There are two main kinds of springs, torsion and extension. Extension springs go above the tracks parallel to your ceiling. Torsion springs are wrapped around a bar that is above your garage door opening.

If one of the springs on your garage door fails, you may not be able to open your door. The springs are under tension when your door is shut, so the break is most likely occur without you even being aware of it happening.

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Unfortunately for a lot of home owners, if one of your springs is damaged, there's not much to do apart from to call a garage door repair company and have them come out and change the springs.

There are a number of things about your garage door that you can trouble shoot and fix youself. If you own a garage door opener then you also have some type of interrupter device that can keep your door from closing if something is in the way. More often than not they are stop/reverse lights.

By far the most common sensor that stops and reverses your garage door is a pair of "eyes" that are situated toward the bottom of your garage door's track on either side of the door.

It is possible that the stop/reverse lights are now not pointing at each other. If this is the case, it could be possible to adjust them so that they point within the correct direction.

If adjusting the beams does not fix your problem, carefully look around the opening of your garage door. The object that might be blocking the door's path may not be totally apparent. Look carefully.

If you have looked high and low for the thing blocking your garage door to the point that you have become frustrated, it may be that nothing is blocking it. Sometimes a fleck of dirt, an insect or condensation has gotten on the lenses of your stop/reverse lights. Wipe the lenses with a dry cloth and see if that works.

Another reason of an unreliable garage door is that your opener's logic board or gear sprocket has malfunctioned.

If your opener is the issue you will be glad to know that you probably don't have to replace it. Components are obtainable to garage door technicians who will repair your opener at a fraction of the price of a new opener.

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Since garage doors do not fail to work very often, most people are caught unaware of what to do to get it fixed. Most people make some attempt to trouble shoot their issue before they give up and call a garage door company. Hopefully this article has given you some insight into what items you can fix yourself and what items should best be left to a professional.