Garage Door Spring Repair & Replacement
Springs do the heavy lifting on your garage door — literally. They counterbalance a door that can weigh well over a hundred pounds, and when one breaks, the door often becomes impossible or unsafe to move.
Garage door springs are under extreme tension. This is not a do-it-yourself job. Don's Garage Doors replaces broken and worn springs with the correct parts and restores safe, balanced operation for homeowners across Fort Myers and Southwest Florida.
Why a broken spring stops everything
Your garage door springs are the single hardest-working component in the system. A torsion or extension spring stores mechanical energy to counterbalance a door that can weigh well over one hundred pounds, which is what lets a small opener motor — or your own arm — lift it with ease. When a spring snaps, that counterbalance disappears instantly, and the full dead weight of the door lands on the opener, the cables, and the tracks.
That is why a broken spring so often leaves the door stuck shut with a car trapped inside, or causes the opener to strain, buzz, and give up. Continuing to run the door in this state can quickly damage the opener gears and pull cables off their drums, turning a straightforward spring replacement into a much larger repair. The safest move is to stop using the door and call for service.
Correct parts, correct tension, done safely
Springs are rated by wire size, length, and cycle life, and using the wrong spring is a common shortcut that leads to a door that is unbalanced, hard on the opener, and short-lived. We measure your existing setup and match replacements to the true weight and travel of your specific door, then wind them to the precise tension the door needs to float smoothly through its full range of motion.
Because springs are under extreme tension, this is genuinely not a do-it-yourself job — improperly released spring energy causes serious injuries every year. Our technicians carry the right winding bars and tools to do the work safely, and on two-spring doors we will explain why replacing both at once usually makes sense, since a second spring near the end of its life will typically fail soon after the first.
Signs you may need help
- You heard a loud bang from the garage, often mistaken for a gunshot
- The door will not open, or the opener strains and gives up
- There is a visible gap or separation in the spring coil
- The door slams down quickly instead of lowering under control
- The door feels extremely heavy when lifted by hand
What we do
- Safe assessment of the spring system and door balance
- Replacement of broken torsion or extension springs with correct parts
- Matching spring size and cycle rating to your specific door
- Balance and tension adjustment for smooth, controlled travel
- Inspection of cables and hardware that work alongside the springs
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