Queens Garage Door
Spring Replacement and Repair

Saving Money on a Spring
Can Cost You More

You may think you are saving money by buying garage door parts at a home store and learning from a video. Even if you know more about garage doors than the average person, a spring is the one part not worth the risk. A wound torsion spring stores enough energy to cause serious injury, and a spring that is the wrong size for your door will wear out the opener or let the door slam.

What if you do not know whether the spring is broken, corroded or just needs adjusting? What if you are not even sure it is the spring? You do not have to figure it out. Call Queens Garage Door, describe what happened, and a technician will diagnose the door and replace what is actually needed.

Garage Door Spring
Prices in Queens

Prices include the springs, winding and balancing the door. Very heavy, oversized or wood doors may need larger springs; you will see that in the written price before we start.

Oil-Tempered, High-Cycle
Spring Replacements

For doors that work hard — a family that uses the garage as the front door, a business that opens and closes all day — we recommend high-cycle oil-tempered springs. They use heavier wire and are rated for far more cycles than standard springs, so the next replacement is years further away.

In waterfront parts of Queens — Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Howard Beach and the Rockaways — salt air rusts springs faster. Spraying the coils with garage door lubricant every six months slows the rust, and we check for rust on every visit.

Which Springs Does
Your Door Have?

Torsion springs ride on a steel shaft over the door and wind or unwind as it travels. Extension springs run along the side tracks and stretch; they are common on older single doors in detached Queens garages. Extension springs must have a safety cable through each spring so a broken spring cannot whip across the garage. Where the headroom allows, converting to torsion costs $575.