The springs in your garage door are critical. They do the heavy lifting work as they bear the weight of the door; due to this, they are under tremendous stress. Messing with garage door springs by trying to install, replace, or repair them is a no-no. You are courting disaster working with them if you are not qualified to. You can get seriously injured from a nasty accident from garage door springs. Leave the activities involving springs to the professionals.
Professional Garage Door Springs Service
You will be safe and have your garage door operating efficiently in no time when you call GK1 Garage Doors. We are the experts in the installation, replacement, repair, and maintenance of garage doors and all its system components, including springs. We have five years of experience with garage doors and spring issues are one of the most frequent jobs we deal with. We serve Naperville, Wheaton, and Glen Ellyn, and Greater Chicago.
Our experts have the skills to work on your garage door’s springs. When we report to your place upon a call for service, we bring the right springs and other supplies with us stocked in our vehicle as well as the necessary tools and equipment to be able to do the job efficiently and with expert workmanship.
When is the right time to replace your garage door springs?
To determine if the springs are well balanced on your garage door, you’ll need to disengage the door from the opener, if you have one, and manually try to lift the door, if the door stays up, it’s good. If the door doesn’t stay up, it means the spring, or springs are probably about to break. If your garage door opens only about 3-5″ from the ground, it’s usually because you have a broken spring or springs on your garage door.
Torsion and Extension Springs
There are two main springs systems – torsion and extension. Torsion springs are usually located above the opening of the door in the middle, while the extension springs are located alongside the opening of the garage door.
Garage door springs have a limited lifespan, every time the garage door opens and closes; it is calculated as one cycle. The standard life cycle of torsion springs properly installed should last about 10,000 cycles before the springs break. The life cycle is determined by the wire size, diameter, and length of the spring.
It’s recommended to replace both springs at the same time, for a two-car garage door, because they are most likely installed at the same time, and the spring that didn’t break yet is bound to break soon.
How do you know it’s time to replace your garage door springs?
In order to determine if the springs are well balanced on your garage door, you’ll need to disengage the door from the opener, if you have one, and manually try to lift up the door, if the door stays up, it’s good. If the door doesn’t stay up, it means the spring, or springs are probably about to break. If your garage door opens only about 3-5″ from the ground, it’s usually because you have a broken spring or springs on your garage door.
There are two main springs systems: Torsion and Extension.
Torsion springs usually located above the opening of the door in the middle, while the extension springs are located alongside the opening of the garage door.
Garage door springs have a limited lifespan, every time the garage door opens and closes, it’s calculated as one cycle. The standard life cycle of torsion springs properly installed, should last about 10,000 cycles, before the springs break. The life cycle is determined by the wire size, diameter and length of the spring.
It’s recommended to replace both springs at the same time, for a two car garage door, because most likely both springs installed at the same time, and the spring that didn’t break yet, will break soon.
Need Garage Door Springs?
Call us for a safe, efficient, and quality service on your garage door. You can trust that you can enjoy the service of your garage door immediately after our brief stay to work on your garage door springs.