Garage Door Spring Repair in Idaho

You'll usually have heard a bang like a gunshot. Look at the shaft above the door — a broken torsion spring shows a clean one- or two-inch gap in the coil. The door will also feel enormously heavy by hand and the opener will strain or lift it a few inches and give up.

Standard springs are rated for about 10,000 cycles — roughly seven to ten years for an average household, less if you're in and out several times a day. High-cycle springs rated to 25,000 or 50,000 are a worthwhile upgrade on a busy door.

Both. The second spring is the same age with the same cycle count and will fail soon after. Replacing the pair keeps the door balanced and saves you a second call-out fee within months.

Almost always. We stock the common torsion and extension sizes on the truck, so most Idaho spring jobs are finished on the first visit.

A torsion spring on a two-car door stores enough energy to break an arm or worse, and winding bars slip. It's the one repair we'd ask every homeowner not to attempt, whatever the video showed.

Usually under an hour and a half for a standard two-car door, including winding the new springs, re-setting the cable drums and balancing the door. We replace springs in pairs, so you're not back here in three months for the second one.

Don't. With a broken spring the opener is trying to lift the door's full weight on its own, which burns out the motor and shreds cables. Leave the door down, leave the opener alone and call us. If the door is up, don't stand or park underneath it.