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Have this ready when they call: the door's brand or age if you know it, what it's doing (won't budge? hanging off track? opener clicking but nothing moves?), and whether the car is trapped inside or outside. A photo of the spring above the door and the track helps too.

One thing worth knowing before anyone shows up: if you can see a gap in the coiled spring above the door, it's broken, and that door shouldn't be forced open or closed by hand. A wound torsion spring holds enough force to cause real injury if it lets go wrong. Leave it alone and let the contractor handle it.

If it's late and the car's stuck inside, check garage door won't open for the safe checks first, then call a company from the city list on our homepage directly — several run after-hours lines.