Centro · La Mata · Los Balcones · Los Altos

Garage doors in Orihuela and Orihuela Costa

We install and repair garage doors throughout the municipality of Orihuela: the city centre beside the Segura, the farming villages of the huerta, the warehouses of Puente Alto and the urbanisations of Orihuela Costa, from Playa Flamenca to Dehesa de Campoamor.

El Rabaloche · Capuchinos · La Aparecida · Desamparados

Garage doors in Petrer

We manufacture and install garage doors and gates in Petrer: garages on the steep streets of the old town, community garages in La Frontera, villas in Caprala, El Rebentó and Loma Badá, and industrial units in Salinetas, Les Pedreres and the Guirney.

Casco antiguo · La Frontera · Loma Badá · Caprala

Garage doors in Novelda

We install and repair garage doors in Novelda, from the low-rise houses of San Roque and the garages of the Barrio de la Estación to the villas of Ledua and La Serreta and the natural stone warehouses of El Fondonet and Santa Fe.

San Roque · Barrio de la Estación · Ledua · La Serreta

Garage doors in Benidorm

We install, repair and maintain garage doors in Benidorm, where many cars spend the night under a building: car parks beneath apartment towers and hotels, community basements, villas with their own garage and shops with roller shutters in the Casco Antiguo.

Rincón de Loix · Levante · Poniente · Casco Antiguo

Garage doors in Guardamar del Segura

We install, repair and maintain garage doors in Guardamar del Segura: bungalows and townhouses in El Raso and Los Secanos, villas in El Moncayo and Pinomar, residential complexes in the town centre and industrial units on the Polígono Santa Ana, always taking into account the sand and salt air from the dunes.

El Raso · Los Secanos · El Moncayo · Els Estanys

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Frequently asked questions

What people ask us most about emergency repair.

Emergency repair: your questions

Do you offer emergency garage door repairs at night and at weekends?

Yes. Our hours are Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 19:00 and Saturdays from 9:00 to 14:00, and outside those hours we have a 24-hour emergency service. Call us, tell us what has happened and we will tell you what to do while we are on our way: for example, do not force the motor and do not try to lift a door with a broken spring by hand.

Can I replace a broken garage door spring myself?

We do not recommend it. The torsion springs on a sectional door store a lot of energy and, if they are released without the right bars and technique, they can cause serious injury. They also have to be calculated for the weight and height of the door: the wrong spring makes the door drop suddenly or forces the motor to strain and burn out sooner.

Do you repair garage doors you did not install?

Yes. We repair doors from any manufacturer and of any age, motorised or manual. We source compatible springs, cables, wheels, panels, control boards and motors and, when an original part is no longer made, we adapt an equivalent so that the door works safely. If the repair is not worth it, we tell you clearly before we start.

What should I do if the door is stuck open and I cannot close it?

If the motor does not respond, use the manual release, which is usually a pull cord or a small lock on the motor carriage. With the door in manual mode you can lower it carefully. If it is very heavy, twists as you move it or makes strange noises, leave it as it is, because a spring or a cable may be broken, and call us so that we can close it for you.

Why do garage door springs break?

Springs have a service life measured in opening and closing cycles, so they break sooner on doors that get heavy use, such as community doors or those of families who come and go several times a day. Rust from the salt air, a lack of lubrication and poorly adjusted balance all speed up wear. When we replace one, we check the other and the cables, because they are usually just as worn.

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