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

The malfunction of either one of the two springs on your garage door may most likely keep you from being able to open your garage door.

While the average homeowner should by no means try to replace an torsion spring without specific training, extension springs are possible to replace. Replacement springs will generally be found in big box stores.

This information may help you garage door repair

There are some items about your garage door that you can trouble shoot and fix youself. If you have a garage door opener then you also have some type of interrupter device that will stop your door from closing if an object is in the way. Frequently 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 difficulty you on which you can work

From time to time your garage door eyes will stop and reverse your door when there is no apparent reason. One reason may be that your stop/reverse units have been bumped and are no longer pointing at each other. If you guess that is the problem, make use of the set screws or wing nuts to adjust the lights, not a hammer.

The reason the stop/reverse system is there is that it stops your door from closing when something is in its path. Verify your garage door opening and remove any thing that may potentially be blocking your garage door. This can more than likely prove successful.

If there's nothing apparently blocking your garage door, don't tear your hair out. There's one more thing to try. Take a paper towel and wipe the lenses on your stop/reverse lights. Every so often condensation or a little bug or dust particle will get on the lense and cause all your stop/reverse problems.

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

A DIY type of house owner can change these items, however you'll want the proper parts. They can be tough, but not not possible to find.

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Since garage doors do not 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 difficulty 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.