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AfterGarage Door Before & After in Longmont, CO
Photos don’t lie. A garage door is the largest moving object on most Longmont homes, and before-and-after documentation shows exactly what changed, why it changed, and what the final result looked like. Every project below follows the same sequence we’ve used since 2015: the technician photographs the failed part before quoting any replacement, and you receive the full photo record when the job is done. What you see here is what our customers take home.
Recent Transformations
Torsion Spring Failure on a 16-Foot Double Door in Old North Longmont
The homeowner heard what sounded like a gunshot from the garage just before 7:00 a.m. The torsion spring had snapped clean at the coil, which is typical for springs in Longmont homes that see around 10,000 cycles. The spring measured 0.250-inch wire diameter with a 2-inch inside diameter. We replaced both springs as a matched pair, not just the broken one, because the second spring was the same age and would have failed within months. The door now lifts evenly on both sides, and the customer left with photos of the broken spring sitting on the workbench before any replacement was quoted.
Full Door Replacement for a Delaminating 1990s Wood Door Near Longmont High School
The original wood door was original to a 1994 build and had started separating at the panel joints, which let cold air pour into the garage every winter. Longmont’s freeze-thaw cycle is rough on wood doors, and this one had visible rot at the bottom two panels. We removed the old door, rails, and hardware and installed a new insulated steel door with R-18 value, which matters when your garage shares a wall with the house. The written scope covered the door, new torsion system, new weather seal, and haul-away of the old door, all priced before work started.
Opener Logic Board Replacement in Northwest Longmont
The homeowner had a LiftMaster opener that would hum for two seconds and stop. The logic board had failed, which is the brain that tells the motor when to run and when to stop. Rather than sell a full opener replacement, we verified the motor and rail were still in good shape and swapped the board for the matching LiftMaster part. The wall console and both remotes reprogrammed on site. Total cost was a fraction of a new opener, and the customer received a photo of the burned trace on the old board before they approved the work.
Bent Track and Cable Repairs on a Single-Car Door in the Kensington Neighborhood
A renter had backed into the door one winter and the track took the damage. The vertical track was bent inward enough that the bottom roller had popped out, and the cable on that side had bird-caged near the lift drum. We straightened what was salvageable, replaced the bent track section, reinstalled the roller, and re-tensioned both cables so the door sits square. This is also a safety note we give every customer: cables under torsion carry enough tension to remove fingers, and re-tensioning is not a weekend project. Call us instead.
Garage Door Off the Rails on an Attached Garage Near Garden Acres
This one came in as an emergency call at 8:00 p.m. The door had come off the horizontal track after a cable snapped, and it was hanging at a 30-degree angle with one corner on the concrete. We got a technician named and dispatched the same hour, and he had the door secured and re-hung that night. The next morning, the same technician returned with the replacement cable set and a new spring, balanced the door, and ran it through five full cycles while the customer watched. Every step was photographed and delivered in the job record.
New Construction Door Installation Off Highway 119
The builder framed the opening, and we handled everything else. A new insulated steel door went in with a LiftMaster belt-drive opener, which is the quietest option for a bedroom above the garage. We set the limit switches for exact open and closed positions, mounted the photo-eye sensors at code height, and tested the auto-reverse with a roll of paper towels on the floor, because that test matters more than the remote working. The owner received the full photo record and a written warranty on the entire installation before we drove off.
Want Results Like These?
Every job above started with the same thing: a phone call to (970) 528-5851. We’ll bring a written price before any work starts, a photo record when it’s done, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise if something isn’t right. Call us, or bring a written estimate from another Longmont company for a free second opinion.
Written by Marcus Deller, Owner at Servo Garage Doors Longmont, serving Longmont since 2015.