How To Replace Broken Garage Doors?

1. 4 Steps to Replacing
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2. Springs
Picture this if you will – it’s early in the AM hours you’re out
cold. Suddenly, a loud crash wakes you from your deep
sleep. You spring up and out of bed to nd the source of the
noise? Has the zombie apocalypse begun? After looking
through the house with a quick crusted eye once over, you
decide to head back to the warm and cozy bed.
It isn’t until you’ve exhausted your snooze button that
morning, now in mad rush to get yourself and children
ready for work and school. Racing against the clock, you
manage to get yourself and rat pack together as you scurry
in a frenzy through the garage and into your car. But now
your garage door doesn’t open. You feverishly push the
remote button with your rst reaction being that the
batteries must be dead. The noise the woke you earlier that
morning before the nagging electric buzzer on the clock
radio. The noise you thought was part of your comatose
state was actually a reality when you notice that the noise
you heard was the snapping of your garage door spring.
Your garage door spring breaks and you nd yourself and
your kids trapped in the garage. Now the panic starts to set
in as you wonder how you’ll ever be able to get them to
school and yourself to work. Not mention that this dilemma
has pretty much immobilized you, your means of
transportation to get ANYWHERE is now trapped in. In that
instant, you may feel like the world is crashing down on you,
and just you alone.
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3. Garage door springs support the entire weight of the door.
The springs are wound or stretched under pressure,
tightening and loosening as you open and close the door.
It’s the door springs and not just the door opener that
supports and lifts 300 plus pounds of weight of the door..
Like anything else under pressure, eventually your springs
WILL break.
Here’s my recommended “4- Step Process for Repairing
Your Garage Door Springs:
Step 1 – Get Your Car Out of The Garage
You must be saying to yourself, “If I could get my car out of
the garage, I wouldn’t have a problem”. If you’re saying this,
you’re naturally speaking from frustration. The best way to
get through a situation like this is to keep yourself level-
headed and look for quick solutions that will allow you to
continue your normal way of living without being
interrupted by this common event. Just because your
garage door springs have busted, doesn’t mean that you
don’t have use of the garage door. It is still on track with its
rollers and can be manually operated.
Pull the red emergency release cord located above the door
to enable you to manually lift the door. Remember that the
garage door is a heavy object, and even heavier without the
support of the spring which would normally neutralize the
weight. If it’s too heavy to lift yourself, have someone else
help you. If you accidentally drop the door while you are
manually lifting, DO NOT try and stop it with your foot.
Dropping a 300 pound door on your foot or any other body
part is bound to ruin your day.
Step 2 – Identify Your Spring

4. Identify which type of spring you have: Extension or Torsion.
Torsion and Extension springs exert a force equal to the
weight of your garage door. This counter balances the 200
to 300 pound door, rendering it weight neutral so it can
easily be opened.
A Torsion spring runs across a bar at the top of the inside of
the door. The spring is wound and under immense tension.
It’s the tension of torsion spring that lifts the weight of the
garage door.
Extension springs are found on either side of the door. These
springs act like big steel rubber bands, stretching as the
door is lowered.
Step 3 – Buy New Springs
Now that you know what type of spring you have, you need
to purchase new ones. You’ll want to replace all of your
garage door springs at the same time. Having undergone
similar aging and weathering, one broken garage door
spring is a sign that the second one is about to break soon.
There’s no logical reason to x one spring at a time and just
wait for the other one to break, unless you enjoy the
headaches and hassles.
Also, having one old spring and one new spring will throw
off the balance of your garage door. You ‘ll also burn out the
motor on your garage door opener and have even more
problems. You can nd and purchase new garage door
springs at your local hardware store, such as Home Depot or
Lowes. Prices will vary depending on the type of spring size,
quality, coating and cycles.

5. Size – You’ll need to measure your existing spring to know
exactly what size replacement you’ll need. There are 4
accurate measures you’re going to need: (1) Wind Direction
(2)Wire Size (3) Diameter – Torsion springs measure inside
diameter and extension springs measure outside diameter
(4) The Overall Length of the Spring.
Coating – Is it galvanized, powder coated or oil tempered?
Which is going to resist rust the longest?
Step 4 – Installation
Installing your new garage door springs is not only a lengthy
and complicated process, but potentially dangerous. You
have got to remember that the garage door springs are
wound up with more tension. The slightest mistake or mis-
calibration could be a deadly one.
By Casey Clements | May 27th, 2017 | Tips | Comments Off
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