Garage Door Garage Door Safety Inspections Shady Side, MD
We run garage door safety inspections across South Creek View, Selassie Villa, Cherry Point and Avalon Shores and the wider Anne Arundel 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 Shady Side seasons, you know the pattern: a humid subtropical climate — long, hot, muggy summers, mild winters, heavy thunderstorms, and high year-round humidity brings high year-round humidity that rusts springs, cables, and fasteners, salt-tinged coastal air that accelerates rust near the shore, and damp garages that pit galvanized parts over time. We size and protect replacements accordingly.
When Shady Side doors quit, it's usually corroded springs and cables in the humid air, pitted galvanized hardware on older doors, moisture-tripped openers and sensors after storms, and storm-driven debris and water in the tracks. Our diagnostic isolates the true cause so the fix actually lasts.
Safety inspections are formal, documented evaluations of the entire garage door system — useful for home sales (preempt buyer-inspection negotiations), insurance audits (some carriers require periodic verification), post-incident review (after a near-miss or actual injury), and rental-property compliance. The inspection covers every safety-critical component plus structural items, and produces a signed PDF report that meets the documentation needs of most buyers, insurers, and property managers.
Our standard report covers: UL-325 compliance (photo-eyes present, aligned, and triggering auto-reverse on obstruction test), spring health (visible wear, age, cycle estimate), cable health (fray, corrosion, secure termination), drum and shaft integrity (set-screws tight, drums spooled correctly), opener motor and gear health (audible inspection, force/travel calibration), photo-eye function, manual-release operation, balance verification, and structural items (track alignment, bracket fasteners, panel integrity, hinge condition). Every check is photographed and the report includes the photographs.
Inspections take 60–90 minutes. The signed PDF is emailed within 4 hours of completion. If we find issues, we present a separate flat-rate quote for any repairs — you can address them during the same visit, schedule a return, or share the report with the relevant party (buyer, insurer, etc.) and decide later.