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O. C. Barber's Magic City, planned around a lake named for his daughter.
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38 jobs and service calls in Barberton since 2022. Most common: Garage door repair, spring repair and garage door service.
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Garage door opener work by our local technician for Jeremiah in Barberton.
Garage door work by our local technician for Sheila in Barberton.
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Garage door work by our local technician for Connie in Barberton.
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Barberton lies directly southwest of Akron, and the 2020 census counted 25,191 people here in 10,950 households. Of the occupied homes, 59.9% are lived in by their owners and 40.1% are rented, so we work for homeowners and landlords in about equal measure.
Either way, a garage door jammed shut is urgent. A tenant can't get the car out; an owner can't close up the house. We replace snapped springs and cables, get doors back on their tracks and repair openers at every hour, and we put in new doors when the old one is past saving.
A single-car detached garage behind an older house often looks best with a simple carriage-house door, while an attached two-car garage on a postwar house suits a raised-panel door with windows. We install Clopay and Wayne Dalton doors, insulated when the garage is heated or shares a wall with the house, measured to the actual opening. See door replacement.
For openers, a Genie screw drive handles an unheated detached garage well, and a Chamberlain belt drive is the quiet choice under a bedroom. Details at opener installation.
Barberton station on the Erie Railroad main line opened in 1890, and passenger trains stopped there until August 1, 1965. The plants, warehouses and shops that grew up in the Magic City depend on large sectional overhead doors, and we repair them and their operators; see commercial door repair.
Industrialist O. C. Barber bought a large area from Norton Township and founded the city in 1891, meaning it to be a model for industrial and residential development. Lake Anna, named for his daughter Anna Laura Barber, lies at the center of the original village. After a tax dispute in Akron, he moved his match-making plant here in 1894, and the factory turned out 250 million matches a day.
Within a few years the city had spread out with industrial and residential areas, growing so fast that it was nicknamed the "Magic City", and it drew many new immigrants to its industrial jobs. The census shows it: 4,354 people in 1900, 9,410 in 1910, 18,811 in 1920 and 33,805 by 1960. Where a garage was added to an older lot long after the house, we check the framing and header before hanging a new door on it.
Lake Anna is a glacial kettle lake, a 10-acre natural spring lake in the middle of the original village, surrounded by a 21-acre park. Open water in the middle of town means damp air, and moisture is hard on garage door hardware.
Steel parts such as hinge pins, cable drums and the bottom brackets that hold the lift cables slowly rust, and a rusted bracket can let go without warning. During a tune-up we look for exactly that, lubricate everything that moves and balance the door so the opener isn't straining.
In 1905 Barber began his last project, a scientific farm that grew to 3,500 acres. He named Anna-Dean Farm for his daughter Anna and her husband, Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan, and put up 35 structures for it, all in the French Renaissance Revival style, because he believed farm buildings should be both beautiful and functional. His three-story, 52-room mansion, begun in 1909, stood until 1965. Eight of the farm buildings survive, and six are owned and maintained by the Barberton Historical Society. The most significant is the former dairy barn, Barn No. 1, built of red brick edged in white concrete block with royal blue trim and red tile roofing; its silos resemble castle towers and can be seen from across the city.
Barberton City Schools run Barberton Primary, Barberton Intermediate, Barberton Middle School and Barberton High School, the district's only high school, whose teams are the Magics. The city is also known for Barberton chicken, a Serbian-American style of fried chicken.
Excellent, quick, and professional service! I highly recommend.
Mervat N. · September 2026
Poactive was very professional and stayed late to repair our springs so there was no problems. Highly recommend!
Robin L. · September 2026 · Spring repair
Fast and honest repair. Great service and advice. Next day service !
Derek G. · September 2026
Very friendly and knowledgeable with our door problems. Clearly able to do work professionally. Highly recommend Proactive!
John M. · September 2026
Installed new door & opener. Great service from initial service appt to installation.
Beth P. · September 2026 · Opener
We called proactive they came on time and great service and wonderful to work with the company
Narsimha K. · September 2026
Yes. Give us the tenant’s name and number, and we’ll arrange access with them and send you the details of the repair.
Extension springs without safety cables can whip loose when they break. We can add safety cables or convert the door to a torsion spring system.
Sometimes. If the same section is still made, we can replace it. On older doors, a matching section often isn’t available, and a new door costs less than you might think.
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