garage door spring replacement

[HuntForHorns]

Anyone had their garage door springs replaced lately? I am out of town and ours broke today. Called the company that was recommended by others in our neighborhood. Tech came out and told my wife all kinds of stuff that was wrong. Ended up costing me over $600 for two springs and some overpriced cables. I haven't had this done in about 10 years but the last time is was under $200. Is it just inflation or did we get hosed?

[Sasqy]

That’s prob about right these days !
$250 service call
$350 parts and fuel charge.

[brokeno]

Worth every penny, you don’t want to mess with it yourself.

[K. Lane]

Bro…. Mine broke a couple years back. Easiest home repair I’ve ever tackled and that was after only watching a “YouTube tutorial”
door works better now than when it was new

[TKC]

My dad and brother have a garage door business in Weatherford. That’s probably about right.

i just replaced the two springs on mine myself, and the springs were about $200 for the set.

[HuntForHorns]

When i retire i might start a garage door business. There are millions of garage doors in Katy! What a racket, just like the AC business charging $200 for a capacitor you can get on amazon for $9.00. They scare you in to not trying to replace it yourself.

On the other hand, maybe I paid $300 extra so the garage door would be fixed TODAY for my wife.

[Dusty Britches]

Mine broke a few years ago and I thought I could replace them myself. After watching 3 or 4 YT videos, and listening to the host of the videos say this is extremely dangerous and unless you know what you are doing, call a professional. It is very easy to break an arm while replacing springs. I called the local company to replace them

[TKC]

Mine broke a few years ago and I thought I could replace them myself. After watching 3 or 4 YT videos, and listening to the host of the videos say this is extremely dangerous and unless you know what you are doing, call a professional. It is very easy to break an arm while replacing springs. I called the local company to replace them

Yeap if your torsion bars get away from you it’s gonna leave a mark, or remove something. The trick is to be precise, intentional , and not rush things. You have to know how many quarter turns as well or you’ll lose your mind trying to get the adjustment correct.

[manwitaplan]

I had mine replaced 2 years ago and it was one big spring.... About 6 months ago it started squeaking so i upgraded all the rollers and clamps. Still squeaked called a professional and he said they should have used 2 springs and the door had way to much tension cauing it to pull on one side. He charged me about 200.00 for a complete realignment but siad that it will eventual go to crap. I used a veteran that had good reviews in my area.

[IvoryRoot]

Mine broke 10 years ago and it was $150. It broke again 6 months ago and it was $500 that time.

[RascalArms]

Some things I'll attempt to tackle that don't involve me getting outside my lane too much. Garage door springs ain't in said lane!

[Smokeater]

Some things I'll attempt to tackle that don't involve me getting outside my lane too much. Garage door springs ain't in said lane!

Yup, in the blink of an eye you could be 3 or 4 teeth short. Patched my spring once a while back..nervous as an alley cat the whole time. Just try to keep it lubed and serviced so she don't break..

[Bowhica]

I'd rather work on a live electrical wiring than the springs of a garage door.

I had my garage doors replaced early this year. Almost $4K for the a single bay/two bay door, rails, springs and one opener. All because some jack wagon wanted to get in my garage. They stuck something at the top of the door, trying to grab the release rope. They failed to get in. I've cut mine off and wired them in the closed position. Hate a thief.

[Traildust]

You got hosed! Jus sayin!

[Paycheck]

I welded mine back together and put a few extra turns on it to get it good and tight. Just joking, call a pro.