Rust has crept along the bottom edge of the lowest section. What began as bubbling paint is now a soft, flaking strip, the seal retainer is working loose, and a screwdriver pressed against the worst spot goes through the steel.
Expect two visits. On the first, the technician makes the door safe to use or safe to leave closed, identifies the manufacturer and model, measures the section, photographs the damage and its neighbours, and checks the hinges, rollers, tracks, cables and springs for anything the impact disturbed. The replacement section is then ordered to that specification, since sections are made to order for each model rather than kept on a shelf. On the second visit the section is installed, the hardware is refitted, the springs are re-tensioned if needed, and the door and opener are tested through full cycles before the technician leaves.
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Scene 1
Where a dent sits matters as much as its size. A shallow dish in the middle of the skin is one thing; a crease that runs to the joint, a fold at an end stile, or a bend through a hinge point is another, because those areas carry the door's load as it moves. The technician records the depth of the damage, whether the inner skin or backer is affected, whether a strut has kinked and whether the section still lies flat when the door is closed. That map decides between working the dent out, replacing the single section, or looking harder at the rest of the door.
Scene 2
With the door secured and, where relevant, the springs unloaded, the hinges joining the damaged section to its neighbours are unbolted and the rollers slid out of the tracks. A section is wider than the opening between the tracks, so it comes out by tilting one end inward and walking it clear, occasionally after loosening a track bracket to gain a few millimetres. Two people handle a wide or insulated section because of its weight and its sharp edges. Once it is out, the technician checks the exposed edges of the sections above and below for damage that was hidden while the door was assembled.
Scene 3
Most section damage comes from a handful of everyday moments, and small changes head them off. Wait until the door is fully open before pulling in or out; the sensor and lights on many openers make that easy to judge. Give the door a metre of clearance when parking a trailer or leaning bikes. If the driveway is the rink, a practice net or a sheet of plywood on the inside face of the lower sections takes the pucks instead of the steel. And if the door is ever struck, stop using it and have it looked at, because the visible dent is not always the whole story.
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Sometimes. A shallow dent in the middle of a steel skin, away from joints and hinge points, can often be eased out or filled, sanded and painted. Damage that creases the metal, reaches a joint or an end stile, bends a hinge point, or kinks a strut affects how the section carries load as the door moves, and a new section is the sound repair there. The technician tells you which category your dent falls into.
Sections are made to order for a specific model, size, position and colour rather than kept in stock, so there is a lead time from the manufacturer. It varies with the maker, the colour and the season, and the technician confirms the expected timing when the order is placed. In the meantime the door is left in a safe state, either in normal use or braced and closed, depending on the damage.
Enough to bring the new section in, lay it flat, and work at both tracks and the spring shaft. Moving vehicles out of the garage and clearing a metre or two along the walls where the tracks run makes the job smoother, as does clear access to the opener and the ceiling around the spring. Sections are handled by two people and are wider than the door opening, so a clear path from the driveway helps.
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Rust has crept along the bottom edge of the lowest section.
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