Almost exactly 12 years ago to the day, I had my garage door converted to high lift with new springs, pulleys, cables, and extended tracks. Today the opener would only lift the door about 6 inches and stop, then the door would slowly sink back down. Looked up and one of the 2 springs are broken. Trying to contact the company that installed it, but in the meantime any other recommendations for garage door service that understands high lift that services Mississauga?
Modern metal doors aren't that bad even without springs. My old house had a wooden door and weighed many hundreds of pounds. Only access to garage was through overhead door. It was a real prick when the spring broke. Car jack to get it started, wood cribbing to hold it up, crawl under to get to floor jack, use floor jack amd cribbing to get it high enough to slide a two step under. Call moga and ask him to crawl under and install new spring.
It’s an easy DIY project. I got the springs from VEVOR off Amazon, $70 for the pair. Came with winding rods. You’ll need a wrench for the pinch bolts. You can measure the springs to determine the size. Bigger is better, you just can’t go smaller.
It’s a 30minute job for a first timer. Lots of YouTube vids on how too.
It’s an easy DIY project. I got the springs from VEVOR off Amazon, $70 for the pair. Came with winding rods. You’ll need a wrench for the pinch bolts. You can measure the springs to determine the size. Bigger is better, you just can’t go smaller.
It’s a 30minute job for a first timer. Lots of YouTube vids on how too.
I've done them at my current house and it's not a hard job. My concern at the old house is if I encountered an obstacle with the door closed and the tension rod disassembled (or in the process of reassembly), there was no escape and no easy way to get help. For winding rods, 3/8" socket extensions work reasonably well (although proper rods are better).
I've done them at my current house and it's not a hard job. My concern at the old house is if I encountered an obstacle with the door closed and the tension rod disassembled (or in the process of reassembly), there was no escape and no easy way to get help. For winding rods, 3/8" socket extensions work reasonably well (although proper rods are better).
It’s an easy DIY project. I got the springs from VEVOR off Amazon, $70 for the pair. Came with winding rods. You’ll need a wrench for the pinch bolts. You can measure the springs to determine the size. Bigger is better, you just can’t go smaller.
It’s a 30minute job for a first timer. Lots of YouTube vids on how too.
The Vevor ads I saw included the wrench, and there's someone on FBMP selling one for $50 but doubt it will be the right size spring since mine is non-standard. I've watched videos of people doing them and it looks pretty straightforward, with the main concern being to fully insert the rod before winding/unwinding to the next stop. Surely the pinch bolts need to be crazy tight to keep it all together under that much tension?
I do have an entrance through my house, but I have a car up on the 4-post lift which I need to get down and out of the garage. Which means moving the bikes out from under it first. Coincidentally, I just finished decluttering and found an 8' 2x4 that was stored along the bottom of one wall. It will be perfect for propping up the door along with my under-hoist jack stand jack.
The Vevor ads I saw included the wrench, and there's someone on FBMP selling one for $50 but doubt it will be the right size spring since mine is non-standard. I've watched videos of people doing them and it looks pretty straightforward, with the main concern being to fully insert the rod before winding/unwinding to the next stop. Surely the pinch bolts need to be crazy tight to keep it all together under that much tension?
The bolts bite into the rod amd there are at least two. They need to be snug but not crazy tight. You can crush the rod and/or leave a big welt that makes it hard to adjust tension in the future if they are crazy tight.
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