- 1726 Great Hwy San Francisco, CA 94122
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We install and repair Genie openers across San Francisco, including the screw-drive workhorses that came with half the city's older tract garages. Carriage and coupler wear on those units is fixable while parts last; when they're done, Genie's 6170-class wall-mount suits low-ceiling tuck-unders and its belt drives cover everything else. Aladdin Connect adds phone control to most current models.
Genie's screw drives earned their SF following honestly: one moving rail, no chain to stretch, no belt to age. If you own one that still runs, the sensible move is usually maintenance — the correct lubricant on the screw (never standard grease, which gums up in cool fog-belt garages) and a fresh carriage when the old one wears. We keep those parts moving through the shop because so many units are still in service between the avenues.
For replacements, match the machine to the building. The 6170-class wall-mount is Genie's answer for tuck-unders and garages with platforms or plumbing crowding the ceiling — it hangs beside the torsion shaft and includes battery backup, satisfying the California requirement. For standard garages under living space, Genie's DC belt models run quietly at a price that often undercuts the equivalent LiftMaster.
The screw drive's failure sequence is consistent: the plastic carriage cracks and the trolley free-wheels, the coupler between motor and screw shears, or decades of the wrong lubricant leave the rail dragging until the motor overheats. Carriages and couplers are cheap and we fit them routinely — that repair buys years.
The line we draw is electronics. Boards for units from the 1990s are drying up, and a screw drive with a dead board, worn screw sections, and no safety-sensor circuit isn't worth resurrecting. At that point the money goes further in a new battery-backup Genie, and you gain rolling-code security the old ones never had.
With the unit included, expect $450 to $900: Genie's belt drives typically come in near the middle of that band, and the 6170-class wall-mount at the upper end. Genie generally prices a notch under the equivalent LiftMaster spec, which is why we quote both brands side by side when a client is replacing.
Probably not. That symptom is the classic cracked carriage: the motor turns the screw fine, but the broken carriage can't grip it to pull the door. A replacement carriage is an inexpensive, single-visit fix. If instead the motor spins and the screw doesn't turn at all, the coupler has sheared — also replaceable.
Yes — the 6170-class jackshaft mounts on the wall next to the door's torsion shaft, the same concept as LiftMaster's version and usually a little cheaper. It needs a torsion-spring door and clear side room, so we measure first. In Sunset and Richmond tuck-unders it is often the opener style that fits best.
Aladdin Connect is Genie's Wi-Fi system — open, close, and monitor the door from your phone and get alerts when it moves. It's built into current models, and a retrofit kit works with many openers from the mid-1990s onward, including some non-Genie brands. We handle the wiring, the door-position sensor, and the app setup.
Common Genie calls we take, any hour:
Every brand below gets the same insured, upfront-quoted work:
