Garage Door Spring Weight Rating

Door weight pounds color door weight kilograms 10 white 5 11 0 20 green 10 22 1.

Garage door spring weight rating.

Standard residential torsion springs are found on a shaft above the center of the garage door. 1988 by national association of garage door manufacturers and. Torsion springs and garage door weight. Torsion springs vs extension springs.

These springs typically come in 1 3 4 2 and 2 1 4 inside diameters. Garage door spring size. Torsion springs need to provide enough force to equal the weight of the door. A failing unbalanced or poorly matched spring.

Perfect solutions recommends replacing all springs on your door even if only 1 snaps or breaks. Door weights 150lbs and under will be shipped with 1 high cycle life torsion spring. Springs in general last about 10 14 years or 15 20 thousand cycles. Door must be in the fully open position to remove the tension.

A functional garage door system lifts the door in a balanced manner. An unbalanced door is a sign of. Color codes should be substantiated by physical spring measurements door weights and other. They extend as your door moves and helps to balance your garage door.

Remember that if you have two springs on your torsion system and only one is broken to double the weight shown on the scale. Therefore you need a pair of 210 pound springs even though your total door weight is 210 pounds. Weighing your garage door is the best possible way to determine the proper springs needed for the door. When using two scales add the weights together for the total door weight.

We offer a full range of garage door services including 24 7 emergency services so give us a call. Leave the handling and installation of garage door springs to the people who are trained to work with and around them. Total door weight indicates the springs you will need for example if the door weighs 100 pounds you need two 100 pound springs one on each side. This we believe is the most cost effective solution long term.

It should be noted that since the cable loops around a pulley the lifting force of a 210 pound spring is only 105 pounds as seen by the garage door. Extension springs do as their name suggests.