Garage spring replacement (proactive?)

[Erni]

Not recommending you do something you are not comfortable with. Watch a video or two and with the right bars the wind/unwind is straightforward. I thightened up the tension on MILs door and it was easy with a helper. Of course when my door spring went it was during a family gathering, so I just paid the man to get it done that day.

[blm28]

Those things scare the hell out of me. One of my wife's uncles lost an eye from a DIY garage door spring attempt . . . I will never, ever touch one of those myself.

Sounds just like a call I went on, late 70's maybe early 80's.

[henpecked]

Do it while they are there any way. Save the expense of an emergency call out when you can't get your car out of the garage because a spring is broke.
My buddy Trapper Searles owns garage doctor, give him a shout. (720) 626-1311

Thanks for lead, I had a spring break this past week. There scheduled to fix it tomorrow. They promptly returned my call and answered all my questions.

[brutal]

OP, I agree you should get the other done as well.


Rehash of another GD spring thread...

HD or any other local place won't even sell you the springs anymore. I had to buy mine online.

While I've done the unwind/wind myself on several previous occasions, using appropriate bars and some common sense, my current setup has "winders" built into the system so it's a completely simple DIY. Everyone I called locally wouldn't work on it unless they replaced it with standard parts, which was cost prohibitive (and seemed stupid to me) at the time. It's just a couple springs for cryin out loud.

[CS1983]

Who's gonna run the go fund me page when Brian eats a spring?

[NFATrustGuy]

I recently replaced my garage door opener and discovered my springs had lost a bit of tension and caused the door to be a bit heavy. I bought the right steel rods, watched a few videos and adjusted the springs to spec on my own. A pro could've done it 10x faster and with more confidence than me, but I enjoy learning new skills.

I'm planning to order replacement springs for both my garage doors. I'll probably end up replacing the old ones whenever I have the time--before they break--because stuff like that never happens at a convenient time!

[rondog]

I should start saving up and clearing out shit in the garage, about time for another spring to explode.....

[henpecked]

Ryan from "the garage doctor" came today and got it fixed. All for 259.00. explained everything in detail. Thanks Lars for the lead

[Brian]

Who's gonna run the go fund me page when Brian eats a spring?

LOL. I already had one stupid injury this week, and wasn't looking for another one. Had it taken care of this morning for around a couple hundred bucks. Installer was super fast, and interestingly enough his feedback was not to the other door. He basically said it would make sense to do a 2nd spring if it was on the same door since you were already taking it apart, but not to mess with a separate door, because it could be 10 more years until it would have any problems. Wasn't expecting to be talked out of having the work done, but it's always nice to get good, honest, feedback instead of being "sold" on something.