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Irving, TX
Garage door spring replacement in Irving, Texas
A broken torsion spring is the most common reason a door stops lifting. The fix is a matched pair sized to what the door actually weighs, not the cheapest spring that fits the shaft.
A torsion spring stores enough energy to cause serious injury. It should only be unwound, adjusted or replaced with proper winding bars by someone trained to use them. This is not a do it yourself repair at any skill level.
Springs in Irving
A good share of south and central Irving still runs openers that predate 1993, which is the year photo eye entrapment protection became mandatory. Steel got thinner as the decades passed. A single layer door pressed in the 1970s uses a heavier gauge than a current builder panel of the same size, and it weighs accordingly. Sizing a spring from a chart keyed to door width and height can therefore come out light on an older door. Two doors of identical size from different decades are not the same load. A 16 foot double door weighs roughly 150 to 250 pounds depending on panel construction, and the torsion assembly above the header carries all of it. Most double doors of this width run a pair of springs on a shared shaft. When one breaks the other is usually near the end of its life, since both were wound the same day and cycled the same number of times. Usually under two hours from arrival.
What that means for a Irving door
The stationary cones of a torsion assembly bolt to a spring anchor bracket fastened into the header above the opening. On a 16 foot door that bracket resists the torque of both springs. Lag screws pulling out of a split or shimmed header let the bracket shift, which shows up as the shaft climbing away from the wall when the door is closed. An 8 foot single door often runs one torsion spring where a 16 foot door runs a pair. That single spring has no partner to share the load, so the door drops hard when it breaks and the opener cannot lift it at all. Some single doors of this width still use extension springs stretched along the horizontal tracks instead.
Signs you are dealing with this
- The door is far too heavy to lift by hand
- The opener strains, hums, or lifts the door a few inches and quits
What we check on arrival
- Whether the existing springs were correctly specified for the door weight
- Cable and drum condition, since a broken spring often damages both
$200 to $450
A standard pair of torsion springs on a two-car door sits mid-range. Oversized, high-cycle or custom-weight doors run higher.
This is a range, not a quote. The exact price comes after we see the door and you approve it before any work starts. Call (469) 281-7750 and describe what it is doing.
Irving at a glance
- County
- Dallas County
- Drive from our Coppell base
- About 15 minutes from our Coppell base
- Postcodes covered
- 75038, 75060, 75061, 75062
- Around
- Irving Heritage District, Toyota Music Factory, Irving Mall
Before we get there
A torsion spring stores enough energy to cause serious injury. It should only be unwound, adjusted or replaced with proper winding bars by someone trained to use them. This is not a do it yourself repair at any skill level.
About Irving
South and central Irving hold a lot of single-width doors and older chain drive openers with no rolling code security.
Dallas County. About 15 minutes from our Coppell base.
What that means for a door here
A good share of south and central Irving still runs openers that predate 1993, which is the year photo eye entrapment protection became mandatory.
We work throughout Irving, including the neighbourhoods around Irving Heritage District, Toyota Music Factory, Irving Mall.
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Tell us about your Irving door
If the door is stuck open or will not close, call. That is a security problem and the phone is faster than anything else on this page. We are about 15 minutes away, and Irving sits in Dallas County.
A person answers 7am to 11pm.
Questions
Springs in Irving, asked and answered
Do you cover Irving?
Yes. Irving is in Dallas County, and it is one of the 32 cities covered from the Coppell base. About 15 minutes from our Coppell base. That covers postcodes 75038, 75060, 75061, 75062.
What usually fails on a Irving door?
Leftover parts on the horizontal track tell whether a door was converted from extension springs to torsion. Pulley brackets and an empty rear hanger near the back of the track are what stays behind. A conversion brings a shaft, end bearing plates, drums and cables with it, so the hardware above the opening is often newer than the door below it.
How long does garage door spring replacement take in Irving?
Usually under two hours from arrival. A 16 foot torsion assembly rides in an end bearing plate at each side of the opening and usually a center bearing at the anchor bracket. Bearings that have lost their grease squeal on every cycle and let the shaft move in its race. A worn race also lets the shaft wear a groove, and a grooved shaft keeps eating bearings after they are replaced.
Is the work guaranteed?
Parts and labour carry a 5 year warranty. The price is agreed before any work starts, and the on site estimate is free.
Is there anything specific about garage doors in Irving?
South and central Irving hold a lot of single-width doors and older chain drive openers with no rolling code security. Extension springs on doors from the 1970s and 1980s should carry a containment cable threaded through the center of the spring. Without it, a spring that fails under tension can travel across the garage. Retrofit containment cables fit older assemblies. Torsion conversions became more common on doors built after this period, which is why hardware varies house to house in the same tract.
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Get a springs price for your Irving door
Tell us what it is doing. The estimate on site is free.