Garage Door Opener Repair & Installation
Opener grinding, reversing, or completely dead? We repair every major brand and install quiet, smart Wi-Fi openers the same day.
Free estimate. Service call free with the repair. One flat price agreed before any work starts.
Same-Day Service
Call before the afternoon and we will usually have you working today.
Honest Flat Pricing
You approve one upfront price before we start. No hourly meter, no surprises.
Warranty-Backed
Coastal-grade parts and a 3-year workmanship warranty on every job.
Garage Door Openers You Can Count On
When your opener quits, your car can be trapped and your home left unsecured. First Garage Door Repair fixes grinding, humming, reversing and dead openers across Palm Beach County, and installs new belt-drive and smart Wi-Fi units, usually the same day.
We service all major brands including LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Genie, Craftsman and Linear. If your opener is more than ten to fifteen years old or failing repeatedly, we will give you an honest repair-versus-replace recommendation instead of just selling you a new unit.
What We Handle
Dead Opener Diagnosis
Logic board, capacitor, gear or motor, we find the real cause instead of guessing.
Gear & Belt Repair
Stripped gears, worn belts and noisy chains repaired or replaced fast.
Smart Wi-Fi Openers
Install quiet belt-drive openers with phone control, cameras and battery backup.
Reversing & Safety Issues
Doors that reverse or will not close are usually sensors or force settings, dialed in correctly.
Battery Backup Units
Florida-code battery backup openers so your door works during power outages and storms.
Remotes & Keypads
Reprogramming, new remotes and exterior keypads for every opener brand.
Brands We Service
We repair and install every major garage door and opener brand.
Genie and LiftMaster Garage Door Opener Repair in Boca Raton
Genie and LiftMaster are the two opener brands we see most in Boca Raton, and we carry the common parts for both. On Genie units (ChainMax, SilentMax, the Excelerator screw drive and older Intellicode models) the usual calls are a worn carriage, a screw-drive coupler, a logic board that stopped accepting remotes, and Safe-T-Beam sensors that will not stay aligned. On LiftMaster and Chamberlain units (belt and chain drives, the 8500 and 8500W wall-mount jackshaft, and older 1/2 HP chain drives) the failures are a stripped drive gear, a failed capacitor, a travel module, a worn belt or a dead logic board. We reprogram and replace Security+ 2.0 and Intellicode remotes and keypads, and add myQ or Aladdin Connect Wi-Fi control where the unit supports it. A Genie or LiftMaster opener repair runs $150 to $300. When a motor is finished we say so, and a new Genie or LiftMaster opener supplied and installed runs $350 to $650.
Need Garage Door Openers Today?
Do not wait until a small problem becomes a big one. Call now and we will get you sorted the same day.
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What our customers say
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“Matan was on time and very informative. Fixed our garage door quickly and the price was good. Everything is working smoothly now.”
“Installed a new opener, very fast and professional. Highly recommended, and at a fair price.”
“They are amazing! Reliable, fast, professional and precise. Couldn’t be happier with the work.”
Before you call, two quick self checks: change the remote battery and re-align the safety sensors. If the opener still fails, we are on the way.
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Call (561) 354-6484Garage door opener replacement in Boca Raton
Garage door opener replacement makes sense in four cases: the motor has burned out, the unit predates 1993 and has no photo eye sensors, the logic board has failed on an opener old enough that the board costs nearly as much as a new unit, or a chain drive past fifteen years has stripped its gear for the second time. Most replacements are finished in two to three hours. We remove the old unit, mount the new opener, fit a new rail where needed, set the travel limits and force, test the photo eye sensors and auto-reverse, and program your remotes, keypad and car buttons before we leave. A new garage door opener supplied and installed runs $350 to $650 depending on whether you pick a chain drive, a quiet belt drive or a smart Wi-Fi unit with battery backup, and we balance the door first so the new motor is not lifting more than it should. You get one flat price up front, both the repair price and the replacement price when a door sits near that line, and the work is covered by our 3-year workmanship warranty. If your old opener is dead, buzzing, or more than fifteen years old, call (561) 354-6484 and we can usually replace it the same day anywhere in Boca Raton and Palm Beach County.
Chain, belt, screw or wall mount: which opener you should actually buy
Chain drive is the traditional workhorse and cheapest to install. It is also the loudest, and in a house where a bedroom sits over the garage that noise is the thing people end up hating. Fine for a detached garage.
Belt drive replaces the chain with a reinforced rubber belt. Markedly quieter, less maintenance, slightly more money. This is what we fit in most Boca homes and the default recommendation wherever there is living space above or beside the garage.
Screw drive uses a threaded steel rod. Fewer moving parts, but the mechanism is sensitive to temperature swings, which makes it a poor fit for an unconditioned Florida garage. We rarely specify these now.
Wall mount, also called jackshaft. Mounts beside the door rather than on the ceiling and drives the torsion bar directly. It frees the whole ceiling, which matters for storage racks or a high lift track, it is very quiet, and it suits the tall doors on newer builds out west. It costs more and needs a well balanced door to work properly.
Horsepower, and why more is not automatically better
Half horsepower handles a standard single door. Three quarter is the sensible choice for a double, an insulated door, or anything heavier than builder standard, and it is what we fit most often. One horsepower and above belongs on oversized, solid wood or custom doors. Buying power to compensate for a badly balanced door is a mistake we see regularly: the opener guides a door the springs are already holding, so if you need extra power to move it, the springs are wrong, not the motor.
Battery backup is close to essential here
Florida loses power, and it loses it hardest during exactly the weather when you most want the car in or out. An opener with integrated battery backup keeps working through an outage, typically around twenty cycles depending on unit and battery age. If the garage is the main way into the house, this is the feature worth paying for. The battery is a consumable and generally wants replacing every three to five years.
Smart control: myQ, Alexa and Google Home
Modern LiftMaster and Chamberlain units include myQ, which shows whether the door is open and closes it from your phone. The genuinely useful cases are the one everyone has, driving away wondering whether it shut, and letting a delivery or contractor in without handing over a code. Most units work with Alexa and Google Home. If your current opener is otherwise healthy, a smart retrofit hub costs far less than a replacement and does most of the same job.
Repairs we do instead of selling you a new unit
A stripped drive gear, the single most common failure on units past fifteen years, is usually a repair rather than a replacement. So are a failed logic board, a burnt out capacitor, worn limit switches, a broken trolley, and misaligned or failed safety sensors. Opener repairs run $150 to $300. A new opener supplied and installed runs $350 to $650. We tell you plainly which side of that line your unit falls on, and when a motor is genuinely finished we say so.
The safety features your opener must still have
Every opener built since 1993 must have photo eye sensors that stop and reverse the door when the beam breaks, plus automatic reversal when the door meets resistance. If your opener predates that, or either feature has stopped working, it is not a convenience issue, it is the part of the system that protects children and pets. We test both on every visit, whatever we were called out for.