Garage Door Spring Repair — licensed local technicians, nationwide dispatch

A garage door spring is a counterweight under enormous tension: it makes a 150–250 lb door feel light enough to lift with one hand. When it breaks, the door becomes dangerously heavy, and the opener is suddenly asked to lift a weight it was never designed to take. In your area, a broken spring almost always announces itself with a loud bang from the garage.

Spring replacement is not a do-it-yourself job — the winding process stores enough energy to cause serious injury. Our your county technicians replace torsion and extension springs in matched pairs, sized to your door's actual weight, and rebalance the door afterwards so the opener is not working against the new springs.

What spring repair involves

Torsion springs run on a shaft above the door and are wound to counterbalance its weight; extension springs stretch along the horizontal tracks. Both have a rated cycle life — typically 10,000 for standard springs and 15,000–25,000 for high-cycle springs. A spring at the end of its cycle life breaks without warning, which is why replacing both springs as a pair is standard practice.

What is included

• Door weight measured and spring size matched to it
• Both springs replaced as a matched pair
• Spring winding with proper winding bars and tension calibration
• Cable, drum and bracket inspection while the spring is off
• Door balance adjustment and opener force reset
• Safety test and lubrication of the spring and bearings

Signs you need this service

• A loud bang from the garage, often described as sounding like a gunshot
• The door feels extremely heavy when lifted by hand
• The opener strains, hums or trips its overload protection
• A visible gap in the coil of a torsion spring
• The door rises a few inches and stops
• The door hangs unevenly or one side sags

How the visit works

1. 1

   Confirm the spring failure

   The technician checks the spring, cables and drums, and confirms the door's weight before selecting a replacement.

2. 2

   Choose the cycle life

   Standard or high-cycle springs are quoted so you can weigh cost against how long you plan to stay in the home.

3. 3

   Replace as a pair

   Both springs are replaced together, because a spring that has done the same work is likely to fail within months.

4. 4

   Rebalance and test

   The door is balanced, the opener force is reset and the safety reverse is tested.

Typical price ranges

Why homeowners call us instead of guessing

A garage door is a system: springs, cables, tracks, rollers, panels and the opener all affect each other. Replacing the part that broke without checking why it broke is how the same repair comes back a month later. Every dispatch starts with a diagnosis of the whole door, a written price and a test of the safety reverse before the technician leaves.

The local company carries the licensing and insurance for the work, and qualifying repairs are backed by a one-year workmanship warranty. If a repair is not worth doing, you will hear that too — replacement is quoted honestly rather than pushed.

Coverage

Garage Door Spring Repair is available through partner companies in 28 states. Choose your state or city below to see local information, or call (858) 726-5336 and we will confirm coverage for your ZIP code.