Your garage door is one of the hardest-working components of your home. It goes up, it goes down—and it does this hundreds, even thousands, of times a year. Yet, for most homeowners, garage door maintenance doesn’t often cross their minds—until something goes wrong. And when it does, the situation quickly escalates from being a small inconvenience to a costly repair.

YouTube and the internet, in general, make it super easy to believe you can fix that noisy or malfunctioning garage door problem by yourself. Nonetheless, one often overlooked danger that accompanies DIY garage door repair is the DID — the Dangers Invisibly Dwelling.

Learn the best methods for residential garage door cable repair. Explore whether DIY repairs are the right choice for you or if you should hire a professional.