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Garage door springs, tracks and hardware serviced by Proactive Garage Door Repair
Garage door spring repair by Proactive Garage Door Repair
Damaged garage door before repair
Residential garage door on a Proactive Garage Door Repair job
Garage door springs replaced and adjusted by Proactive Garage Door Repair in Springfield Township, Ohio
Inside view of a garage door after a Proactive Garage Door Repair visit
Inside view of a garage door after a Proactive Garage Door Repair visit
Garage door spring work by our local technician for Sean in Lakemore.
Commercial overhead door serviced by Proactive Garage Door Repair
Springfield Township fills the southeastern part of Summit County. Tallmadge lies to the north, Suffield Township to the east, Green to the south, Coventry Township to the west and Akron to the northwest, and the village of Lakemore lies at its center. The 2020 census counted 14,162 residents.
Their homes range from a planned community with a 1916 post office to much newer streets, and garage doors vary just as widely. Whatever yours is doing, whether it's a snapped spring, a slack cable, a jammed track or a silent opener, call us 24/7. New doors and openers are available too.
On an older house in Sawyerwood or Lakemore, a simple raised-panel or carriage-house door keeps the period look; on a newer house, a bold color or a long window row can modernize the front. Our Amarr and Clopay lineup comes insulated or uninsulated, cut to your opening. See new doors.
Need a new opener too? A Genie or LiftMaster unit with battery backup and a keypad is a solid choice; see opener options.
This is one of eleven Springfield Townships in Ohio. It was part of the Connecticut Western Reserve and took its name from Springfield, Massachusetts, in the Connecticut River Valley. Parts of the original township are now inside Akron to the northwest and Mogadore to the northeast, and Akron has since formed a Joint Economic Development District with the township.
In the north-central part of the township lies Sawyerwood, a planned community named for William T. Sawyer, who designed it. A post office called Sawyerwood opened in 1916 and ran until 1958, and the community, which borders Akron's Ellet neighborhood, counted 1,540 residents when it was first tallied as a census-designated place in 2010 and 1,382 in 2020. Lakemore, the village at the township's center, counted 2,926. Homes from the Sawyerwood era now have garages old enough that their framing, not just their doors, deserves a look before anything new is hung.
Springfield Bog, the first Summit Metro Parks site in the southeast part of the county, lies within the township, and its restored prairie is meant to draw butterflies and grassland nesting birds. Low, wet ground like that keeps the air damp through much of the year.
Damp air plus road salt is a hard combination for a garage door. Bottom brackets rust, cables fray where they wrap the drums, and rubber seals crack in the cold. A tune-up covers every moving part, and worn pieces are replaced on the spot.
The Springfield Local School District covers the township and Lakemore and served 2,226 students in 2020-21. It runs Spring Hill Elementary, Schrop Intermediate and Springfield High School, a junior and senior high school in Lakemore whose new building opened in early 2014 and whose girls' softball teams have won nine state titles. Juniors and seniors can take career programs through the Portage Lakes Career Center. Over the years the district has closed a string of smaller buildings, among them Milroy, Roosevelt, Boyer, Young, Lakemore Elementary and Sawyerwood School, and Lakemore also has its own branch library. The township's original high school was annexed by Akron in 1929 and later became Ellet High School.
Land speed record holders Art Arfons and his half brother Walt Arfons are among the township's notable residents.
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. Sawyerwood, Lakemore and the rest of Springfield Township are all covered.
Those are extension springs. If they’re old or have no safety cables, we recommend adding cables or converting to a torsion spring for safer, smoother operation.
Often you can’t tell from the outside. A door that’s out of balance makes a healthy opener strain, and a failing opener can make a good door look stuck. We test the door’s balance and the opener separately on every call.
Usually yes. We measure carefully and can order a door to fit an older, non-standard opening, and we’ll tell you if the framing needs repair first.
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Near the bog, in Sawyerwood or out toward the Portage line, a single call sends help to Springfield Township.
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