Lifting A Broken Garage Door

The spring is the most common part to break.

Lifting a broken garage door. So you have a lot more to worry about than just a broken garage door. A garage door that has a broken spring has nothing to support its weight. The size of the door and the type of spring system determines how difficult opening the door will be. But like other things some parts of the garage door would eventually snap out and break due to constant usage and may require a replacement.

Doors in this condition can be difficult to lift because the garage door opener loses the support springs provide in lifting and lowering the door. My son brandon and his friend zach trying to open my garage door to get their fishing poles out to go to the lake. Garage doors with broken springs should not be opened. However it is just as dangerous and challenging to fix when the cables snap too.

Now lifting a garage door with a broken spring is difficult. First do not try to lift the door by hand or using the opener as you can hurt yourself lifting a heavy garage door by hand and burn out the opener using it to try to open a door with a broken spring. A garage door should not be opened until the spring is repaired. Replacing garage door springs is not a do it yourself project replacement requires special tools and techniques to prevent injury.

Garage door cables break for a myriad of reasons but most of all because they.