Emergency spring replacement
The snapped spring — the door nobody can lift.
spring fractured · door dead 0.0 turns · 143 lb on the cables
Services · in travel order
A garage door is one balanced machine: a wound spring, a cable on a drum, four panels through a radius, and an opener that only moves the last few pounds. Every fault is somewhere on that path. Here is where each one sits.
Call 01632 960 391The snapped spring — the door nobody can lift.
spring fractured · door dead 0.0 turns · 143 lb on the cables
A panel jumped the radius; the door binds through the curve.
panel entering the radius 5.6 turns · 107 lb on the cables
A frayed cable, or a wrap that has jumped the drum groove.
cable winding onto the drum 3.8 turns · 72 lb on the cables
The opener moves the door. It does not carry it.
opener carriage · door nearly balanced 1.9 turns · 36 lb on the cables
The float test — a door that hangs still at half-travel.
balanced · door holds at half-travel 3.4 turns · 65 lb — floating
Not sure which fault you have? Describe it and we’ll tell you.