A 21-point tune-up runs $99–$149 and takes about an hour. It’s the cheapest visit we make, and it’s the one that keeps the expensive ones from happening.
Priced before we schedule.
The full list is below.
On anything we adjust or replace.
City of Indianapolis License #GL2600359. Coverage in place before we start.
Here’s every point we check, grouped by system.
Spring cycle wear and coil inspection
Cable condition at the drums
Cable ends and bottom brackets checked for rust
Drum set-screw torque
Roller wear and bearing play
Hinge tightness at every section
Track alignment and bracket torque
Lower tracks cleaned of grit
Manual balance test with the opener disconnected
Door tracking checked on both sides
Travel limits set on the opener
Force settings adjusted
Auto-reverse contact test
Photo-eye sensor alignment and lens cleaning
Emergency release function
Manual operation check
Drive gear, chain, or belt tension
Motor mount and rail bracket tightness
Remote and keypad function
Lubrication of rollers, hinges, bearings, and springs
Weather seal condition
Takes about an hour. You get a written summary of anything we found.
Lubrication is one step of the 21-point tune-up: hinges, rollers, bearings, and springs, never the track.
Lubricating the hinges and roller stems during a tune-up in Indianapolis.
Safety
Every garage door opener built since 1993 is required to reverse when the door hits something on the way down. Two systems handle that: the photo eyes near the floor, and a contact reverse built into the opener itself. Most people know about the photo eyes. Almost nobody tests the second one.
Here’s the test: lay a two-by-four flat on the floor in the door’s path and close the door. When it touches the wood, it should stop and go back up. If it hesitates, keeps pushing, or stops without reversing, the opener’s force setting is wrong — and the same setting is what decides how hard the door will push on something that isn’t a piece of lumber.
It takes thirty seconds and it’s part of every tune-up we do. If you never call us for anything else, run that test once a year.
Once a year is the standard answer. In Indiana, when matters more than how often.
Steel contracts as the temperature drops and the lubricant inside the coil thickens. A spring near the end of its cycle count fails on the first ten-degree morning instead of in March. Fresh lubrication and correct balance are what get it to the end of its rating.
Road salt and snowmelt come in on the car and settle at the bottom of the door, inches from where the cables attach. Corrosion starts at the cable end and works up the strands. Catching it while it’s surface rust is a cable replacement instead of a door coming down.
The same slush leaves grit in the lower tracks, and the rollers grind through it every cycle. Clean track and good rollers are the difference between a door that stays in the rail and one that jumps it in February.
September and October are the window. A tune-up before the first freeze does more than the same visit in April.
A tune-up is inspection, adjustment, and lubrication. Some things need parts, and we’d rather you know that going in.
We can lubricate a spring and set the balance correctly, but we can’t add cycles back to it. Standard springs are rated around 10,000 cycles, roughly 7 to 10 years of typical use. If yours is near that mark, a tune-up buys time — it doesn’t reset the clock.
We’ll find them and tell you, but replacing them is parts and labor on top of the tune-up. We’ll quote it while we’re there, and you decide.
That’s a repair call, not a maintenance call. Same for a broken spring, a snapped cable, or an opener that won’t respond.
Physical damage needs parts. A tune-up will tell you how bad it is and what the options cost.
See Panel Replacement for options and pricing.
If we find something, you get the price before we touch it — same as any other visit.
The repairs a tune-up is meant to postpone.
Something failed before you got around to it? We’re open 24/7. Same Price. Day or Night.
Force and travel settings are part of the tune-up. Bad gears aren’t.
On a door needing a repair a year, replacement often costs less over time.
Scheduled, not dispatched. Here’s how it goes.
Call or send a request. Tune-ups are scheduled, not dispatched — pick a window that works.
About an hour for a single door. You don’t need to be home for all of it.
What’s in good shape, what’s wearing, and what we’d watch. With prices if anything needs parts.
Nothing gets replaced without you saying so. The tune-up price is the tune-up price.
Every review below was posted on Google by a homeowner we’ve worked for.
What an amazing company! I called today and spoke w/Ben. within 45 minutes Elior arrived to repair our garage door. It was bowed in the top middle. He adjusted and added support. He then oiled the coils. The garage door now works great! I'll definitely use again when needed and will refer this company to my friends and neighbors.
Great price
Amazing work by Ben & Roi with First garage door repair ! They showed up at 8pm and very promptly fixed my broken spring and matched the right size to the door. Now the door is fully repaired and functioning as good as new!!! The price was fair, no hidden fees or other stuff like I've experienced before. I truly recommend if you have any issues with your door and need a repair, call them you won't regret it
We had an emergency with our garage door and needed someone out ASAP. They responded quickly and were able to come out the same day. The technician was friendly, professional, and had everything fixed in no time. Great service, especially when you need help urgently. Highly recommend!
They showed up on a Sunday 45 minutes after the call and did fantastic work. They are truly the best and very professional.
Great price
Our garage door opener was giving us trouble, so we called First Garage Door Repair of Indianapolis. The technicians came out and got it working again in no time. Really nice guys, great service, and we'll definitely use them again if any future problems may arise!
Ben showed up within 1 hour , fixed my issue and the garage door works perfectly fine! If you need to repair your garage door don't hesitate, call them asap!
Great price
Thank you for coming out in the evening, fast service and highly recommended for everyone who needs emergency garage door service!
Great price
Ben and Roy were super helpful. They helped me get my door up and running again at a very reasonable rate!
Reviews posted on Google
Quick answers to the questions we hear most.
$99–$149 for a single door, priced before we schedule. A second door at the same visit is less, since we’re already there. If we find something that needs parts, you get that price separately and you decide — the tune-up price doesn’t change.
Once a year for most households. If your garage is the door you use instead of the front door, or you’re opening it six or eight times a day, it’s worth doing more often. Fall, before the first freeze, is the best time to book it.
Inspection, adjustment, and lubrication across five systems, from the springs to the opener. The full 21-point list is above, and you get a written summary when we finish.
No, and neither should you. Lubricant goes on rollers, hinges, bearings, and springs. Grease in the track collects grit instead of shedding it and turns the rail into a wear surface. We clean the lower tracks with a dry cloth instead.
It’ll help it reach the end of its rated cycles instead of falling short. It won’t add cycles back: a standard spring rated around 10,000 cycles will fail somewhere near that number whether it’s lubricated or not — good maintenance is what keeps it from failing at 6,000. High-cycle springs are available and last longer.
It confirms the opener’s built-in contact reverse works, not just the photo eyes. We run it on every tune-up, and the two-by-four method above lets you check it yourself once a year.
Yes, and the second one is less. Most two-car homes with separate doors book both at once.
Any residential garage door and opener. We service every major brand and door type, including Clopay, Amarr, Wayne Dalton, and C.H.I. doors and LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Craftsman, and Genie openers.
Still have questions? Call us at (317) 588-0001.
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