Springs
Springs & Hardware
Nothing on a garage door stores more energy than a wound spring. Handling it well means securing the door, releasing the tension in a controlled way, fitting the correct replacement and rewinding to the right count. This category is that work.
Which one do I need?
- The door is the one the builder installed and has never had a part changed.Garage Door Roller Replacement
- After a cold night the bottom seal had frozen to the slab.Garage Door Hinge Replacement
- Halfway up, the door lurches and one roller rides onto the lip of the channel.Garage Door Track Repair or Replacement
- Someone left the snow shovel leaning in the opening and the door came down on it.Garage Door Cable Replacement
- The door starts to rise, gets about the height of your knee, then shudders and reverses.Torsion Spring Replacement
- Open the door by hand and it drifts back down on its own, a little at first and then all at once.Extension Spring Replacement
Springs & Hardware
Counterbalance, track, roller, cable, and hinge work.
Garage Door Roller Replacement
What the winter left behind
In this climate the foot of the track is where trouble collects. Slush and salt carried in on the tires settle in the bottom few inches, freeze overnight into ridges and leave a brine that attacks steel. The technician looks for corrosion on the bottom rollers and their stems, rust on the bottom brackets, ice damage or flat spots on wheels that have been skidding rather than turning, and the state of the lifting cables that share that wet corner.
Finding salt damage here steers the recommendation toward sealed-bearing rollers and a thorough track cleaning, and occasionally toward new bottom brackets as well.