DeFuniak Springs, Walton County
Garage Door Repair in DeFuniak Springs, Florida
Broken springs replaced, repairs to every moving part, and new doors measured to the opening.
Garage door repair for DeFuniak Springs homes and businesses
Big Bend Services, Inc. repairs garage doors in DeFuniak Springs, in ZIP codes 32433 and 32435. A broken spring is replaced, and we also work on cables, rollers, hinges, tracks, panels, safety sensors, weather seals and openers.
Phone (850) 819-6031, Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, or send the form. You will get a written quote for the work.
Broken spring
A loud bang and a door that will not lift
The springs carry the weight of the door so that the opener, or your arm, only has to guide it.
A bang from the garage
A spring under tension makes a sharp crack when it snaps. It can happen with nobody near the door.
A gap in the spring
On a spring mounted on the bar above the door, a break of an inch or more shows in the coil.
The opener strains
The motor runs, the door rises a few inches or not at all, and the opener stops or turns back.
Until the spring is replaced
Leave the door where it is and leave the opener switched off. Running the opener against a broken spring strains the motor. If the car is shut in, it stays in until the new spring is on. If the door is stuck open, do not pull it down by hand, since it can come down hard, and keep people and cars out from under it. Call the office and say whether the door is open or closed.
Spring types
Torsion springs and extension springs
Torsion springs
Mounted on a steel bar across the top of the opening. They wind as the door closes and unwind to lift it. A door can have one or two.
Extension springs
Mounted along the horizontal tracks on each side, running toward the back of the garage. They stretch as the door closes.
Sized to the door
A spring is chosen for the weight of the door, its height and the drums the cables wind on. Too strong and the door flies up; too weak and it stays heavy.
A door that closes too fast
A spring does not have to snap to stop doing its job. As a spring ages it loses some of its strength, and a weak spring leaves the door heavy near the bottom of its travel, so the door runs down faster than it goes up or lands hard on the floor. The weak spring is replaced with one matched to the door, and the door closes gently again.
A heavy door with both springs whole
Springs are not the only reason a door gets heavy. Rollers that no longer turn, a track bent in toward the door, or hinges that have seized all drag against the lift, and the door feels heavy even though the springs are sound. Those parts are replaced, the springs are left as they are, and the door lifts the way it did before.
Repair or new door
Deciding between a repair and a new door
A new spring puts a sound door back in service. A new door comes into the picture when the spring is not the only thing wrong.
A repair fits
The door is straight, the sections are sound, and one part has worn out: a spring, a cable, a roller or the opener.
A new door fits
The door has been bent out of square and no longer sits true in the opening, or rot or rust runs through several sections.
A string of repairs
If the door has needed one repair after another, say so when you call, and a new door can be quoted instead of the next repair.
Other repairs
The rest of the door
Lift cables
A frayed or snapped cable leaves one side of the door low. It is replaced.
Rollers and hinges
Worn rollers that grind and hinges that have cracked are replaced.
Tracks
A door that has come off track is set back, and bent track is straightened or replaced.
Sensors and seals
A door that turns back before the floor has its sensors lined up or replaced, and worn seals are renewed.
Commercial doors
Springs on a roll-up or commercial door
Businesses in DeFuniak Springs with commercial doors get the same spring work.
Roll-up doors
The spring sits inside the barrel above the opening. When it breaks or loses tension, the door will not stay up or will not lift.
Commercial sectional doors
Larger torsion springs on the bar above the opening, sized for the heavier door.
Same county
Garage door repair elsewhere in Walton County
What to expect
Getting a DeFuniak Springs door fixed
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Contact
Call (850) 819-6031 or send the form. Tell us the town and what needs work.
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Property visit
We come out, look at the job and take the measurements we need.
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Written quote
You get a written price for the work before anything starts.
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Work completed
We do the work, test it and clean up the work area.
What should I tell the office when I call?
Why do springs break?
Will a new spring get my opener working again?
Only one of my two springs broke. Should both be replaced?
Can a dented door section be fixed instead of the whole door?
Get a quote
Request Garage Door Repair in DeFuniak Springs
Send the DeFuniak Springs address and tell us whether the door is open or closed right now.
