We repair the common opener brands in San Diego County: LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Craftsman, Genie and Overhead Door. We also fix Clopay, Amarr and Wayne Dalton steel doors, one-piece tilt-ups, custom wood doors and less common makers. Springs, cables, rollers and hinges are sized to the door, not the brand. Opener parts, sensors and remotes are brand-specific, so a photo of the label helps.
What we see on these
- LiftMaster, Chamberlain and Craftsman openers with a stripped drive gear, a worn trolley or a dead logic board
- Genie screw-drive openers that groan: dried grease on older units, a worn carriage or screw on newer ones
- Clopay, Amarr and Wayne Dalton steel sectional doors with a broken torsion spring or a frayed lift cable
- One-piece tilt-up doors from the 1950s to 1970s still swinging on their original pivot hardware
- Remotes and keypads that will not pair because they belong to a different code generation than the opener
Opener brands we repair
Three of the five come from one company. LiftMaster and Chamberlain are both made by the Chamberlain Group: LiftMaster is the line professional installers fit, Chamberlain is the line sold at retail. Craftsman openers were made by Chamberlain for Sears, so Chamberlain parts and remotes usually fit them. LiftMaster wall-mount openers have a page of their own.
The other two are sister brands. Genie belongs to Overhead Door Corporation, builds screw, chain and belt drive openers and uses Intellicode rolling-code remotes. Overhead Door makes both garage doors and openers, and its openers take Genie-type remotes.
Whatever the badge, the faults repeat: a stripped drive gear, a worn trolley or carriage, a failed logic board, sensors out of line, or a remote that will not pair. Start with opener repair.
Door brands and door types we repair
Clopay, Amarr and Wayne Dalton are the common steel sectional door makers in San Diego garages. Springs, cables, rollers and hinges on their doors are standard parts, with one exception: the Wayne Dalton TorqueMaster system hides the springs inside the tube and needs its own parts and winding procedure.
One-piece tilt-up doors are the wood or hardboard doors of the 1950s to 1970s that swing out as a single panel on pivot hardware and extension springs. They are still common in older San Diego tracts, and parts are available for most of them.
Wood and custom carriage-style doors weigh more than steel, so their springs are sized to the actual weight of the door. Repairs on them are quoted after a photo or a visit.
Need a repair on your door or opener today?
Call or text with your address, single or double door, and what the door is doing. The price is firm before the truck leaves the yard.
Other makers we work on
We also service doors and openers from makers without a page of their own here, matching parts to the opener's model label or the door's measurements.
Openers
- Linear: repairs, sensors and remotes.
- Marantec: diagnosis and opener repair, parts ordered by model.
- Stanley: repair where parts exist, replacement where they do not.
- Allstar and Allister: remotes, sensors and repairs on older units.
- Moore-O-Matic: an honest repair-or-replace call on an old unit.
- Wayne Dalton openers: repairs and remotes, covered with the older openers.
Doors
- Martin: spring replacement, cables and rollers.
- Raynor: cables and drums, springs and hinges.
- CHI: rollers and hinges, springs and seals.
- Windsor: springs, rollers and bottom seals.
- Northwest Door: springs, hardware and off-track repair.
- First United Door: springs, cables and matched sections.
- Carriage House: heavy-door springs and hardware, as on wood and custom doors.
How to tell which brand you have
On an opener, the brand and model number are usually on the light lens or a label on the back of the motor head, and a phone photo of that label tells us more than anything else. Our opener identification guide covers learn button colors, remote clues and drive types.
On a steel sectional door, look for the maker's sticker on the inside end stile, the vertical edge of a section next to the track. Then look up from the floor: springs on a shaft above the opening are torsion springs, springs beside the horizontal tracks are extension springs, and a plain tube with no springs in sight is likely a Wayne Dalton TorqueMaster.
Look, do not touch. Springs, cables and bottom brackets hold enough tension to injure you. Never loosen, adjust or unbolt them.
