Garage Door Cable Repair in Kirby, TX | Garage Door USA
from $149
Garage Door Garage Door Cable Repair Kirby, TX
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.
Homeowners across Salado Junction, Skyline Park and Eastwood Village call us for garage door cable repair because we know Kirby. The common drivers locally are degraded weatherstripping from UV and moisture, moisture-tripped openers and sensors after storms, swollen, sticking wood doors in summer humidity, and mildew and rust on shaded, north-facing doors — and we fix the cause, not just the symptom.
What wears out a Kirby door isn't just use — it's the weather. A humid subtropical climate — long, hot, muggy summers, mild winters, heavy thunderstorms, and high year-round humidity drives summer heat and moisture that swell wood doors and seize rollers, high year-round humidity that rusts springs, cables, and fasteners, and morning condensation that collects on cold metal hardware, and we plan for all of it.
Garage doors in Kirby tend to fail in predictable ways — degraded weatherstripping from UV and moisture, moisture-tripped openers and sensors after storms, swollen, sticking wood doors in summer humidity, and mildew and rust on shaded, north-facing doors. Catching them early during a tune-up usually costs a fraction of an emergency call.
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. Request garage door cable repair in Kirby and choose a 2-hour arrival window. A confirmation with your technician's name and photo lands in under five minutes.
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On-site diagnosis. Before any garage door cable repair work, we walk you through the on-site diagnosis — free for most repairs, $39 on minor service calls and credited back if you go ahead.
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Flat-rate quote. The garage door cable repair quote is flat-rate, written, and locked before work starts. Salaried techs mean no upsell pressure and no hourly creep on the invoice.
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Same-visit fix. Garage door cable repair in Kirby is typically one-and-done, backed by a 96% first-call fix rate. We test the door with you and clean up fully before we leave.
How much does garage door cable repair cost in Kirby, TX?
Garage Door Cable Repair in Kirby starts at $149, quoted as a flat rate in writing before any work begins — no hourly creep and no surprise add-ons. The estimate is good for 30 days, so you can compare it on your own timeline. Affordable garage door cable repair in Kirby, TX doesn't mean cut corners: it's a fair, fixed price, with seniors and military saving 10%.
Garage Door Cable Repair the United States starts at from $149, your written garage door cable repair quote is flat-rate and fixed before any work — no add-ons creep in, no hourly meter runs. Seniors (65+) and military earn 10% off labor, and Synchrony covers anything over $1,500 at 0% APR for the first year, fast approval, no prepayment penalty.
Why homeowners in Kirby, TX choose us for garage door cable repair
Kirby chooses us for garage door cable repair because we treat Bexar County like home turf. Trucks stocked for local failure modes, written flat-rate quotes good for 30 days, and a 10-year guarantee on everything we install or repair. We're the garage door cable repair company Kirby calls first — CSLB-licensed, insured, and based right here in Bexar County.
We stand behind garage door cable repair with a 10-year workmanship guarantee, kept separate from the part makers' own warranties. If the garage door cable repair we did ever fails because of our work, we return and make it right for free across that whole decade. High-cycle 30,000 springs are lifetime-warrantied for the original homeowner; parts and accessories carry 1–5 years.
In Kirby, garage door cable repair comes with honest scope by default — no unnecessary up-sell, salaried (not commissioned) crews, and a diagnostic you watch start to finish, including the parts that are fine. If repair beats replacement we say so, and vice-versa; the flat-rate garage door cable repair quote is written and holds for 30 days.
Areas we serve for garage door cable repair
We provide garage door cable repair throughout Kirby, TX and the surrounding Bexar County area. Serving Salado Junction, Skyline Park, Eastwood Village and surrounding neighborhoods.
Our garage door cable repair routing keeps dispatch short across Bexar County — Kirby is one of the communities of Bexar County, Texas. Kirby and Windcrest, Terrell Hills, Alamo Heights, and China Grove are all on the daily loop.
Our Bexar County garage door cable repair footprint puts Kirby at the center and Windcrest, Terrell Hills, Alamo Heights, and China Grove within easy reach — one number, any day of the week. Local garage door cable repair in Kirby, TX and ZIP 78219 — same crew, same flat rate, no travel surcharge for the edges of town.
Garage Door Cable Repair near you in Kirby, TX
Kirby 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 Kirby out through Windcrest, Terrell Hills, Alamo Heights, and China Grove.
Kirby is part of our greater San Antonio, TX metro service area.
We cover ZIP codes 78219 and the surrounding area. Reach times for garage door cable repair in Kirby vary by traffic and time of day; we'll quote an accurate ETA when you call. Our dispatch line routes straight to an on-call technician — no voicemail between you and the person solving the problem. Searching "garage door cable repair near me" in Kirby? You've found a genuinely local Bexar County crew, not a lead broker.
Frequently asked about garage door cable repair
Top questions homeowners searching for Garage Door Cable Repair near me ask us:
About 63% of Kirby's housing predates 1980, with a median build year of 1977; 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 Kirby: with humid subtropical climate — long and summer heat and moisture that swell wood doors and seize rollers, high year-round humidity that rusts springs, cables, and fasteners, and morning condensation that collects on cold metal hardware, the common failure modes are degraded weatherstripping from UV and moisture, moisture-tripped openers and sensors after storms, swollen, sticking wood doors in summer humidity, and mildew and rust on shaded, north-facing doors. Our Kirby trucks stock the parts those conditions wear out first, so most jobs are a single visit.
5 years on cables and drums. 10-year workmanship on the install. Galvanized cables in coastal homes typically last well beyond it.
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.
Most cable jobs run 45–60 minutes including spring tension verification and balance test. Add 15 minutes if drums also need replacement.
Cables on a balanced door wear at the same rate. The second cable is days to weeks behind the first. Replacing both at once is faster, cheaper than two visits, and properly re-balances the door.