FAQ's

Every year about this time we see a sharp increase in the number of drive gear and sprocket failures in garage door openers. We have customers asking "Can I get just the large plastic gear by itself?" Most of these customers have seen "cheap" aftermarket gears on the internet. Many of these gears are made in Venezuela or other aftermarket sources and include just the large gear and not the drive gear on the motor shaft. These will work for awhile but if put any value on your time you should always change both gears at the same time and be sure to lubricate them well.

Garage Door Co Repair Pros is starting to receive price increase notices from its suppliers.

Wayne-Dalton has announced a 4.5% increase on residential and commercial sectional garage doors effective on orders placed 01/27/2014 and later.  The lase price increase was 05/02/2012. This came as a memo dated 09/27/2013 from C. Preston Bowen.

For years we have had residential customers request “the cheapest door you’ve got”. The next comment is usually something like -”I am selling the house” or “It only has to last a few years” or “Why would I need insulation - my garage is not heated”.In most cases they are looking for a 1 layer not insulated garage door for a detached, unheated alley or side drive garage. We have seen builders install these same cheap garage doors on an attached garage with living area above the garage door just to cut their costs.

Garage Door Co Repair Pros will be providing emergency service only on 05/27/2013 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. We  encourage everyone to take a moment to remember and reflect on our founding fathers, friends, family, our military personnel and the meaning on the holiday. In these tough times for many it is good to remember our freedoms, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

Garage Door Co Repair Pros will resume regular service at 0700 CDT on Tuesday 05/28/2013.  Our service area is N/NW Chicago and suburbs

Garage Door Co Repair Pros has received an official announcement from Liftmaster (by Chamberlain) that the model 3280 1/2hp belt drive garage door opener has been discontinued. Rumors of this have been circulating for awhile but as seen below it is not official. In a move towards expanding the MyQ product line Liftmaster has replaced the model 3280 with the model 8355 which is a 1/2 hp belt drive with MyQ. The model 3280 was our most popular model since it was quieter than the chain drive (ie model 3255 or 3265) and was priced competitively.

In an effort to support newer mobile devices and improve the user experience we have updated our website www.gdcorp.com to HTML5 / CSS3 with WCAG 2.0 standards. We have validated our pages against the latest standards as HTML5 is still evolving. Many of our detail pages were previously reformatted for mobile phones.

This week many of are customers in the Chicago area are on spring break. If you are going to be out of town and NOT using your garage door you may consider unplugging the motor unit from the outlet on the ceiling in the garage. This will prevent anyone from using the garage door in your absence. You can also use the mechanical slide lock on the inside of your garage door (if equipped) to act as a deadbolt lock. Be sure that you disconnect the power before using the manual lock to prevent damage to the door or garage door opener upon your return if you forget that you locked the door.

In observance of the New Years holiday we are providing emergency garage door service in the N/NW Chicago and suburbs only from 4pm CST Monday 12/31/2012 only until Wednesday 01/02/2013 at 7am CST. You may still visit our website at www.gdcorp.com for faq’s, instructions or to schedule service

We suggest calling or send your service email request now if you would like service on Wednesday. Calls are routed with a preference to the date and time of the original request.

In observance of the Christmas holiday we are providing emergency garage door service in the N/NW Chicago and suburbs only from 2pm CST Monday 12/24/2012 only until Wednesday 12/26/2012 at 7am CST. You may still visit our website at www.gdcorp.com for faq’s, instructions or to schedule service

We suggest calling or send your service email request now if you would like service on Wednesday. Calls are routed with a preference to the date and time of the original request.