G.A.S Hardware is committed to ensuring you have the knowledge to do your garage door job right. Whether you’re an experienced professional garage door technician, or a first time do-it-yourselfer, you’ll find valuable information here to make your job easier and safer. Here you’ll find information on everything from measuring garage door springs to understanding the different parts that make up your garage door’s system.
We’ll be adding more pages of useful information on garage door parts and systems, so check back often!
How to Measure a Garage Door Torsion Spring
Replacing a garage door torsion spring starts with one job you have to get right: measurement. If any of the four key measurements is even slightly off, the new spring won’t lift your door properly — and the wrong spring can be dangerous.
How Do Garage Door Torsion Springs Work?
Garage door torsion springs store mechanical energy as they are wound. That stored energy helps counterbalance the weight of the garage door as it opens and closes. The door remains balanced and the garage door opener does not have to lift the full weight of the door.
Torsion Springs vs. Extension Springs
While torsion springs and extension springs do the same job of counterbalancing your garage door, there are fundamental differences in the two systems. Understanding which system your garage door uses is important when identifying replacement springs, troubleshooting problems, or purchasing garage door hardware.
Seven Reasons why Garage Door Springs Break
Every time the garage door opens and closes, the spring is put through another cycle of loading and unloading. Eventually, the steel can reach the end of its service life. Corrosion, incorrect spring sizing, an improperly balanced door, worn garage door components and environmental conditions can all affect spring life.
How Long Will My Garage Door Springs Last?
Every time a garage door opens and closes, its springs complete an operating cycle. Over thousands of cycles, repeated winding and unwinding gradually fatigues the spring steel. Understanding garage door spring cycle life makes it easier to compare springs and choose the right spring for a particular application.
Identifying the Right Garage Door Spring
Two torsion springs can look nearly identical while having very different operating characteristics. Small differences in wire size, inside diameter and spring length can significantly change the torque a spring produces and how many cycles it is designed to provide.
Torsion Springs vs. Extension Springs: The Difference?
While torsion springs and extension springs do the same job of counterbalancing your garage door, there are fundamental differences in the two systems. Understanding which system your garage door uses is important when identifying replacement springs, troubleshooting problems, or purchasing garage door hardware.
Seven Reasons why Garage Door Springs Break
Every time the garage door opens and closes, the spring is put through another cycle of loading and unloading. Eventually, the steel can reach the end of its service life. Corrosion, incorrect spring sizing, an improperly balanced door, worn garage door components and environmental conditions can all affect spring life.