Raleigh Garage Repair: The Door Spring
Garage Door Springs are one of the most important components of your garage door. The springs should have regular maintenance, repairs and checkups. It is important that the doors work properly and safely, and continue to do so. Sometimes, between maintenance checks, problems happen, before you can catch them. It’s a good idea to look at your springs first, if there is ever a problem when considering Raleigh garage reair.
Many times, if a garage door is squeaking, and nothing helps to make it go away, it could be the springs. Also, the garage doors will sometimes have a rough time opening and closing. If the doors aren’t smoothly gliding up and down, it could be the springs, as well. When you springs are in need of attention, it’s a good idea to consider garage door spring replacement. Hanson Overhead Garage Door Service can come out, identify your spring problems, and fix them, in no time.
Most double car garage doors have two springs. The springs are located across the top of each door. Oftentimes, only one spring will break at a time. A good question to ask is, “Should both springs be replaced or just the broken spring?”.
It is recommended that you change both springs at the same time. Because both springs are under the same amount of stress, each time a garage door is open and closed, it’s possible that the other spring will break just as quickly as the broken one is fixed. Torsion springs have definite lifespans and if one has broken there’s a good chance the other is just as fatigued. Replacing both does make the repair more expensive, at the time, but it will cost less to have both springs changed at the same time, than changing the springs separately. In addition, if you have extension springs on your door, the door may not balance properly with one new spring and one fatigued spring.
Older garage doors tend to show wear and tear on the springs periodically. It’s a good idea to test the garage door springs by manually opening and closing them. If they aren’t operating well, the springs may need to be looked at by a professional, before the problem gets worse. Automatic garage door openers can sometimes hide the problem with springs, until it’s too late.
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