Garage Door Motor Replacement in Edmund, SC | Garage Door USA
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Garage Door Garage Door Motor Replacement Edmund, SC
Opener motor and gear-assembly replacement when the unit can be salvaged, or full opener swap when it can't. We size the new motor to your door weight (1/2, 3/4, or 1.25 HP).
Garage Door Motor Replacement is one part of our garage door opener coverage in Edmund, SC. For the full picture — symptoms, costs, and when to repair vs. replace — start with the complete Garage Door Opener Repair guide, or browse every garage door opener service we offer.
Garage Door Garage Door Motor Replacement Edmund, SC
Our garage door motor replacement service covers all of Edmund: Edmund and the surrounding area. Set in South Carolina's humid subtropical region, these doors face summer heat and moisture that swell wood doors and seize rollers, corrosion that creeps across hardware in the muggy air, and damp garages that pit galvanized parts over time, and we plan every repair around it.
Because Edmund has hot, humid summers and short, mild winters, with frequent storms and moisture that lingers in the air most of the year, the doors here age differently than inland or coastal homes elsewhere. The usual culprits are summer heat and moisture that swell wood doors and seize rollers, corrosion that creeps across hardware in the muggy air, and damp garages that pit galvanized parts over time — exactly what our techs come prepared for.
We've fixed thousands of doors around Lexington County, and the pattern holds in Edmund: pitted galvanized hardware on older doors, rusted track hardware and seized rollers, storm-driven debris and water in the tracks, and moisture-tripped openers and sensors after storms. None of it should leave you without a working garage for more than a day.
Motor replacement is the right move when the opener's motor or gear assembly has failed but the rest of the unit (logic board, rail, sensors, remotes, wall console) is still in good shape. On a 6–9 year old LiftMaster or Genie, motor or gear replacement is typically 40–60% the cost of a full opener swap and gives you another 8–10 years of life. We carry motor and gear assemblies for the major brands and most models from the last 12 years.
Sizing matters. A motor sized for a light non-insulated 8x7 door will burn out fast on a heavy insulated 16x7. We size replacements by measured door weight: 1/2 HP for light residential, 3/4 HP for standard insulated, 1.25 HPS for heavy insulated or oversized doors. If the original opener was under-sized, we recommend an upgrade rather than matching the underspec original.
After motor replacement, we re-program travel limits, re-calibrate force settings, and verify auto-reverse on an obstruction test. The full visit takes 90–120 minutes including these checks. We include a 2-year parts and labor warranty on the motor replacement.
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Motor hums, door doesn't move
Capacitor failure (cheaper fix) or motor windings (full motor needed). Diagnostic determines which.
Burning smell during operation
Stop using the opener — motor is overheating, possibly due to gear strip or under-sized motor on heavy door.
Audible grinding from motor housing
Gear assembly stripping or bearing failure. Continued use destroys the gear; immediate service preserves a $149 gear swap vs. a $349 motor replacement.
Door moves slower than it used to
Worn motor windings can deliver less torque, causing slow travel. Diagnostic confirms motor vs. unrelated issues.
Smoke from motor housing
Severe motor failure or wiring fault — unplug immediately and call for emergency service.
Common causes & what we fix
Capacitor age
Start capacitors dry out over 7–10 years and stop providing torque to the motor. Often misdiagnosed as motor failure. $25–$89 capacitor swap usually fixes.
Gear assembly wear
Nylon worm gears strip after years of cycles. The gear, not the motor, is failing — gear replacement is much cheaper than motor replacement.
Motor winding burnout
Genuine motor failure from over-load on heavy doors or sustained operation against an obstructed door. Replacement is the fix.
Power surges
Grid events damage motor electronics. Surge protection prevents the most common failures.
Bearing failure
Motor bearings fail at 12–15 years on average. Replacement is possible but often makes more sense as full motor swap.
Our process
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Call or schedule online. Book your garage door motor replacement in Edmund online or by phone and pick a 2-hour window. We confirm in under 5 minutes with the assigned tech's name and photo.
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On-site diagnosis. The garage door motor replacement diagnosis happens at your door: free for most repairs, a $39 fee on minor service calls that's waived the moment you approve the work. Nothing begins until you've seen it.
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Flat-rate quote. Your garage door motor replacement in Edmund is quoted flat-rate and in writing up front. There's no hourly creep and no pressure: our technicians are salaried, never commissioned.
