Garage Door Garage Door Sensor Installation West Park, FL

Garage Door Garage Door Sensor Installation West Park, FL

Homeowners across Lake Forest, Carver Ranches and Miami Gardens call us for garage door sensor installation because we know West Park. The common drivers locally are swollen wood doors that drag and stick in the humidity, degraded weatherstripping from constant UV and salt, rusted track hardware and seized rollers near the water, and moisture-tripped openers and sensors — and we fix the cause, not just the symptom.

What wears out a West Park door isn't just use — it's the weather. Consistently warm, muggy weather with abundant rainfall, high humidity, and corrosive salt air near the coast drives constant humidity that swells wood doors and rusts steel hardware, damp morning air that seizes rollers and hinges, and storm-season wind that stresses panels and bottom seals, and we plan for all of it.

Garage doors in West Park tend to fail in predictable ways — swollen wood doors that drag and stick in the humidity, degraded weatherstripping from constant UV and salt, rusted track hardware and seized rollers near the water, and moisture-tripped openers and sensors. Catching them early during a tune-up usually costs a fraction of an emergency call.

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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