Garage Door Motor Replacement in South Kensington, MD
from $279
Garage Door Garage Door Motor Replacement South Kensington, MD
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 Garage Door Motor Replacement South Kensington, MD
We run garage door motor replacement across Rock Creek Hills and Larchmont Knolls and the wider Montgomery County area — quick turnaround when you call early, flat-rate always, and guaranteed for ten years.
If you've owned a garage door through a few South Kensington seasons, you know the pattern: hot, humid summers and short, mild winters, with frequent storms and moisture that lingers in the air most of the year brings high year-round humidity that rusts springs, cables, and fasteners, intense UV that degrades rubber weatherstripping, and corrosion that creeps across hardware in the muggy air. We size and protect replacements accordingly.
When South Kensington doors quit, it's usually degraded weatherstripping from UV and moisture, rusted track hardware and seized rollers, pitted galvanized hardware on older doors, and swollen, sticking wood doors in summer humidity. Our diagnostic isolates the true cause so the fix actually lasts.
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.
Signs you need garage door motor replacement
Motor hums, door doesn't move
Capacitor failure (cheaper fix) or motor windings (full motor needed). Diagnostic determines which.
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. Schedule garage door motor replacement on a 2-hour window that suits you. Within five minutes you'll get a confirmation carrying the name and photo of the tech we're sending.
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On-site diagnosis. Our South Kensington tech inspects the garage door motor replacement on-site first. Diagnosis is free for most repairs ($39 on minor calls, waived if you proceed), and you see the problem before any work starts.
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Flat-rate quote. You approve a flat-rate, written garage door motor replacement quote first. No hourly creep, no pressure — our salaried (not commissioned) techs have no reason to oversell.
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Same-visit fix. Most garage door motor replacement jobs are finished the same visit — a 96% first-call fix rate. We test the door with you before leaving and clean up everything we touched.
How much does garage door motor replacement cost in South Kensington, MD?
Budgeting garage door motor replacement in South Kensington? Pricing opens at $279, flat-rate and in writing first. We quote both repair and replacement when it's a close call, so you can pick on cost with the full picture in front of you. Pricing garage door motor replacement cost in South Kensington, MD? The quote is flat-rate and in writing before any work begins — no hourly creep.
Garage Door Motor Replacement the United States starts at from $279, and the garage door motor replacement number is flat-rate, written, and set before we begin — no hourly billing, no surprise parts charges. We discount labor 10% for seniors (65+) and military, and projects over $1,500 can use 0% APR Synchrony financing for 12 months with no prepayment penalty.
Why homeowners in South Kensington, MD choose us for garage door motor replacement
The reason garage door motor replacement customers in South Kensington and nearby Chevy Chase View, Kensington, North Kensington, and Chevy Chase stay with us: we show up when we say, quote before we touch a tool, and stand behind the work for ten years. Licensed since 1974. For professional garage door motor replacement in South Kensington, MD, South Kensington homeowners reach a salaried, background-checked crew, never a call center.
Your garage door motor replacement in South Kensington is covered by a 10-year workmanship guarantee — distinct from any parts warranty the manufacturer provides. If our garage door motor replacement fails on us, we fix it free for a decade. Springs built for 30,000 cycles carry a lifetime warranty for the original homeowner, and remaining parts run standard 1–5 year coverage.
Honest sizing and honest scope drive how we quote garage door motor replacement: we don't up-sell unnecessary work, our techs are salaried (not commissioned), and the diagnostic is structured so you see exactly what we see — including the parts still in good shape. If a repair is the right call we say so; if replacement is the better long-term economics, we say that. Either way the garage door motor replacement quote is flat-rate, written, and good for 30 days.
Areas we serve for garage door motor replacement
We provide garage door motor replacement throughout South Kensington, MD and the surrounding Montgomery County area. Serving Rock Creek Hills, Larchmont Knolls and surrounding neighborhoods.
Where you are matters for garage door motor replacement: South Kensington lies within Montgomery County, in Maryland. That's the region our South Kensington techs cover every day.
Live at the edge of South Kensington? Our garage door motor replacement also covers Chevy Chase View, Kensington, North Kensington, and Chevy Chase and everything between, with no premium for being a few minutes out. Need garage door motor replacement near 20895? It's on the daily Montgomery County loop, dispatched to the closest stocked truck.
Garage Door Motor Replacement near you in South Kensington, MD
Homeowners across Chevy Chase View, Kensington, North Kensington, and Chevy Chase and South Kensington reach us first for garage door motor replacement near them because proximity is real here — stocked trucks staged in Montgomery County, not a dispatcher three states away.
South Kensington is part of our greater Baltimore, MD metro service area.
We service ZIP codes 20895, 20814 and everything around them. Because South Kensington traffic moves garage door motor replacement response times around, we quote your ETA live on the call rather than guessing. Our dispatch number connects to an on-call tech with no voicemail in the way. Searching "garage door motor replacement near me" in South Kensington? You've found a genuinely local Montgomery 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:
South Kensington lies within Montgomery County, in Maryland. We treat all of it as one service area — South Kensington and neighbors like Chevy Chase View, Kensington, North Kensington, and Chevy Chase — with trucks staged to keep dispatch times short and the same flat-rate pricing in every community.
Local weather drives most of the repairs we run in South Kensington: with hot and high year-round humidity that rusts springs, cables, and fasteners, intense UV that degrades rubber weatherstripping, and corrosion that creeps across hardware in the muggy air, the common failure modes are degraded weatherstripping from UV and moisture, rusted track hardware and seized rollers, pitted galvanized hardware on older doors, and swollen, sticking wood doors in summer humidity. Our South Kensington trucks stock the parts those conditions wear out first, so most jobs are a single visit.
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.
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.
2 years parts and labor on motor replacement. Manufacturer coverage on the motor itself varies (LiftMaster 5–10 years, Genie 5 years).