3 Signs That The Springs Fitted And The Bottom Of Your Garage's Door Are Damaged

Issues with your garage door can create a huge inconvenience to your daily routine. Regular maintenance is one of the best ways to ensure it functions well. However, once it ages or you stop caring for it, the system slowly deteriorates into a safety concern for you and the entire family. One of the common causes of issues is when the spring system malfunctions.  Here are four signs that yours are damaged or broken and how to fix them. 

It Closes Too Fast  

The first indicator that it is time to fix your opener and the springs is the door's opening or closing speed. If your opener is older and does not have the fail-safe feature, it will keep opening even after the damage. However, since there is no spring to control the weight, it will either roll up too fast or crash to the ground when you least need it. It is best to call a technician once yours starts getting erratic movement because it means you have a serious safety hazard in your home.

The System Doesn't Raise the Door

Another troubling indicator that you need to work on your garage is when the opener does not raise or lower the door. The function of the springs is to offset some of the weight since it is heavy. The new automatic openers have an additional feature that safeguards you from failure. If the opener senses that the springs aren't working, it activates the opener force. The force makes it impossible for the mechanism to pull the roll-up door more than one foot off the ground. The safety measure, therefore, prevents the door from getting lifted to a height where the spring will snap and cause an accident. You should call a technician if yours refuses to rise above the half a foot mark.

The Opening and Closing is Crooked

Sometimes, one of the springs breaks and leaves the other operating well. When it happens, you will have instances where one side of the door rises higher than the other when opening or closing. The garage has a torsion spring at the bottom and two extension springs on the sides. One side gets pulled up faster when the extensions break, hence the crookedness. 

The best way to handle these issues is by calling a technician for a garage door spring repair. They will help you troubleshoot the problem and resolve it for a safe and functional door.

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