Heavy Garage Door - Door feels heavy when raised

Does your garage door feel heavy when raises manually? Well, it should'nt. When a garage door is properly balanced it should open with very little effort or muscle. A garage door should also balance at minimum at least in the middle.

Balanced Garage Door

What is a balanced garage door? a balanced garage door should reman in place after removng your hand from the door in certain opened positions. The midway point, just above the midway point,and just before the top of the garage opening. If your garage door isn't balanced it can lead to injury of a child, and premature wear of your garage door opener.

Spring adjustment
You can always call a professional to adjust the tension of your garage door springs or even have the springs you purchase from Garage Door Parts 1 installed by a company of your choice if your not much of a do it yourselfer.

However, with most homeowners are using the garage door more than the front entry door the components of your garage door can fail pre-maturely if not properly maintained.



Have it done right- how to make sure you get the correct springs

When ever you have garage door springs intalled make sure either you or your garage door repairman test to make sure the door is balanced and that it is also tested with the garage door opener disengaged. Do not disengage the garage door opener while the garge door is in the open position. If the garage door springs are not properly adjusted or too weak the garage door could free fall injurying someone.

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