American Fork, UT – Garage Door Repair

Garage door springs and cables do all the heavy lifting when you open and close your door, and when they fail, the signs are hard to miss – a sudden loud bang from the garage, a door that feels like it weighs a thousand pounds when you try to lift it manually, or cables hanging loose and coiled on the floor. Century Garage Door technicians serving American Fork see both torsion springs (mounted on a metal shaft above the door) and extension springs (the long springs running along the side tracks), and each type requires a different approach to replace safely. This is one repair homeowners should never attempt themselves, because torsion springs are wound under hundreds of pounds of tension and can cause serious injury or death if released incorrectly without the right tools and training. When a Century Garage Door tech arrives, they start by securing the door in place, then use winding bars to carefully unwind the broken spring before removing it from the shaft, measuring the wire diameter, inside diameter, and length to source an exact replacement. New springs are installed and wound to the correct turn count for your specific door weight, cables are reattached and tensioned evenly on both sides, and the tech manually cycles the door several times to confirm smooth, balanced operation before calling the job done. If you are in American Fork and notice any of these warning signs, call a professional rather than trying to force the door open or patch the cables yourself.