Garage Door Cable Repair in Hollywood, FL | Garage Door USA
from $149
Garage Door Garage Door Cable Repair Hollywood, 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.
Garage Door Garage Door Cable Repair Hollywood, FL
For garage door cable repair around Hollywood, the details that matter are local: mildew and corrosion on shaded, low hardware, damp morning air that seizes rollers and hinges, and constant humidity that swells wood doors and rusts steel hardware. Our crews stock corrosion-resistant parts built for exactly those conditions.
The environment around Hollywood is unforgiving on hardware. Year-round heat and humidity, frequent tropical downpours, and salt-tinged moisture that never lets metal fully dry means mildew and corrosion on shaded, low hardware, damp morning air that seizes rollers and hinges, and constant humidity that swells wood doors and rusts steel hardware, so we build every quote around durability.
There's a familiar rhythm to Hollywood breakdowns — storm-driven water and debris in the tracks, degraded weatherstripping from constant UV and salt, salt-pitted spring coils that fail early near the coast, and moisture-tripped openers and sensors. We've fixed each a thousand times across Broward County.
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. Book your garage door cable repair in Hollywood online or by phone and pick a 2-hour window. We confirm in under 5 minutes with the assigned tech's name and photo.
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On-site diagnosis. The garage door cable repair diagnosis happens at your door: free for most repairs, a $39 fee on minor service calls that's waived the moment you approve the work. Nothing begins until you've seen it.
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Flat-rate quote. Your garage door cable repair in Hollywood is quoted flat-rate and in writing up front. There's no hourly creep and no pressure: our technicians are salaried, never commissioned.
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Same-visit fix. Same-visit completion is the norm for garage door cable repair: 96% of calls are fixed first time. We run the door with you to verify, then tidy up everything we touched.
How much does garage door cable repair cost in Hollywood, FL?
The cost of garage door cable repair in Hollywood starts at $149, locked in as a flat written rate before work begins. No commissioned up-sell, no hourly creep — and 10% off labor for seniors and military. We keep garage door cable repair affordable across Hollywood, FL — one flat number quoted up front, the same one you pay at the end.
Garage Door Cable Repair the United States starts at from $149, with Hollywood garage door cable repair priced flat-rate and written out before work starts — what you approve is what you pay, with no add-ons. Seniors (65+) and military save 10% on labor, and Synchrony financing runs 0% APR for 12 months on jobs over $1,500, no prepayment penalty.
Why homeowners in Hollywood, FL choose us for garage door cable repair
Across West Hollywood and the surrounding Hollywood area, Hollywood residents trust our garage door cable repair because the quote is flat-rate and written, the techs are salaried (never commissioned), and the work is guaranteed for a decade. We've served Broward County since 1974. Looking for a garage door cable repair company in Hollywood, FL? That's exactly what we are — local, licensed, and accountable to Broward County.
Every garage door cable repair is guaranteed: a 10-year workmanship warranty, held separate from the manufacturer's coverage on the parts. Should our garage door cable repair fail because of the install, we return and correct it at no charge for ten full years. 30,000-cycle springs are warrantied for the life of the original homeowner; other parts and accessories carry standard 1–5 year terms.
We keep garage door cable repair honest two ways — honest sizing and honest scope. There's no up-sell because the techs are salaried, not commissioned, and the diagnostic shows you precisely what we see, parts in good shape included. Repair or replace, we recommend whichever wins long-term, and the garage door cable repair quote is flat-rate, written, and valid 30 days.
Areas we serve for garage door cable repair
We provide garage door cable repair throughout Hollywood, FL and the surrounding Broward County area. Serving West Hollywood and surrounding neighborhoods.
For garage door cable repair we treat all of Broward County as home turf. Broward County is part of Florida, and we cover it end to end, including Dania Beach, Pembroke Park, Hallandale Beach, and West Park.
Hollywood sits close to Dania Beach, Pembroke Park, Hallandale Beach, and West Park, and we treat the whole cluster as one garage door cable repair area — the same licensed crew from any of them. Need garage door cable repair near 33024? It's on the daily Broward County loop, dispatched to the closest stocked truck.
Garage Door Cable Repair near you in Hollywood, FL
Hollywood searches for garage door cable repair near me land on us because we're built local: salaried techs who know the area, flat-rate quotes, and coverage that runs continuously from Hollywood out through Dania Beach, Pembroke Park, Hallandale Beach, and West Park.
We handle garage door cable repair across ZIP codes 33024, 33021, 33023, 33022, 33020, 33004 and beyond. Expect your garage door cable repair ETA to depend on Hollywood traffic; we'll pin it down accurately the minute you call. One number reaches an on-call technician directly — there's no voicemail standing between you and a fix. "Local garage door cable repair near me" in Hollywood should mean a tech who already works your street — with us it does.
Frequently asked about garage door cable repair
Top questions homeowners searching for Garage Door Cable Repair near me ask us:
About 74% of Hollywood's housing predates 1980, with a median build year of 1969; on doors that age, worn springs, tired openers, and brittle weather seals are the norm rather than the exception.
Local weather drives most of the repairs we run in Hollywood: with year-round heat and humidity and mildew and corrosion on shaded, low hardware, damp morning air that seizes rollers and hinges, and constant humidity that swells wood doors and rusts steel hardware, the common failure modes are storm-driven water and debris in the tracks, degraded weatherstripping from constant UV and salt, salt-pitted spring coils that fail early near the coast, and moisture-tripped openers and sensors. Our Hollywood trucks stock the parts those conditions wear out first, so most jobs are a single visit.
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.
No — running the opener with a failed cable bends tracks and risks the door coming off the rail entirely. Disconnect the opener and avoid using the door until repair.
5 years on cables and drums. 10-year workmanship on the install. Galvanized cables in coastal homes typically last well beyond it.