How We Fix It
Most houses out here went up around the turn of the century, with a median build year of 2002. That means a lot of garages still have the opener the builder put in - whatever chain or belt unit shipped with the house. Twenty-plus years is about where those motors start slipping, the gears inside the sprocket wear down, or the logic board just stops talking to the remote. We come out, pull the old unit down, check that the rail and header bracket are still sound (they usually are, since the house itself isn't old), and mount a new opener sized to the door you actually have. We travel the 8 miles from Peoria for this, so we schedule the visit rather than drop by on short notice. One trip, one install, and we test the safety reversal and the wall control before we leave. We're not swapping springs or cables on this call unless you ask us to look - this is specifically about the motor unit and its drive.
