Garage Door Spring Replace & Repair

Garage door springs are highly useful parts of garage doors they assist the door weight so the door can be opened and closed easily. These springs usually breaks after few years because of regular usage. In case your garage door shows some trouble in movement it may be due a spring damage and to fix this problem you have to replace this springs.

Generally there are two types of garage door springs ,  torsion and extension spring. Both of these are connected to the garage door on different way so the weight of the door can be well balanced.

Garage Door Torsion Springs

These type of springs are connected with metal tube that install exactly above the garage door,  there is a cables attached to the drums and secured at bottom corner of the door.

Garage Door Extension Springs

Garage door extensions springs are usually mounted in the side of the door. In case of commercial garage door unit you will find two extension springs attached to each side.

Warning!

Garage door springs are connected with high force so they must be handled properly, there have been so many cases when people tried self replacement and got their arms damaged. This is actually a critical process that demands more knowledge and must be done properly, it is always good to call some professionals for maintenance and repair. Experts suggest that never try to do it yourself there are some dedicated techniques and specific tools that are used to execute this process.