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5150 Candlewood St
Lakewood, CA 90712
Mon–Sun: 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Garage door repair in Whittier, CA. Uptown to the hills.
- Local Lakewood shop
- Licensed & insured, CSLB #1144536
- Open 7 days, 6 AM – 10 PM
From the older homes around Uptown Whittier and Whittier College to the hillside streets of Friendly Hills below the Puente Hills, we handle broken springs, failed openers and full door replacements across Whittier from our Lakewood shop.
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Garage door services in Whittier
Whittier homes were built over more than a hundred years, so the first job is figuring out what's actually installed: a one-piece tilt-up, an old extension-spring door, or a newer torsion setup. The tech inspects all of it and writes up the price before starting.
Most requested Garage Door Spring Repair
Torsion and extension springs replaced and balanced to your door's weight, so the opener isn't doing the lifting.
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Garage Door Opener Repair
Belt, chain and wall-mount openers repaired or replaced, plus remotes, keypads, safety sensors and smart-phone control.
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New Garage Door Installation
Steel, carriage-style, modern glass and insulated doors, installed with new tracks, springs and hardware sized to the door.
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Garage Door Repair & Replacement
Dented sections, hit doors, worn hardware and doors that no longer close evenly. We tell you when a repair is enough.
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Cable Replacement
Frayed or snapped lift cables replaced in pairs and re-wound on the drums so the door lifts level again.
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Garage Door Tune-Up
Spring tension, lubrication, hardware tightening, force and reverse settings, and a safety-sensor test in one visit.
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Garage door service in Whittier
Need a garage door expert in Whittier?
Whittier was founded by Quakers in 1887 and named for the poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Its oldest streets, around Greenleaf Ave and Philadelphia St, still have Craftsman bungalows and period revival homes, many with detached garages at the back of the lot.
North of Whittier Blvd the land rises toward the Puente Hills, and neighborhoods like Friendly Hills have curved streets, larger lots and sloped driveways. Toward the south and east, much of the housing is post-war single-story tract homes with attached two-car garages.
- Garage Door Repair & Replacement
- Garage Door Installation
- Garage Door Spring Repair
- Garage Door Opener Repair & Installation
- Garage Door Cable Replacement
- Garage Door Tune-Ups
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Why Whittier homeowners choose us
A local shop, not a call center
Whittier is north of our Lakewood shop, a straight run up the 605. The crew that covers Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs covers Whittier too, and you can reach the Lakewood office at (562) 541-0018.
- Licensed, bonded & insured
- Upfront written pricing
- Workmanship warranty
- Open 7 days, 6 AM – 10 PM
Straightforward process
Get your garage door fixed today.
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Call & book a free estimate
Tell us what the door is doing and pick a time. Let us know your city and whether the door is open, closed or stuck, so we send the right tech with the right parts.
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Inspection & options
We inspect the whole system, explain what failed, and give you a written price with options for your budget. Nothing starts until you approve it.
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Fixed right, backed by warranty
We do the work with quality parts, test the door and safety sensors, and your repair is covered by our warranty.
Whittier garage doors
Repair, replace & install doors built for Whittier homes
A lot of Whittier's older detached garages were framed for wood swing-up doors. When those doors give out, the opening is often out of square or shorter than today's standard sizes, so we measure carefully and adjust the jambs and header trim before hanging a sectional door.
In the hillside neighborhoods, a heavy carriage-style or insulated door on a sloped slab needs springs balanced for its real weight and a bottom seal that follows the floor. In the flatter tract areas, the usual calls are worn rollers, frayed cables and openers near the end of their life.
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Keep your Whittier garage door running smoothly
Whittier sits farther inland than our coastal service areas, so summer afternoons run hotter and drier. That heat dries out weather stripping and lubricant, and Santa Ana wind days push dust into tracks and rollers.
Once-a-year service keeps a door like that in shape: we clean and lube the moving parts, check the springs and cables for wear, tighten the hinges and test the opener's safety reverse.
- Spring balance & tension
- Cables, rollers & hinges
- Opener force & auto-reverse
- Safety sensor alignment
Whittier & nearby
Serving all of Whittier.
Whittier and the cities around it, including the hills above Whittier Blvd and the tract neighborhoods toward Santa Fe Springs.
- Whittier
- Uptown Whittier
- Friendly Hills
- East Whittier
- Santa Fe Springs
- Pico Rivera
- La Mirada
- Norwalk
- Downey
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Common garage door problems
Common garage door problems in Whittier homes
- Broken garage door springs
- Broken extension springs
- Frayed lift cables
- Snapped garage door cables
- Garage door off track
- Bent garage door tracks
- Misaligned tracks
- Worn garage door rollers
- Broken rollers
- Damaged garage door hinges
- Loose or missing hardware
- Broken bearing plates
- Worn center bearings
- Broken cable drums
- Garage door won't open
- Garage door won't close
- Door opens unevenly
- Door reverses before closing
- Door stuck halfway
- Noisy garage door
- Grinding or squeaking
- Door shakes while moving
- Damaged garage door panels
- Cracked or dented sections
- Faulty garage door opener
- Opener motor failure
- Broken drive belt or chain
- Malfunctioning safety sensors
- Remote not working
- Wireless keypad not responding
- Door doesn't seal properly
- Worn weather stripping
- Broken bottom seal
- Broken torsion tube
- Garage door lock problems
- Lack of routine maintenance
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FAQs
Whittier garage door questions
Still unsure? A technician can talk you through it on the phone.
Can you replace a wooden swing-up door on an older Whittier garage?
Yes. We remove the one-piece door and its hardware, check the framing around the opening, and fit a sectional door that runs on tracks. Sectional doors work with modern openers and safety sensors, which most old swing-up doors can't.
Do you handle sloped driveways in Friendly Hills and north Whittier?
We do. On a sloped slab we trim or replace the bottom seal so it meets the ground evenly, and we set the opener's limits so the door stops where it should.
Why did my garage door get louder over the summer?
Heat dries out the grease on rollers, hinges and the opener's rail, and the metal parts start to rub. Lubrication often quiets it. If the rollers themselves are worn, new nylon rollers usually fix the noise.
My spring snapped. Can I still lift the door?
Leave it closed. The springs carry the door's weight, and without one the door can be too heavy to control. Disconnect the opener if it keeps trying to run and call our Lakewood shop at (562) 541-0018.
Which of your shops serves Whittier?
Our Lakewood shop at 5150 Candlewood St covers Whittier, and its line is staffed daily from 6 in the morning until 10 at night.