Garage Door Cable Repair in Mobile, AL | Garage Door USA
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Garage Door Garage Door Cable Repair Mobile, AL
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.
Garage Door Cable Repair is one part of our garage door repair coverage in Mobile, AL. For the full picture — symptoms, costs, and when to repair vs. replace — start with the complete Garage Door Repair guide, or browse every garage door repair service we offer.
For garage door cable repair in Mobile, AL, the right approach depends on the environment. Local conditions bring salt-tinged coastal air that accelerates rust near the shore, mildew and moisture on shaded, north-facing doors, and frequent thunderstorms that drive rain into tracks and seals, which we account for on every Mobile job.
Mobile's weather writes the maintenance schedule. With a warm, humid climate of sultry summers, abundant rainfall, and damp conditions that work hard on metal hardware, doors here face salt-tinged coastal air that accelerates rust near the shore, mildew and moisture on shaded, north-facing doors, and frequent thunderstorms that drive rain into tracks and seals — and we stock the parts that stand up to it.
Across Mobile County, the garage door problems we see again and again are degraded weatherstripping from UV and moisture, rusted bottom brackets on damp slabs, rusted track hardware and seized rollers, and mildew and rust on shaded, north-facing doors. If that sounds like your door, there's a good chance we can fix it today.
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. Line up garage door cable repair for Mobile on a 2-hour window. We answer fast and send a confirmation — tech name, tech photo — inside five minutes.
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On-site diagnosis. Step two is an honest garage door cable repair diagnosis at your home — free for most repairs, $39 on minor calls (refunded if you proceed) — so you approve the fix with eyes open.
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Flat-rate quote. You get a flat-rate garage door cable repair quote in writing before any work begins — no hourly creep, no upsell pressure, because our techs are salaried, not commissioned.
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Same-visit fix. We complete the garage door cable repair in one trip 96% of the time. Before we go, we cycle the door with you to confirm the fix and clear away every part and scrap.
How much does garage door cable repair cost in Mobile, AL?
Our Mobile garage door cable repair pricing starts at $149 and is always flat-rate — quoted before we start, with no hourly surprises. You see exactly what's covered, in writing, before approving anything. Affordable garage door cable repair in Mobile, AL 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, every garage door cable repair estimate is flat-rate and handed to you in writing up front, so there are no surprise line items or hourly surprises. Seniors (65+) and military take 10% off labor, and 0% APR Synchrony financing is available on work over $1,500 for 12 months — fast approval, no prepayment penalty.
Why homeowners in Mobile, AL choose us for garage door cable repair
For garage door cable repair in Mobile, locals choose the team that's been family-run since 1974 and actually services Mobile County every day — not a lead-gen middleman. Flat-rate pricing, 10-year workmanship guarantee, no upsell pressure. We're the garage door cable repair company Mobile calls first — CSLB-licensed, insured, and based right here in Mobile County.
We guarantee garage door cable repair workmanship for 10 years, held separate from whatever warranty the manufacturer puts on the parts. If our garage door cable repair fails on the install, we come back and correct it free for a decade. Springs rated for 30,000 cycles carry a lifetime warranty for the original homeowner; everything else is covered 1–5 years by item.
With garage door cable repair, we quote what you actually need and nothing more. Salaried (never commissioned) techs mean no pressure to oversell, and the diagnostic walks you through exactly what we see — the failing parts and the healthy ones. Repair when repair makes sense, replace only when the economics favor it, and the written flat-rate garage door cable repair quote holds for 30 days.
Areas we serve for garage door cable repair
We provide garage door cable repair throughout Mobile, AL and the surrounding Mobile County area. Serving Brookwood, Bridlewood, Belvedere and surrounding neighborhoods.
Need more than garage door cable repair? Our Mobile, AL garage door company page is the local hub for every repair, install, and opener job we handle across Mobile — start there for the full service lineup.
A note on the area for garage door cable repair: Mobile is one of the communities of Mobile County, Alabama. Our Mobile crews work that whole footprint daily, out to Prichard, Chickasaw, Tillmans Corner, and Theodore.
Mobile sits close to Prichard, Chickasaw, Tillmans Corner, and Theodore, and we treat the whole cluster as one garage door cable repair area — the same licensed crew from any of them. Need garage door cable repair near 36652? It's on the daily Mobile County loop, dispatched to the closest stocked truck.
Garage Door Cable Repair near you in Mobile, AL
Type garage door cable repair near me from anywhere in Mobile and you should get a local crew. We serve Brookwood, Bridlewood, Belvedere and Eau Claire Estates and the towns around it — Prichard, Chickasaw, Tillmans Corner, and Theodore — to one standard, with no travel surcharge for being a few minutes out.
ZIP codes 36652, 36606, 36607, 36604, 36605, 36602 and their surroundings are covered for garage door cable repair. Travel time for garage door cable repair tracks Mobile traffic and time of day, so the accurate ETA comes when you phone in. Calls route directly to an on-call technician — no phone tree, no voicemail. "Local garage door cable repair near me" in Mobile should mean a tech who already works your street — with us it does.
Frequently asked about garage door cable repair
Top questions homeowners searching for Garage Door Cable Repair near me ask us:
Mobile is one of the communities of Mobile County, Alabama. We treat all of it as one service area — Mobile and neighbors like Prichard, Chickasaw, Tillmans Corner, and Theodore — with trucks staged to keep dispatch times short and the same flat-rate pricing in every community.
About 65% of Mobile's housing predates 1980, with a median build year of 1973; on doors that age, worn springs, tired openers, and brittle weather seals are the norm rather than the exception.
No — running the opener with a failed cable bends tracks and risks the door coming off the rail entirely. Disconnect the opener and avoid using the door until repair.
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.
5 years on cables and drums. 10-year workmanship on the install. Galvanized cables in coastal homes typically last well beyond it.