Garage Door Specialists in Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Garage Door Openers

Modern garages do a lot more than just shelter your vehicle. They can be used as an extra home entrance, storage area, or recreational area, among other customized functions. Unfortunately, garage doors are also a frequent entry point for home intruders. Today's garage door manufacturers have met the increasing needs of homeowners and their garages by providing doors with greater safety and security standards, as well as improved insulating and aesthetic properties. Recently, HomeAdvisor has helped homeowners from Tempe to Scottsdale, Mesa to Glendale, and from Gilbert to Chandler find the best local contractors to take care of all their garage door and garage door opener needs.

Garage Door Openers
Screw, chain, and belt-driven comprise the three main types of garage door openers. Phoenix homeowners will find that automatic garage door openers are available for a very modest investment, but should be aware that higher-end garage door openers will have greater load-bearing capacity, and will operate with minimal noise. Depending on the weight of your garage door, and which rooms abut your garage, you may or may not need these qualities. On the other hand, you need to find a reputable manufacturer to ensure that you are receiving a reliable unit. A Phoenix garage door opener installation professional should be able to make a good recommendation about which manufacturer would be best for your home.

Automatic garage door openers provide the kind of convenience that you undoubtedly covet from your garage door. Particularly for homeowners who tend to use their garage for home entry, these devices can be an invaluable part of your home. Be sure you know about the safety features and safety gaps in whichever model you choose. Remote-controlled automatic openers, for example, should use rolling frequencies to minimize the risk of home intruders gaining access to your home.

Space-Age Openers
When shopping for keyless garage doors, Phoenix homeowners will find that the market has expanded a lot during the past couple of decades. While you can easily find the old, one-button garage door openers, Phoenix's tech savvy residents might be interested to know that the same technologies available for opening your car can be found for your garage, too. Fingerprint identification, voice activation, and other interesting options are on the market for your garage, making the biggest entrance to your property more secure and, perhaps more importantly, more fun.

There are certainly practical applications for high-end keyless garage doors. Phoenix homeowners who opt for top-of-the-line systems can actually have their garage doors controlled by computer, allowing you to open the door from work to let in a maid, nanny, or other visitor without sacrificing home security. While not every homeowner will want the most technologically advanced garage door opening system available, gadget and computer lovers will have a blast seeing just what some of these devices are capable of.

Repair
Even if you didn't opt to install a high-technology garage door opener, Phoenix homeowners should be aware that fixing any garage door or door opener is a more specialized task than you might imagine. When attempting DIY garage door or door opener repair, homeowners often get in over their heads and can quickly make the situation worse. Frequently, the problem isn't with the opener, but with the garage door and its hardware. Spring-loaded garage doors can be extremely dangerous when disassembled. In general, any repairs that require disassembling the door or its hardware should be left to the professionals, unless you have specific expertise with garage doors. The average cost of repair is only about $200.

Cost of Materials & Installation
In general, garage door openers are not particularly expensive to install, although the number of options can also yield widely varying cost estimates. The average Phoenix garage door opener costs about $350 to install, echoing the national average. A simple garage door opener can cost as little $100; for high tech, cutting edge garage door openers, Phoenix homeowners can end up paying $500 or more.