The GARAGE DOOR SPRINGS on your garage door can be dangerous when replacing. Always replace your garage door springs with the garage door open. Have a 6' ladder under the garage door to catch the garage door incase it falls down and cut a 2" x 4" piece of wood about 7' tall to place under the door to hold it in the open position.
If you feel that replacing your garage door springs may be to difficult for you to do please call a professional such as myself with over 35 years of experience replacing all types of garage door springs. Torsion springs, extension springs, and Holmes one piece door springs.
A garage door spring that breaks or shatters even though it might have safety cables can send sharp shrapnel flying in any direction of the garage. Anyone inside the garage if that happens to hit is at serious risk of injury or death.
Steel or wood roll up sectional garage doors pose little risk in the event of a broken spring or a shattering spring. These kinds of springs are installed over a shaft that helps roll the door up to the open position. The shaft also acts as a retainer so that a broken spring is not allowed to go ballistic. Even though in my 35 years in the garage door industry I have on rare occasions seen sharp shrapnel break off a torsion garage door spring.
One piece garage doors also known as the flip up style of garage door can be a different situation. If they have the old style pivot hardware. These springs are not often sold anymore and some wholesalers don't stock them. In some cases where our customers didn't want to replace the hardware or door we had to order the springs.
Old un-safe springs can be identified quite easily, because unlike the newer springs that have a core rod that is retained inside the coil of the spring. This is a built-in safety feature, because the core rod will retain any chunks of spring in the event of breakage. Look at new springs in your local hardware store. You can easily see the core retaining rod running the length of the spring.
Your best bet is to just replace the garage door springs with modern self-retaining ones every 8 to 12 years depending on how often you use your garage door. Remember you can always call a professional like us to replace your garage door springs and make the adjustments to your garage door and garage door opener to make it a lot safer.
Garage Door Spring Caution
Never attempt replacing a garage door spring or repair unless you are experienced. This can be dangerous and requires special equipment. If you aren't convinced and want to do it yourself you should think again and call GARAGE DOOR SPRING REPAIR in Los Angeles, Ca. A garage spring when breaking is loud. If you hear a loud bang when opening or closing the door, its probably a BROKEN GARAGE DOOR SPRING. If the opener is straining to open the door, it may be a BROKEN SPRING. If the door cocks to one side when you try to open it, it may be a BROKEN DOOR SPRING. Even if your garage door opens your placing great strain on the garage door opener and you may burn it out. Most garage door spring last between 6 to 12 years on average. Sometimes garage door springs can last up to 30 years. The more often you use your garage door the less often garage door springs break. People that use their garages primarily for storage and open their garage doors once a month normally will have springs break every 2 to 4 years. The average two car garage door is opened 6 to 10 times per day. Garage doors, garage door openers are made to be used. We carry the largest selection of Torsion springs and one piece garage door springs such as Holmes p7x28, 5x28, 3x28 and also SL7x28 garage door springs on our trucks compared to any other garage door company. Call now for fast and professional service.
Broken Garage Door Torsion Springs
GARAGE DOOR SPRINGS for a one piece garage door, or a sectional garage door, on average last 6 to 12 years. BROKEN GARAGE DOOR SPRINGS are caused by a verity of factors. When pouring the steel to make the wire for the springs all air bubbles may not escape causing the garage door spring wire to fault at a later date under pressure. When heat treating the garage door spring wire, the wire as it cools if there is any inconsistence in its cooling can cause a fault under pressure over time. When a garage door spring breaks, if older then 5 years of age all springs should be replaced. Why? Because it is cheaper and more cost effective to replace the other springs then to pay for a second service call within a short period of time of the next spring breaking. Broken Sectional garage door springs on average take between 30 minutes and 90 minutes depending on if there is one spring or two springs. The repair costs of broken sectional garage door springs with labor are between $145.00 to $285.00. Broken one piece garage door springs will range in price including labor $105.00 to $275.00 for standard garage door springs. We offer same day service in most cases of garage door spring repair.
Garage Door Hardware And Springs
Garage door spring sizes for a one piece garage door 9 x 28, LI 7 x 28, 7x 28, 5 x 28, 3 x 28, 1 x 28 Holmes Hardware 900, E900, 1100, LCJ7, LCJ8, LCJ, ELCJ, ELCJ7, ELCJ8, King Hardware R1, is rated for 250lb, R2, is rated for 350lb, R3, is rated for 450lb
Sectional Garage Door Springs Or Torsion Springs
Standard Sectional Garage Door Springs or Torsion Springs wire sizes 207 x 1 3/4 x 26", 218 x 1 3/4 x 26", 225 x 1 3/4 x 26", 234 x 1 3/4 x 31", 243 x 1 3/4 x 34", 250 x 1 3/4 x 34", 262 x 1 3/4 x 36", 273 x 1 3/4 x 42"
