Garage door spring repair for Plantation and Davie homes
Door stuck down after a loud bang? A torsion spring has likely snapped. We fit springs matched to what your door weighs, with the total in writing before work starts.
Usual visit: 1 to 2 hours
Signs the spring gave out
- You heard a bang in the garage, sharp like a firecracker, and the door stopped working.
- One spring on the shaft overhead has a clean break, with open space between two coils.
- The motor groans, the door creeps up a few inches, and then it gives up.
- The door feels far too heavy to lift by hand.
- The door comes down fast and hits the floor hard.
- A cable hangs loose at one bottom corner.
Springs matched to what your door weighs
The spring carries the weight. Your opener just steers it along the tracks. So the spring must be matched to the door: too weak and the door crashes down, too strong and it flies up.
We weigh and measure the door, then gauge the old spring: how thick the wire is, its inner diameter, its length, and which way it winds. Springs are calculated to counterbalance the door they lift.
An impact-rated door carries more steel, such as a brace across each section, so it often weighs more than a plain door of the same size. Its springs are sized for that weight, and that is the whole difference.
Can you replace only one spring?
Yes, a single spring can be replaced. If your door has a pair, though, we usually suggest changing both. Both went in on the same install and have lifted the door the same number of times, so the survivor usually has little life left.
A fresh spring next to a tired one also shares the load unevenly, and the balance drifts as the older one weakens. When the remaining spring is clearly newer, we'll point that out and change just the one that failed.
Parts that match your door's approval
All of Broward County lies within the HVHZ (high velocity hurricane zone) under Florida's Building Code. A rated garage door earned that rating as a complete unit: panels, braces, hinges, rollers, track and springs together.
The door industry's own guidance warns that parts which aren't identical can weaken a rated door and void its certification. Some of those details are easy to miss: extra screws, longer rollers, stronger bearings, thicker track. So when a spring break has worn out a cable, a drum or a bearing, we replace it with the part your door's approval calls for.
What changes the price of a spring repair
Every door is different, so your price is written for your door. These are the things that move the total:
- One spring or two, and torsion or extension springs.
- How big and how heavy your door is. Heavier doors need bigger springs.
- Worn cables, drums or bearings we find once the door is apart.
- Parts set by the approval of an impact-rated door.
- Damage to the opener from running it after the spring broke.
You get the total in writing before anyone touches the door.
Need a new door instead? Both cities require a permit, and we file it under our license.
Spring repair questions, answered
Yes, in most cases fixing a broken spring is worth it, since the panels, tracks and hardware often have plenty of life left. Replacing the door makes more sense when panels are cracked or rusted through, braces are bent, or the door was never rated for Broward and you plan to change it anyway. See new garage doors if you are weighing both.
Springs are sized to your door's weight, and impact doors often need bigger ones. They are ordinary torsion springs, matched to the door they lift.
No, the opener shouldn't run with a spring snapped, because it would be lifting the door's entire weight, a load it was never designed for. It can strip its gears, bend the top panel, or yank a roller out of the track.
Springs break from wear: each cycle bends the steel slightly, and after enough cycles it cracks. Rust speeds that up, and Broward's humid summers help rust along. A household that opens the garage ten times a day wears springs out sooner than one that opens it twice.
Start with the symptom
Call or text with what you see and hear, plus your ZIP code. Home visits Monday to Saturday. If your door won't close, we come any day to secure it.