ServicesHigh Speed Doors
High Speed Door Service and Repair in Jeddo, PA
Warehouses, food plants and distribution centers call us to repair, adjust and install high speed doors. We track down why a door quit or keeps throwing faults, explain in plain terms what the fix takes, and get traffic through the opening again with as little downtime as we can manage.
Our high speed door work
A high speed door moves many times faster than an ordinary overhead door and can cycle hundreds or thousands of times in a day, so minor faults surface quickly. A bumped sensor, a curtain wandering in its guides or a drive flashing a fault code, and the door ends up stuck open or blocking a lane.
We service fabric roll-up doors, rigid spiral doors and the controls and safety devices behind them, on coolers, freezers, interior traffic lanes and outside openings. We tell you what broke, what caused it and what your repair choices are, then carry out the work you sign off on.
What our door work includes
Curtains and panels
We patch or swap out torn fabric curtains, replace broken rigid slats and put curtains back into guides they have pulled free of. When a curtain carries too many patches already, we tell you.
Bottom bar and breakaway
Lots of fabric doors use a breakaway bottom bar designed to release when a forklift strikes it. We put it back in place, replace bars that are bent or cracked and look into why it keeps taking hits.
Drive, brake and controls
We go over the motor, brake, gearbox and the variable frequency drive that sets the door's speed. We pull fault codes, reset the open and close limits and swap out worn parts.
Safety devices
Photo eyes, light curtains and reversing edges stop the door from coming down on people or equipment. We test, realign and replace them so the door halts and reverses as it is meant to.
Opening triggers
Motion sensors, radar, pull cords and loop detectors tell the door when to open. We tune their range so it opens for real traffic and stays shut when the lane is empty.
Installing new doors
If a door can no longer be repaired, or a new opening needs one, we put it in, wire the controls and set it up for the traffic it will see. The wider dock side of this work is on our loading dock equipment installation page.
When your high speed door needs a look
- It halts midway or backs up
- When a door stops in the middle of its travel or reverses with nothing in the way, the cause is usually a photo eye out of line, a dirty sensor or limits that have shifted.
- The curtain keeps leaving its guides
- This usually means a damaged guide, worn curtain edges or repeated hits, and each time it happens the problem grows.
- Error codes on the control box
- A flashing light or error code on the controller points to a specific fault. We read it and repair what caused it rather than just clearing the code.
- Noisier or slower than before
- Grinding, slapping or a sluggish opening often comes from worn bearings, a brake that slips or a drive due for adjustment.
- Ice or drafts at a cold room door
- Ice forming in the guides or air slipping past the curtain means worn seals or heaters that have quit. That wastes energy and can lock the door frozen in place, a bigger concern once northeastern Pennsylvania winter arrives.
How a service visit goes
- 1
You describe the problem by phone
Tell us the door type, the brand if you know it, and what it is doing. Fault codes and photos help us bring the right parts.
- 2
We inspect and test
On site we run the door, check the safety devices, read the controller and look at the curtain, guides and drive. We work around your traffic and lock out the door before we put hands on it.
- 3
We explain what we found
You get a plain answer on the cause and your options, including whether a repair makes sense or the door is due for replacement. Nothing gets done until you approve it.
- 4
Fix it and prove it out
Once you say go, we do the repair. Then we cycle the door over and over and watch the photo eyes and reversing edge stop it and send it back up. Before we leave, we pick up our scrap and point out anything your crew should keep an eye on.
What moves the cost of high speed door work
There is no flat price for high speed door repair. A sensor alignment is a short visit. A torn curtain on a freezer door with a burned-out heater is a bigger job. These are the things that change the number.
- Which kind of door you have
- A fabric roll-up and a rigid spiral door share almost no parts, so the bill depends on which one sits in the opening. A wider or taller opening takes a bigger curtain, a stronger drive and more hours on the lift.
- Parts and brand
- Many high speed doors use brand-specific curtains, controllers and encoders. Some parts are on the shelf, others must be ordered, and that affects cost and timing.
- Extent of the damage
- A reset bottom bar is quick. A bent guide, cracked panels or a failed drive takes more parts and hours.
- Cold storage features
- Freezer and cooler doors often have heated guides, special seals and insulated panels, which add parts and time.
- When the work happens
- Working after hours or on weekends to keep a busy lane open can change the labor cost. We will tell you up front so you can choose.
Questions about high speed doors
- What makes our door reverse before it finishes closing?
- Usually a safety device. A photo eye pushed out of alignment, a dirty lens or a pallet left in the beam will send the door back up. Less often, the reversing edge is worn or a controller setting is off. We check each possibility and repair whatever is really causing it.
- Should a torn curtain be patched or replaced?
- A small tear in the middle of the curtain can often take a patch. Damage close to the guides or bottom bar, or a curtain already carrying several patches, usually calls for a new one, since the edges must slide through the guides cleanly. We show you the tear and say which route we would take.
- How do we stop forklifts from hitting the door?
- We start by making sure the door opens soon enough and quickly enough for your traffic, because late activation is behind many strikes. Changing the motion sensor range or adding a loop detector often solves it. Bollards or a breakaway bottom bar are other options if the door does not already have one.
- Will you work on a door someone else installed?
- Yes. We service high speed doors already installed at your facility. If you can give us the brand and model over the phone, we can look into parts before we arrive.
- Do high speed doors need scheduled maintenance?
- Yes. They run far more cycles than standard doors, so wear adds up fast. Our loading dock preventative maintenance visits can cover your high speed doors together with your dock levelers, overhead doors and vehicle restraints.
Get your high speed door working right
Tell us what the door is doing and what it serves. We will give you a straight answer on the likely cause and the next step for your facility in Jeddo, Hazleton or Mountain Top.