Services
What Sloan
fixes.
Garage doors fail in a small number of predictable ways. Below is the honest list — what breaks, how it behaves, and what it takes to put right. Estimates are free.
Spring replacement
The single most common failure — and the one you should not do yourself.
Torsion and extension springs carry the entire weight of the door under tension. Sloan sizes the replacement to your door, winds it properly, and rebalances the system so the opener isn't fighting the door.
Signs you’ll notice
- A loud bang from the garage
- Door feels impossibly heavy by hand
- Visible gap in the coil
Opener repair & installation
Motor runs but nothing moves? That's usually a gear, a limit, or a sensor.
Diagnosis covers drive gears, logic boards, travel limits, force settings, safety sensor alignment and remotes. If the unit is past its life, Sloan will tell you that plainly instead of selling repeat repairs.
Signs you’ll notice
- Motor hums with no movement
- Door reverses right after closing
- Remotes or wall button dead
Cables, rollers & tracks
The hardware that decides whether a door feels smooth or violent.
Frayed lift cables, flat-spotted rollers and tweaked track sections make a door bind, shudder and wear out everything else. Replacing them is fast, inexpensive work with an obvious result.
Signs you’ll notice
- Door hangs crooked
- Grinding or screeching travel
- Cable loose or off the drum
Off-track & impact damage
Backed into it? Cable jumped the drum? Don't force it.
Sloan releases tension safely, resets the panels in the track, straightens or replaces the damaged section, and checks the panels and hinges for hidden damage before the door runs again.
Signs you’ll notice
- Door bound up in the rails
- Panel bent or pulling loose
- Door stuck partly open
Also handled
Beyond the emergency call.
Annual tune-up
Balance check, roller and hinge inspection, lubrication, sensor test and limit adjustment. Cheap insurance on a heavy moving object.
Safety sensor & reversal test
Verifying the door reverses the way it's supposed to — the part people skip until it matters.
The system