Garage doors have two main sorts of springs. Extension springs run along the horizontal tracks on either side of your garage. They get their power by extending. Torsion springs go along a bar you can see above your garage door when it is closed. Torsion springs obtain their force from twisting.

In most cases if one of your springs is broken it will be completely not possible to open your garage door. The exception is if you have a single door and it is made of a light metal. In any case it's best not to attempt to open your door yourself. It may lead to injury.

If you have extension springs and one of them is busted, you may be able to find a replacement and replace it yourself. However torsion springs are another matter. If you have a broken torsion spring you should call a garage door company to complete the repair unless you have been specially educated on replacing torsion springs.

This information may help you fix garage door opener

There are some items regarding your garage door that you can trouble shoot and fix youself. If you have a garage door opener then you also have some form of interrupter device that will stop your door from closing if an object is in the way. Regularly they are stop/reverse lights.

If your garage door begins going down, then stops and goes back up, accompanied by your garage door opener's lights blinking, you have a trouble you on which you can work

Does your garage go down, then back up for no apparent reason? If you have carefully looked for for an object in the way of the door and can't see anything, you may have bumped your stop/reverse lights out of alignment.

If your garage door still refuses to go down and stay there, keep looking. Determination will pay. You'll in time find an object blocking your garage door's "eyes.

One more source for your garage door failing is that some dust or condensation has actually gotten on the lenses of the "eyes" and they can not complete the circuit.

If your door is still acting irradically the problem may not be your stop/reverse lights after all. You may have a issue with the logic board or the gear sprocket in your opener.

It is possible for a home owner to change both the gear sprocket and logic board. The trouble is finding the right components and learning just how to change each item. More often life is less difficult if you just call a garage door professional to complete the replacement. They've served hundreds of people and they can help you too.

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Since garage doors don't fail to work very often, most people are caught unaware of what to do to get it fixed. Most people make some attempt to trouble shoot their problem before they give up and phone a garage door business. Hopefully this article has given you some insight into what items you can fix yourself and what items should best be left to a professional.