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Call 319-205-1488 and you'll talk to someone who can look at your schedule the same call, not a dispatch queue that calls you back later. The shop sits at 8710 Earhart Ln SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, on the southwest side of town, which is where most of our trucks start the day before heading out to jobs. If you'd rather not call, the contact form on our home page gets read the same business day.
We work on garage doors and openers in Cedar Rapids and the towns around it, including places like Fairfax, Hiawatha, Marion, Ely, Robins, and Swisher, all within about eight miles. We also take calls further out - Mount Vernon, Solon, North Liberty, and Coralville are common enough that we don't treat them as out of the way. If you're past Central City or Oxford, say so when you call; it affects when we can get there, not whether we'll come.
Most of what we see is tied to the age of the house. A lot of the stock around here went up between the 1960s and 70s, with homes across the area dating back as far as 1943. Original hardware on a house that old behaves differently than hardware on something built in 2005, and knowing which one we're walking into before we load the truck saves everyone time.
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What Comes Next
After you call, we ask what the door is doing - won't open, opens crooked, makes a bang and stops, opener runs but the door doesn't move. That tells us whether it's a spring, a cable, a track out of alignment, or an opener problem, and it tells us what to bring so we're not driving back to the shop mid-job.
We give you a window, not a guess, and we call ahead before we're close. On site, we look at the whole system before touching anything - a broken spring on an older torsion setup often means the drums and cables are due too, and we'd rather tell you that up front than call it a surprise on the invoice.
Colder months change the math a little. In this climate band, metal contracts, lubricant stiffens, and a spring that was marginal in October can let go in January. If you're calling about a door that's been
Questions
Common questions
Do you come out the same day I call?
Often, yes, especially for doors that won't close or won't open at all. We ask what's wrong when you call so we can judge whether it's a same-day job or something we schedule for later in the week. Weather and how full the truck schedule is both play into the window we give you.
Do you work outside Cedar Rapids itself?
Yes. We regularly take calls from Fairfax, Hiawatha, Marion, Ely, Robins, Swisher, and Shueyville, all within about eight miles, and we go further out to places like Mount Vernon, Solon, and Coralville too. Tell us where you are when you call and we'll tell you honestly when we can get there.
Can I just send a photo instead of calling?
Use the contact form on our site and describe what the door is doing - a photo helps but a clear description of the symptom (grinding, won't budge, opener runs but nothing moves) usually tells us more than a picture of a closed door. We'll follow up with a call to confirm timing.
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Cedar Rapids Garage Door Pros repairs and installs garage doors, springs and openers in Cedar Rapids, IA and the surrounding area.