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Tips on Replacing and Repairing Broken Garage Door Spring!

If you find it hard to roll up your garage door or the doors jams, then you could be facing a broken garage door spring. Some telltale signs of a broken garage door springs are, if the opener strains to lift the door, you hear a loud snap noise while the door is opening or the door is hanging at an angle. What comes in mind is calling in a professional handy man do the spring repair and replacement or do it yourself. The springs are quite heavy because they are the ones that are used to raise and lower the garage door. Here are some tips that will help in making your work easy.

Of utmost importance, is to ensure that you have turned off the power to the garage door to avoid electrocution while undertaking your broken garage door spring repair. The garage door opener power cord power should also be disconnected along with the garage door. This applies to the currently made doors, for the older versions, you may remove the fuse or turn off the circuit breaker to turn off the power.

Before the garage door spring replacement, compare the broken spring and the new one to make sure that they both match.

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This will save you from installing the wrong version that will not work. If the broken spring has part number inscribed on it, the better, do match the numbers to be precise. Avoid touching the winding cones on the new springs. Use a writing marker to mark the new torsion shaft ends. Doing this helps to make sure your garage doors are level when you have finished the broken spring repairs and installed the new ones.

Take the unbroken springs off and wind it, then unfasten the bolts securing the torsion cones and spring them together and remove the bolts. Once you are through with this step, it is time to replace the spring along. After this, wind up the new springs; check if the garage door is level. You may choose to use some lubricant to minimize friction for a smooth roll of your garage door.

Ensure that all parts are in their right place and well fastened then reconnect the door opener. Shut and open the door a few times to test if it is functioning properly. If done carefully, it is easy to repair or replace a garage door by yourself, but note that it is can be dangerous if done in the wrong way, accidents could happen. 

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Call a professional if you ran into problems or you are not sure that you have done the correct thing, just to be sure. Ensure that the professional you contact is licensed and has experience. This is because the torsion-type door springs are tight thus needs to be released properly to avoid the spring turning into a potential missile if it breaks loose.

The garage is where you park your car, store items and sometimes used as an entrance into your home, so the garage door must be safe for all the users, thus timely repair or replacement of a broken garage door springs is important.

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