Garage Door Spring Weight

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.

Garage door spring weight.

Extension springs 2 pack are the everbuilt 110 lbs. Find your extension spring below select your door weight color door height. 80 gold 90 lt. 7 door 8 door.

Garage door spring weight chart. The everbuilt 110 lbs. Extension springs 2 pack are made of spring steel and designed to be mounted perpendicular above the horizontal track of the garage door. An unbalanced door is a sign of.

As an example a 25 gauge 16 7 standard residential garage door from clopay midamerica overhead door c h i martin hormann wayne dalton unique raynor amarr haas midland doorlink garaga northwest delden and windsor will weigh 150 160 lbs and insulated garage door weigh 165 180 lbs. If you have a heavier door that weighs more than 150 pounds with one spring still wound you will need to use 2 scales and position them under the first row of hinges from each end of the garage door. Torsion springs vs extension springs. We will use the corrispoding weight you ordered to customize the perfect spring s to balance your garage door.

The garage door is likely the largest moving part of your home. Torsion springs need to provide enough force to equal the weight of the door. Door weights 150lbs and under will be shipped with 1 high cycle life torsion spring. Blue 100 tan 110 white 120 green 130 yellow 140 blue 150 red 160 brown door height.

A functional garage door system lifts the door in a balanced manner. Garage door springs that you ll get at the big box are often made of inferior grade cheap foreign steel and are prone to snapping before their time. They stretch to provide lifting power for the garage door. Garage door torsion spring replacement our torsion springs vs the peion estimate door weight counterweight jpg upgrade from two to four torsion spring standard garage door torsion springs.

A failing unbalanced or poorly matched spring. At this point the color sequence repeats so that 200 is designated by tan 210 is designate by white 220 is designated by green and so on. Torsion springs and garage door weight. Therefore you need a pair of 210 pound springs even though your total door weight is 210 pounds.

However most standard garage doors are raised steel panel and are very similar in weight. Weighing your garage door is the best possible way to determine the proper springs needed for the door. The door itself can be extremely heavy the starting weight of single doors is about 130 pounds and larger or heavier doors can weigh over 350 pounds.