Most garage door problems occur slowly. The door gets harder to open, it makes more noise than usual, or the opener seems to be straining more than it used to. These kinds of problems are often caused by the door rollers and tracks wearing out, binding, or going out of adjustment. Other times, these issues are a sign that the garage door opener is about due for a replacement. Some careful lubrication and adjustment or replacing the opener will often get your garage door back on track.
Either of these problems you can choose to take care of yourself or let a professional garage door service handle it. However, there is one garage door repair that you never want to tackle on own – a broken or misadjusted spring.
Garage doors are much heavier than they seem. That’s because large springs are used to assist with opening the door. There are two types of garage door springs. Torsion springs are coiled up over the head of the door, and tension springs extend along the top side rails of the door track.
Both types of springs can break, making the door much more difficult to open. If you think your garage door springs are broken or out of adjustment, do not attempt to fix it yourself. Garage door springs are under very high tension and one wrong move can cause severe injuries or even death.
Adjusting or replacing garage door springs one of those jobs you should leave to a professional garage door service. The risk of injury or death is just too high. If your garage door springs need to be repaired or replaced, do yourself a favor and call a garage door service professional.