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Same-visit fix. Same-visit completion is the norm for garage door motor replacement: 96% of calls are fixed first time. We run the door with you to verify, then tidy up everything we touched.
How much does garage door motor replacement cost in Edmund, SC?
Pricing for garage door motor replacement in Edmund, SC begins at $279. You get a written, flat-rate quote up front — what we quote is what you pay, with no commission-driven up-sell because our Edmund techs are salaried. We keep garage door motor replacement affordable across Edmund, SC — one flat number quoted up front, the same one you pay at the end.
Garage Door Motor Replacement the United States starts at from $279, with Edmund garage door motor replacement priced flat-rate and written out before work starts — what you approve is what you pay, with no add-ons. Seniors (65+) and military save 10% on labor, and Synchrony financing runs 0% APR for 12 months on jobs over $1,500, no prepayment penalty.
Why homeowners in Edmund, SC choose us for garage door motor replacement
Garage Door Motor Replacement in Edmund should be simple — show up on time, quote before working, fix it once. That's how we've run since 1974 across South Carolina's humid subtropical region, with a 96% first-call fix rate. Looking for a garage door motor replacement company in Edmund, SC? That's exactly what we are — local, licensed, and accountable to Lexington County.
Edmund garage door motor replacement comes with a 10-year workmanship guarantee, separate from any parts warranty the manufacturer offers. If our garage door motor replacement fails on its installation, we return and repair it free for a full decade. Springs rated to 30,000 cycles are warrantied for the original homeowner's lifetime; other parts carry standard 1–5 year terms.
We keep garage door motor replacement honest two ways — honest sizing and honest scope. There's no up-sell because the techs are salaried, not commissioned, and the diagnostic shows you precisely what we see, parts in good shape included. Repair or replace, we recommend whichever wins long-term, and the garage door motor replacement quote is flat-rate, written, and valid 30 days.
Areas we serve for garage door motor replacement
We provide garage door motor replacement throughout Edmund, SC and the surrounding Lexington County area. Serving Edmund and surrounding neighborhoods.
Need more than garage door motor replacement? Our Edmund, SC garage door company page is the local hub for every repair, install, and opener job we handle across Edmund — start there for the full service lineup.
Our garage door motor replacement coverage centers on Lexington County: Lexington County, South Carolina, takes in Edmund and the communities around it. Edmund homeowners get the same licensed, guaranteed garage door motor replacement as every community we serve here.
Edmund sits close to White Knoll, South Congaree, Red Bank, and Gaston, and we treat the whole cluster as one garage door motor replacement area — the same licensed crew from any of them. We handle garage door motor replacement around 29073 and the rest of Edmund, SC on one daily route.
Garage Door Motor Replacement near you in Edmund, SC
Edmund searches for garage door motor replacement near me land on us because we're built local: salaried techs who know the area, flat-rate quotes, and coverage that runs continuously from Edmund out through White Knoll, South Congaree, Red Bank, and Gaston.
Edmund is part of our greater Columbia, SC metro service area.
29073 and the surrounding blocks are all on our garage door motor replacement map. ETAs for garage door motor replacement shift with Edmund traffic through the day; call and we'll quote the honest arrival window on the spot. You reach an on-call technician, not an answering machine. Searching "garage door motor replacement near me" in Edmund? You've found a genuinely local Lexington County crew, not a lead broker.
Frequently asked about garage door motor replacement
Top questions homeowners searching for Garage Door Motor Replacement near me ask us:
Edmund runs a mixed-age housing stock (median build year 1989), roughly 20% pre-1980, so we see both first-generation doors and aging replacements.
The call we get most in Edmund is pitted galvanized hardware on older doors. Edmund has mostly suburban single-family homes with attached garages, alongside pockets of older in-town housing, so rusted track hardware and seized rollers turns up often too. We carry the common parts on the truck for a single-visit fix.
90–120 minutes including diagnostic, motor swap, travel and force programming, and obstruction test.
Under 8 years old: motor swap almost always. 8–12 years: depends on overall condition. 12+ years: full opener replacement usually better long-term.
Yes — capacitor test is part of the diagnostic. If it's just the cap, you save the motor replacement cost.
Light non-insulated: 1/2 HP. Standard insulated: 3/4 HP. Heavy insulated or oversized: 1.25 HPS. We size by measured door weight, not assumptions.