Parts we carry and what is brand-specific
Most door hardware is matched to the door, not the name on the sticker. A torsion spring is chosen by wire size, inside diameter and length to suit the weight and height of your door. Cables and cable drums follow the door height. Rollers, hinges and bottom brackets come in standard sizes that fit most residential steel doors.
- Door parts that are usually generic: torsion and extension springs, lift cables, drums, rollers, hinges, center bearing plates.
- Door parts that are brand-specific: TorqueMaster parts, a bottom seal that fits your retainer, and sections, which are measured and quoted.
- Opener parts that are brand-specific: drive gears, trolleys and carriages, logic boards, sensors and remotes.
We stock the common springs, cables, rollers, hinges and seals, plus gear kits, trolleys, sensors and remotes for both opener families. Logic boards are ordered once we read the model number.
Brands across San Diego
The age of the house usually tells us what is in the garage before we see it. The 1950s and 1960s tracts in La Mesa are where we still find one-piece tilt-ups. The 1970s homes in Santee often have steel sectionals on extension springs. Tracts from the 1990s on, such as Carmel Valley, are mostly torsion springs with a belt or chain opener.
Near the coast, in Point Loma, Pacific Beach and Oceanside, salt air rusts springs, cables and opener rails faster, whatever the brand.
We are an independent repair company, not affiliated with any garage door or opener manufacturer. Brand names on this site describe the equipment we work on, nothing more.
Brands We Repair: common questions
Do you work on garage door brands not listed here?
Usually, yes. Besides the brands with their own pages, we service Linear, Marantec, Stanley, Allstar and Wayne Dalton openers and doors from Martin, Raynor, CHI, Windsor and other makers. Door hardware is sized to the door, so the maker rarely matters for springs, cables and rollers. For an opener, send a photo of the model label so we can check parts before we drive out.
Do you repair all garage door and opener brands?
We repair the residential brands found in San Diego garages: LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Craftsman, Genie and Overhead Door openers, Clopay, Amarr and Wayne Dalton steel doors, one-piece tilt-ups and custom wood doors. Door hardware is sized to the door rather than the brand. Opener parts and remotes are brand-specific, so a photo of the label helps us bring the right part the first time.
Are LiftMaster, Chamberlain and Craftsman the same?
They come from the same family. LiftMaster and Chamberlain are both made by the Chamberlain Group, LiftMaster for professional installers and Chamberlain for retail. Craftsman openers were made by Chamberlain for Sears. Many parts and remotes cross over between the three, but the fit still depends on the model and the code generation: units built from 2025 use Security+ 3.0 and take only 3.0 remotes.
Do garage door springs have to match the door brand?
No. Torsion and extension springs are matched to the weight and height of your door, not the name on the sticker. A replacement spring is sized by wire size, inside diameter and length so the door balances. The exception is the Wayne Dalton TorqueMaster system, which hides the springs inside the tube and takes its own parts and winding procedure.
Are some garage door opener brands easier to repair than others?
Mostly it comes down to parts. LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Craftsman and Genie openers are common enough that gear kits, trolleys, carriages, sensors and remotes are easy to get, so most of those repairs can be done on the first visit. Logic boards are ordered by model. Openers from makers that have left the market, or units old enough to use fixed-code remotes, are harder to source and often better replaced.
The FAQ page has more answers. Not sure which part failed? Send a photo and we will name it.
Where we work on these
We cover all of San Diego County, same day in most cases. Some of the places we work:
Related guides
- How to Identify Your Garage Door Opener Brand and Model: Find your garage door opener's brand, model and remote type: where the label is, what the learn button color means, Genie tells and drive types.
- Repair or Replace Your Garage Door Opener?: When a garage door opener is worth repairing and when to replace it: drive gear, logic board, rolling code, California battery backup law and drive types.
- Torsion vs Extension Garage Door Springs: What's the Difference?: How torsion and extension garage door springs work, how to tell which you have, pros and cons, safety cables, conversion and what each means for repair.
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