Broken spring
Loud bang, door won’t lift, opener strains. Symptoms, safety, and cited Austin-area price ranges.
What this site is
A small directory for homeowners (and small landlords) in the Austin metro who need garage door repair today — springs, openers, off-track doors — and want to give money to an owner-operator, not a private-equity call center.
It is run by Ed Burns / Mogul. We are not a franchise, not Angi, and we do not sell your phone number to three “local” vans.
How listings are chosen
A shop gets a stub profile here when we can find public signals that it is (or claims to be) independently / locally owned, and that it actually serves Austin-area addresses. Preference goes to:
- Companies that state family-owned, veteran-owned, or owner-operator on their own site
- Names that show up repeatedly in Austin Reddit recommendation threads (as community signal, not as our endorsement)
- Public phone + website we can fetch without logging in
We do not invent star ratings, license numbers, insurance claims, or prices. If a fact is unverified, we omit it or mark it. A listing here is not a paid endorsement unless we later say so clearly.
Safety
Garage door torsion springs are under high tension and can cause serious injury or death. Do not DIY spring work. Call a pro. See the spring repair guide.
How to use this directory
- Read the problem guide that matches your symptom (spring, opener, or off track / won’t close).
- Skim lead-gen vs local so you know what to ask on the phone.
- Pick 2–3 shops from the list below, call them yourself, and ask for an upfront quote before work starts.
- Ask: Are you locally owned? Who owns the company? Will you replace springs in pairs? What’s included in the quote?
Problem guides
Opener repair
Genie / LiftMaster-style failures: remote dead, door reverses, motor hums. Repair vs replace.
Off track / won’t close
Sensor vs track vs cable vs spring in two minutes, what’s safe to check yourself, and cited off-track repair costs.
Lead-gen vs local
Why the “nearby” Google result may be a call center, and questions that surface ownership.
Austin-area shop profiles (stubs)
Five companies with public local-ownership claims and contact info we verified from their websites (and, where noted, Reddit mention patterns). Profiles are stubs — not full audits. Ownership and quality can change; confirm before you hire.
Cedar Park Overhead Doors
Long-running Austin metro shop; frequently named on r/Austin for springs and repairs.
The Up and Up Garage Doors
Austin-focused repair/install; public reviews emphasize independent / non-PE operation.
Parrot Overhead Garage Doors
Round Rock base; Reddit mentions as small local option spun from prior Cedar Park tech experience (community claim — unverified by us).
VIP Garage Door Services
Round Rock; site says you work with owner JD. Named in r/Austin recommendation threads.
South Austin Garage Door Repair and Systems
Site says you speak with Roberto, owner & lead tech. Base listed in Kyle; South Austin focus.
What we skip (for now)
- National brands / large franchise networks that dominate “near me” ads (e.g. some A1-style SEO footprints) — even when Reddit sometimes recommends them
- Any shop we cannot find a public phone or website for
- “Get free quotes” widgets and scraped Google Maps dumps
Want a shop added or corrected? That outreach is draft-only via Ed — not automated from this site yet.