Garage Door Heavy To Open Manually

All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually.

Garage door heavy to open manually.

I was thinking about taking a couple steel rods and adjust the torsion spring myself. So my 2 car garage door takes at least 30 50lb to lift manually. If the door is heavier it is highly recommended to call a garage door company before additional damage will occur. Sometimes though a door that s hard to operate is the result of springs that no longer hold the proper tension.

That s a problem that can worsen gradually over time and is much less obvious than a broken spring. Close your garage door. Failing or broken spring s is the most common cause of a door being almost impossible to open manually but other factures can cause this as well. Here s a way to test if your springs need service.

Garage torsion springs are vital aspects of the garage opening system as no other part of the mechanism is strong enough to lift the heavy door. When a torsion spring suffers a failure or breakage you may notice that your garage feels much weightier to lift or it simply won t open at all.