What do I need to know about the garage door springs?
If you are like most people, you probably have paid very little attention to your garage door springs. While understandable, this oversight is also a bit unfair. There’s no single part on your garage door and garage door opener that is more important to the raising and lowering of the door. That’s one reason for paying some respect to the springs. Here’s another: Garage door springs are dangerous! Very dangerous. If you are having trouble with your garage door, it may be due to a problem with the springs. The garage door springs break and can be replaced. There are vendors who sell replacement springs for DIYers, and there are DIYers who have replaced the springs or performed a garage door spring repair safely and successfully. Carefully weigh the risks versus the rewards in this project before deciding to tackle this project. This article is not a how-to on garage door spring replacement. It is intended to acquaint you with garage door springs and some of the maintenance duties you...