Garage Springs

Broken Garage Door Springs

Broken Garage Door Spring

Broken Garage door Springs are one of the most common repairs that a garage door company does. It’s like changing out brakes on a car, but not as often. Generally the average life span on springs ranges from 5-10 years, and is determined by the quality of springs, how many cycles the springs are rated for, and the cycle use of the customer. Another-wards how many time you open and close your door each day. Each time your door opens and closes, your springs “Cycle”. This is normal wear and tear, and there is nothing you can do to prevent that.

What do springs do?

The Springs are the “Heart” of the engineering of the door. This is what not only lift the entire weight of the door, but also calibrates to door within the tracking system. Without good springs your door is dangerous and unsafe. In addition when you have a broken spring your door will not want to lift up and essentially is “Dead-Weight”, so whatever you do DON’T try to use your garage door opener to open the door or you could easily blow your system up trying to lift a door that isn’t going anywhere.

Garage Doors Spring Replacements

Spring replacements are the most dangerous part of any service techs job. They are “Loaded” with massive amount of torque or”Energy” and for those who have not been properly trained on installed them should never try to attempt to do so. Garage door springs can generally be replaced within am hour or less depending on the type of door and specific application needed to do the replacement safely.

Prices on residential doors

Prices for garage door springs to be replaced are directly related to the type, size, and gauge required to properly calibrate your door. On average for residential style steel doors the cost will range from $150-$250 installed. If a company will not give you a general price right over the phone you should consider that a “Red-flag”, now with that said quoting prices over the phone for springs is only a “guess” based on the information given by the customer, so if the information is wrong please do not be upset at the tech should the cost be somewhat higher in cost. I can assure you that here at Trinity Overhead Garage Doors we are looking to earn your business by giving you speedy, quality work at the most competitive prices. We consider earning your referral the most important aspect of our business and we will do whatever it takes to get it.

Prices on commercial doors

Prices for commercial size doors is based not only on the type, size and gauge needed but also the extra time it takes to do the repair based on the shear size of the door as well as the safety factors involved. Repairing torsion springs on commercial size doors Is a very dangerous undertaking and should only be performed by experienced techs. Typically we will have to come and do a site inspection, take a gauge and length measurement of the springs, then have new ones engineered specifically for your door. For that reason we can not determine the cost of the spring replacement until we have been quoted a price by our wholesalers engineering department. This process generally takes one to two days from the time we leave the site inspection.

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