Garage Door Spring Replacement in Tulsa

Signs a garage door spring has broken, why replacing it is a job for a trained technician, and the spring prices and coupons Tulsa-area companies publish.

The springs carry the weight of the door; the opener only guides it. Torsion springs usually sit on a shaft just above the opening, and extension springs usually stretch alongside the horizontal tracks. DASMA warns that springs and their hardware are under high tension and that serious injury or death may occur. It also says a door with a broken spring should not be run until the spring has been replaced.

Springs often snap with a sharp bang while the door is sitting closed. You can usually tell without touching anything: on a closed door, look up at the torsion spring for a break in the coil, which one door company says often shows as a gap of about two inches. A door that suddenly feels much heavier, or one the opener lifts a few inches and then gives up on, points the same way. Chamberlain warns that a door with weak or broken springs can come down quickly and without warning.

Springs wear out by use, not by age. A spring seller says standard residential torsion springs are commonly rated for about 10,000 cycles, one opening and one closing each, and that the figure is an estimate rather than a guarantee. A family that opens and closes the door four times a day would use that up in about seven years. Ask the shop what cycle rating the replacement springs have, and if your door has two springs, whether the price covers one or both.

After the new springs go on, Chamberlain says the opener's safety reversal test should be run again.

Common jobs

• Torsion spring replacement, one or both
• Extension spring replacement
• Safety cables that run through extension springs
• Balancing the door after the new springs are on

Have this ready when you call

• Whether the door is up or down, and whether a car is shut inside
• Single or double door, and whether you can see one spring or two
• Whether the springs are above the opening or beside the tracks
• Your part of town or suburb

Common questions