Harris County
Garage door repair in West University Place, TX
Garage door and opener repair in West University Place, outside the Texas windstorm area, where half the homes were built before 1991. What broke, what to check, and a number to schedule a visit.
Call (888) 217-5954 to schedule a visitCalls may be recorded. Describing the problem commits you to nothing.
- Place
- West University Place
- County
- Harris
- Windstorm area
- No
- Half of homes built
- before 1991
- Days at or below 32°F, nearest NOAA station
- 5 a year
What is different about West University Place
Windstorm area: no
West University Place is outside the Texas Department of Insurance's designated catastrophe area, so a replacement door here does not need the windstorm certificate a TWIA policy requires. If the door carries a wind-load label, it gives the rating in pounds per square foot, not miles per hour.
Source: Texas Department of Insurance, what you need to know about windstorm inspections; TWIA, coverage eligibility
Half built before 1991
Half the housing in West University Place was built before 1991. An opener installed with a house that age, and never replaced, predates the federal rule: openers made for sale after January 1, 1991 had to reverse on contact, and a second, external protection, usually photo-eye sensors near the floor, was required from 1993. No sensors near the floor is the sign to look for.
Opener repair and the reverse test
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; CPSC Publication 523, non-reversing automatic garage door openers
Harris County
West University Place is in Harris County. FEMA's National Risk Index rates hurricane risk very high in Harris County.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; FEMA National Risk Index
Freezes: 5 days a year
On average there are 5 days a year with a low at or below 32°F at the NOAA climate normals station nearest West University Place, about 9 miles away. When a freeze does come, a door held by ice along its bottom edge is worth checking before the opener is blamed.
What broke?
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Windstorm inspectionGalveston, Brazoria, Chambers and parts of five Harris cities: the certificate TWIA asks for. -
Broken springA bang from the garage, then a door that rises a few inches and stops. -
Crooked or off trackOne side hangs lower, a cable dangles, or rollers have left the track. -
Won't openNo sound at all, a hum, or a door that lifts a little and stops. -
Won't closeStarts down and goes back up, or closes only while the button is held. -
Opener repairHums and does nothing, fails the reverse test, or predates the 1993 rule. -
Car hit the doorBottom panels pushed in, tracks bent, a garage that will not close. -
Door replacementThe wind label, insulation numbers, the coastal inspection and the HOA. -
Before you callTexas licensing, what to check, and what the call is for.
What you will be asked
- What stopped working, in one sentence.
- The door: panels or one piece, one car or two, and roughly how old.
- The springs: a coil above the door or springs beside the tracks, and whether one shows a gap.
- The brand on the opener’s motor housing, and about how old it is.
- Whether the door is up or down now, and whether a car is inside.
The line takes repair, replacement and installation of garage doors and openers, for owners and renters, at homes and at commercial buildings. It is not for buying parts, doors on box trucks and trailers, or a price quoted over the phone without a visit. The price is named after someone has seen the door.
