If you heard a loud bang from the garage and now your door won't open — or barely opens — a broken spring is almost certainly the culprit. Garage door springs are under enormous tension, and when one snaps, the door becomes too heavy to lift safely. This is one repair that genuinely requires a professional.
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📋 Get Free Estimate 📞 Call NowGarage door springs are wound under hundreds of pounds of tension. An improperly handled spring can release that energy in a split second — causing serious injury or property damage. Beyond the safety risk, springs need to be matched precisely to your door's weight and size. Using the wrong spring will either cause immediate failure or prematurely wear out your opener and other components. A trained technician has the tools, safety equipment, and experience to handle this safely and correctly.
The most common type on residential doors. A single large spring (or two) mounted horizontally above the door, winding and unwinding to lift and lower the door. Torsion springs are more durable and last longer than extension springs — typically rated for 10,000–20,000 cycles depending on the grade.
Found on older or lighter residential doors, running parallel to the horizontal tracks on each side. They stretch and contract as the door moves. When an extension spring breaks, it can whip violently if a safety cable isn't installed — we always check and add safety cables during replacement.
Upgraded springs rated for 25,000–100,000 cycles — ideal for homeowners who use their garage frequently (multiple times per day). The upfront cost is slightly higher, but they can outlast standard springs by 3–5x, saving you from repeat service calls.
Describe the problem — the tech can often diagnose a broken spring from your description alone. We'll confirm availability and dispatch someone to your location, often within the same day.
A spring doesn't always break in isolation. The technician checks cables, drums, bearings, and the opener to make sure nothing else was damaged when the spring let go. You get a full picture before any work starts.
Using winding bars and a properly tensioned replacement spring sized for your specific door, the tech installs and tensions the new spring. Both springs are often replaced at once — if one has broken, the other is usually close behind.
The door is tested for proper balance, smooth operation, and correct opener force settings. A balanced door stays in place when opened halfway manually — if it drifts, the tension needs adjusting.
If you have a two-spring system and one breaks, seriously consider replacing both. Springs wear at the same rate — the second spring is likely only weeks or months behind the first. Replacing both at the same service call saves you from paying another service fee soon after.
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