Garage door repair in Franklin, Tennessee

What is your door doing?

Each page says what is probably wrong, what you can safely check and what to leave alone.

• It will not openSilence, a hum, a click or a motor that spins each point to a different fault.
• It will not close, or comes back upUsually a sensor you can check yourself.
• My car is stuck insideWhen you can lift the door by hand, and when you must not.
• I heard a loud bangProbably a snapped spring. Stay out from under the door.
• It hangs crookedA cable or roller has let go. Stop using it.
• I want a new doorSizing, materials and what the job involves.

Before you touch anything

If you heard a bang, or the door suddenly feels very heavy, treat it as a broken spring. Keep everyone out from under the door, stop using the opener and leave the springs and cables alone. They hold the door's weight under high tension and can badly hurt you.

If someone is trapped or hurt, call 911 first.

What happens when you call

1. Your call is connected

   It goes through a call-routing service and may be recorded.

2. You describe the door

   Say what you saw or heard, roughly how old the door is and whether a car is stuck inside.

3. The contractor takes it from there

   That business asks its own questions and explains its terms and cost. This site does not book the job or set the price.

Who answers the phone

Franklin Garage Repair is a referral site with no trucks or technicians of its own. The contractor you reach is an independent business, and it can differ from one call to the next. Ask for its name, then check it using the guide to hiring in Tennessee.

Changing the door on a house in the historic district

Inside Franklin's historic preservation overlay, the city requires a certificate of appropriateness for exterior work covered by its design guidelines. Speak to the Department of Planning and Sustainability before you order a door. The rule is in section 20.11 of the zoning ordinance.

Outside Franklin

The same number works from Brentwood and Spring Hill, Tennessee. See every town and ZIP code.

Common questions