Garage Door Frozen to the Ground — Columbus
The door will not lift, or the opener strains and stops, after freezing rain or an overnight freeze.
What it usually means in Columbus
Central Ohio sits on the rain-snow line, so winter storms arrive as freezing rain and wintry mix as often as dry snow - and freezing rain is the worse case. Water runs to the base of the door, pools on the slab and freezes into a continuous bond along the seal. Do not use the opener to break it free; that is how lift cables snap and bottom sections bend. Break the ice along the seal first with warm water and a plastic scraper, then lift. A seal that has hardened with age bonds far harder than a supple one.
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Tell us what the door is doing and we will tell you what it normally means in Columbus. Every job is quoted in person and in writing before any work starts.