Garage Door Cable Repair in Murray, UT | Garage Door USA
from $149
Garage Door Garage Door Cable Repair Murray, UT
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.
We tailor garage door cable repair to Murray's housing and climate. With predominantly single-family homes with attached garages, plus a core of older in-town residences and dry conditions year-round with big seasonal swings — scorching summers, cold winters, and frequent wind-driven dust, the durable choice is rarely the cheapest part — and we'll explain why.
Because Murray has dry conditions year-round with big seasonal swings — scorching summers, cold winters, and frequent wind-driven dust, the doors here age differently than inland or coastal homes elsewhere. The usual culprits are heat-soak that fatigues torsion springs years early, low ambient humidity that dries out factory track lubrication fast, and freeze-thaw on cold winter nights that cracks aging seals — exactly what our techs come prepared for.
We've fixed thousands of doors around Salt Lake County, and the pattern holds in Murray: heat-warped panels on west-facing steel doors, overheated opener motors straining against binding doors, dust-fouled tracks that bind and throw the door off level, and dust-blinded photo-eye safety sensors. None of it should leave you without a working garage for more than a day.
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. Start your garage door cable repair request by phone or online. Pick a 2-hour window; a five-minute confirmation follows with the tech's name and photo.
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On-site diagnosis. On-site, we pinpoint the garage door cable repair fault and show it to you. Diagnosis is free for most repairs and $39 for minor service calls — waived the moment you proceed.
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Flat-rate quote. Before starting, we hand you a written, flat-rate garage door cable repair estimate. What you see is what you pay — no hourly surprises, no commission-driven add-ons.
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Same-visit fix. Nine times in ten — 96%, really — the garage door cable repair is done in one visit. You watch the final test cycle, and we haul off every old part and bit of debris.
How much does garage door cable repair cost in Murray, UT?
What you'll pay for garage door cable repair in Murray, UT: a flat rate starting at $149, confirmed in writing up front. Senior, military, and financing options are all on the table, and the quote is good for a full 30 days. Pricing garage door cable repair cost in Murray, UT? The quote is flat-rate and in writing before any work begins — no hourly creep.
Garage Door Cable Repair the United States starts at from $149, and your garage door cable repair quote in Murray is flat-rate, in writing, and final before any work — no add-ons, no creeping hourly charges. Senior (65+) and military customers get 10% off labor, and Synchrony funds projects above $1,500 at 0% APR for a year with no prepayment penalty.
Why homeowners in Murray, UT choose us for garage door cable repair
The reason garage door cable repair customers in Murray and nearby Midvale, Taylorsville, Holladay, and South Salt Lake stay with us: we show up when we say, quote before we touch a tool, and stand behind the work for ten years. Licensed since 1974. For professional garage door cable repair in Murray, UT, Murray homeowners reach a salaried, background-checked crew, never a call center.
Your garage door cable repair in Murray is covered by a 10-year workmanship guarantee — distinct from any parts warranty the manufacturer provides. If our garage door cable repair fails on us, we fix it free for a decade. Springs built for 30,000 cycles carry a lifetime warranty for the original homeowner, and remaining parts run standard 1–5 year coverage.
The two rules behind every garage door cable repair quote: don't sell work that isn't needed, and show the customer everything. Our salaried techs have no commission incentive, the diagnostic is fully transparent, and we call repair-versus-replace on the long-term math, not the bigger ticket. Your flat-rate garage door cable repair quote is written and good for 30 days.
Areas we serve for garage door cable repair
We provide garage door cable repair throughout Murray, UT and the surrounding Salt Lake County area. Serving White Terrace, Hillside Manor, Brahman Valley and surrounding neighborhoods.
We run garage door cable repair across Salt Lake County end to end — Salt Lake County sits in Utah. Murray sits right in it, alongside Midvale, Taylorsville, Holladay, and South Salt Lake.
From Murray our garage door cable repair extends to Midvale, Taylorsville, Holladay, and South Salt Lake, covering the in-between neighborhoods most one-truck shops skip. We handle garage door cable repair around 84117 and the rest of Murray, UT on one daily route.
Garage Door Cable Repair near you in Murray, UT
"Garage door cable repair near me" should return a real neighbor, not a lead broker. We're local to Murray and the surrounding Salt Lake County area, with same-day availability across White Terrace, Hillside Manor, Brahman Valley and Dalton.
We service ZIP codes 84117, 84123, 84121, 84107, 84157 and everything around them. Because Murray traffic moves garage door cable repair response times around, we quote your ETA live on the call rather than guessing. Our dispatch number connects to an on-call tech with no voicemail in the way. "Local garage door cable repair near me" in Murray 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:
Census data puts 56% of Murray homes at pre-1980 construction (median build year 1978) — old enough that many garages still run their original springs, opener, and seals, all long past rated life.
Our Murray coverage spans White Terrace, Hillside Manor, Brahman Valley and Dalton — including ZIPs 84117, 84123, 84121, 84107, 84157. Not sure we reach your block? Call (213) 221-2882; if you are in Murray, we will get to you.
Most cable jobs run 45–60 minutes including spring tension verification and balance test. Add 15 minutes if drums also need replacement.
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.
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.
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.