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St. Joseph.
East of Urbana on I-74.

St. Joseph is a village east of Urbana off I-74, a mix of older homes in town and newer houses and acreages around it, with detached garages and outbuildings alongside the attached ones.
In St. Joseph, Howard repairs garage doors that stick, sag or come off the track, replaces broken springs and cables, fixes and fits openers, and installs new doors, for houses, rentals and businesses. Send a request any time, or call (217) 273-1497Monday to Saturday, 8 to 5. The estimate is free.
Reviews
What customers have said.
Real reviews from Google, HomeAdvisor and Yelp, quoted exactly as written.
- Can you work on a garage door on a detached garage or outbuilding?
- Yes. A door is a door: the springs, cables, rollers and opener work the same way whether the garage is attached to the house or out by the road.
- Can I get same-day service?
- Often, yes. A lot of Helmuth Garage Door Co.'s reviews describe a broken spring or a stuck door fixed the same day or the next morning. It depends on how many jobs are already booked that day, so the sooner your request comes in, the better the chance.
- Can I replace a garage door spring myself?
- This is the one repair worth leaving alone. A torsion spring holds enough stored tension to break bones, and it does not let go gently. It is the most common way people are seriously hurt working on their own garage door. It needs winding bars, not screwdrivers, and the door has to be rebalanced afterward or the new spring goes the same way as the old one.
- Is it better to repair a garage door or replace it?
- A door with good panels and a bad spring, cable, roller or opener is a repair, and it is not usually a close call. Replacement starts to make sense when the panels are rusted through, bent or rotten, or when several things are failing at once. Helmuth Garage Door Co. fixes what can be fixed, and says so when a door is done.
- Do you charge to come out and quote?
- No. Estimates from Helmuth Garage Door Co. are free, for a repair or a new door.
Free estimate
Book a free estimate in St. Joseph.
Howard is usually up a ladder when the phone rings. Send this instead: where the door is and what it is doing, and he will call you back to set a time. The estimate costs nothing either way.
- Free estimates — No charge to come out and price it.
- Since 1995 — Thirty years of garage doors in Champaign County.
- Owner on every job — Howard does the work himself.
- Homes and businesses — Residential and commercial doors and openers.
