Yes. Spring & Cable repairs garage doors in Point Loma, San Diego (ZIP codes 92106, 92107). Loma Portal's 1920s and 1930s Spanish homes often have small garages built for the cars of their day, while Fleetridge and Sunset Cliffs are filled with 1950s and 1960s ranch homes whose garages started with tilt-ups and now often run sectionals. The jobs we get called for most here are cable and drum replacement, spring replacement, wood and custom doors and tune-up and safety inspection. Expect $229 and up for a single torsion spring, with the whole job priced from a photo before we book it.
Garage door repair in Point Loma
Cable and Drum Replacement
Both lift cables replaced as a pair and tensioned evenly so the door sits level
From $159 Learn more →Spring Replacement
Torsion or extension springs sized to your door by wire size, inside diameter, length and wind
From $229 Learn more →Wood and Custom Doors
Large torsion springs lifting doors far heavier than any steel sectional
From $229 Learn more →Tune-Up and Safety Inspection
Hinges, open roller bearings, springs and shaft bearings lubricated; sealed rollers and the tracks left dry
From $99 Learn more →Homes and garage doors in Point Loma
Loma Portal's 1920s and 1930s Spanish homes often have small garages built for the cars of their day, while Fleetridge and Sunset Cliffs are filled with 1950s and 1960s ranch homes whose garages started with tilt-ups and now often run sectionals. La Playa and the ridge have custom homes with wood and carriage-style doors that need careful balancing. Liberty Station's 2000s homes and townhomes have torsion-spring doors under HOA rules. Across the peninsula, salt air rusts springs, cables, bottom brackets and track hardware ahead of schedule, and the lowest parts of the door usually go first.
Getting to you in Point Loma
Rosecrans Street runs from the Midway area past Liberty Station to Shelter Island and La Playa, and Catalina Boulevard follows the ridge toward Point Loma Nazarene University and on to Cabrillo National Monument. For the Sunset Cliffs streets we take I-8 to its western end and follow Sunset Cliffs Boulevard south. Base traffic on Rosecrans decides the drive time, which runs 10 to 15 minutes from downtown on a normal day. A Mission Valley or Pacific Beach job often puts us on the peninsula next.
Landmarks we work near
- Cabrillo National Monument
- Liberty Station
- Sunset Cliffs Natural Park
- Shelter Island
- Point Loma Nazarene University
Point Loma ZIP codes
92106, 92107
Get the Point Loma door lifting again
Text a photo of the door and your street. You get a price back, then a time.
What your Point Loma appointment looks like
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Send a photo of the door
Text or send the form with your Point Loma address and a photo of the door from inside the garage. Salt-air wear on the springs and cables shows in that shot.
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Standard or galvanized, decided up front
From the photo and the distance to the water we tell you whether coated springs and cables are worth it, and quote both ways.
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One visit, parts on the truck
Springs wound and balanced, cables seated, opener limits set. A pair of torsion springs takes 45 minutes to an hour.
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Run it, then pay
You open and close the door yourself before we pack up. Payment is on completion.
Point Loma questions
What fails first on garage doors near the water in Point Loma?
Often the lift cables and bottom brackets. They sit at the bottom of the door, closest to damp air and standing water, and rust there weakens the cable until it frays or snaps and the door hangs crooked. Springs come next, then rollers and hinges. A yearly check with fresh lubrication catches most of it early. If a cable has snapped, do not run the opener.
Do you work on custom wood garage doors in La Playa and Sunset Cliffs?
We work on their hardware. Wood and carriage-style doors are much heavier than steel, so they need springs sized to their real weight, heavier hinges and rollers, and a careful balance. Salt air also attacks the hinges and the fasteners screwed into the wood. We replace springs, cables, rollers and hinges and renew the bottom seal. Repairs to the wood itself are quoted after we measure.
Our Loma Portal garage was built for a 1920s car. Will a modern door and opener fit it?
Usually, with careful measuring. Many 1920s garages have openings narrower or lower than today's common 8 or 9 foot by 7 foot single doors, so a replacement door is ordered to the opening, and that job goes to a licensed contractor. For the opener, we check the headroom and the room beside the door, since a tight ceiling may call for a wall-mount unit. We measure first and tell you plainly what fits.
The FAQ page has more answers, the pricing page has every rate, and the contact page takes a photo of the door.
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One call or text gets you a straight answer and a firm price before the truck rolls. Mon to Sat 7am to 7pm.