Garage Door Garage Door Sensor Installation Machias, WA

Garage Door Garage Door Sensor Installation Machias, WA

Homeowners across Machias and the surrounding area call us for garage door sensor installation because we know Machias. The common drivers locally are warped, swollen wood doors from constant damp, moss-fouled, stiff rollers on shaded doors, rotted bottom seals and brackets, and corroded hinges seized by constant damp — and we fix the cause, not just the symptom.

Weather matters more than most Machias homeowners expect. Local conditions — a cool, wet maritime climate — abundant rainfall, frequent fog, and damp, salt-tinged onshore wind much of the year — drive near-constant damp that swells and warps wood doors, moss and rot on shaded, north-facing doors, and standing damp that corrodes the lowest hardware first, so we recommend hardware and seals suited to Washington's cool, wet Pacific coast.

Across Snohomish County, the garage door problems we see again and again are warped, swollen wood doors from constant damp, moss-fouled, stiff rollers on shaded doors, rotted bottom seals and brackets, and corroded hinges seized by constant damp. If that sounds like your door, there's a good chance we can fix it today.

Photo-eye safety sensors are required by UL-325 on every garage door opener manufactured since 1993. They detect obstructions in the door's path and either reverse the door (during close) or refuse to start (when activated). When sensors are misaligned, dirty, sun-blinded, or failed, the door either refuses to close at all or — worse — closes without sensing an obstruction. Our sensor installation service replaces failed sensors, realigns drifted brackets, cleans the eye optics, and verifies auto-reverse on a real obstruction test.

Replacement eyes are brand-specific (LiftMaster has a different connector and signal pattern than Genie). We stock the major brands and most legacy models. Brackets occasionally need replacement when corrosion has degraded them or impact has bent them. Bracket alignment is critical — eyes that are slightly off-aim trigger intermittent close failures that drive homeowners crazy.

Every visit ends with an obstruction test: a 1.5-inch (3.8 cm) tall object placed under the door at three positions across the opening. The door must reverse when it touches the object. This is the UL-325 baseline — if the door doesn't pass, the install isn't complete. We document the test results on the work order.

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