Garage Door Springs

The large wire coils on a garage door are the garage door springs and these massive springs are what start the lifting and lowering of a garage door. On a manual garage door, properly put in and adjusted, it is the garage door springs that take over when you move the door manually up or down a foot or so. Even on a garage with an automatic garage door opener, the springs actually do the opening and lowering of the garage door. The automatic door opener only starts the job and the garage door spring does the work. On average, most garage doors weigh several hundred pounds and it is the extension or torsion springs, which counterbalance the heavy weight of the garage doors.

Garage door extension springs and garage door torsion springs are the two basic spring types. If a homeowner has a swing-up garage door, this type uses two extension springs while the sectional roll up door styles use two torsion springs.

Extension springs run along the upper left and right tracks of a garage door and stretch or extend to open and close the garage door. There is garage door, spring replacement instructions available, for replacing extension springs, from places such as the Palm Coast Florida garage door springs dealer. Most homeowners should not try any garage door springs replacement projects. Stretched and extended to potentially extreme, deadly force when down, only professionals should install garage door extension springs, unless the homeowner is experienced and extremely knowledgeable.

Above the garage door opening, there is a garage door torsion spring rolled up on a rod on either side of the center door. Although there are two of them, you should always have both torsion springs replaced if one breaks because normally the other will follow. Even if you believe you know how to adjust a garage door spring or how to install a garage door spring, never try this at home. Spend the money and hire a professional to adjust both a garage door torsion spring and a roll up garage door spring replacement.

Many homeowners fail to realize that because garage doors receive so much use on a daily basis, they require periodic maintenance to keep them in top working order. As mentioned earlier, although there are garage door spring replacement instructions available, when it comes to garage door replacement springs, hire a professional to do the job.