Residential Garage Doors Installation Tips and Guidelines
Residential garage doors overview
A double garage door which is older can often weigh anywhere from 250 to 450 lbs. This weight, coupled with hardware which is deteriorating, makes older garage doors an accident waiting to happen. And yet most homeowners will still enter and exit their homes through this more times than their home’s formal entry door. This is the time to start thinking about residential garage doors installation.
In this blog, we will tell you the differences between a safe door and one that is not. We will give you some helpful tips which are unlikely to find in the manufacturer’s instructions in order to correctly and safely install a new door that has torsion springs. Installing a new, double garage door will save you hundreds of dollars and will take around 8 – 12 hours if you are handy with tools. You can do most of the work yourself, however, you will need some help to remove your old door.
Release the tension on your extension springs by raising the door and locking it in place. Tie the extension spring to its roller track, then remove the cable from the bracket with some pliers. Torsion springs have 3 benefits overextension springs: They are safer, quieter, and much easier to fine-tune. Torsion springs are quieter due to the fact there is no spring knocking on the roller track.
They’re safer because when the spring breaks, it will remain on the bar. Lastly, you are able to fine-tune the tension on torsion springs so the door is balanced perfectly. Setting the tension on torsion springs are extremely hazardous, however, torsion and extension spring systems that come with simply DIY tensioning are now available. When you do not want one of these systems, you will need to call in a professional to release and set the tension on your torsion spring system. If you are in need of a professional residential garage doors installation service, then please feel free to contact A Veteran's Garage Door Services in Crown Point, IN now at (219) 895-0746.