Neighborhood Garage Door Service

"Over 1800 Happy Customer Reviews!"

Review logos

Affordable Garage Door Repair
in Your Neighborhood

Today's Offer - $200 Off New Double Garage Doors

Today's Offer – $75 Off Any Garage Door Repair

Today's Offer – $125 Off Any Garage Door Opener

Garage Door Repair Coupon
100 Dollars Off New Single Garage Doors
$125 Off New Garage Door Opener
$200 Off New Double Garage Doors

How to Adjust Your Garage Door Spring Tension

  • admin
  • 01 Dec 2016
  •   Comments Off on How to Adjust Your Garage Door Spring Tension

Over time your garage door springs can lose tension and be in need of adjustment. Here at Neighborhood Garage Door Service of Harford, CT suggests that you check the tension of the springs of your door on a yearly basis. It is also important to do general maintenance checks of the mechanical parts of your door as well.

If you need to re-adjust your door, here are the steps that you need to follow.

1. Check The Tension

The garage door should lift itself up when you start pushing it open. Give the door a pull up and see how far it goes up on its own. If it stops halfway, then you will know that the tension needs to be adjusted.

2. Look For Instructions

Since this is a basic maintenance routine for your garage door, you may find instructions of how to perform this on the back of your door. Look at any instructions that may be on the back of the door to see what is suggested. If you do not have those instructions, then you can do the following to adjust the tension.

3. Gather Tools

hand-tools-for-garage-workshop

First, you will need to gather the necessary tools to do the work. These tools include:

  • 2 wrenches
  • Pliers
  • Clamp pliers
  • Nail
  • Ladder
  • Alan wrenches

Once you have these things in place, you can get started on tightening the tension on your garage door springs.

4. Clamping Pliers

Place clamping pliers on the side of the bracket that holds the spring in place. You will attach it to the bar. Tighten up the clamping pliers. Make sure that it is tight enough to move the bar when you push it up or down.

5. Place Nail in The Spring Anchor

Use a nail or something metal that is small enough to fit into the hole where the spring anchor is located. This is on the other side of the bracket from where you will place your clamping pliers. Make sure that the nail comes out the other side. You may need to crank the pliers up a bit to get it in the right position for the nail to go all the way through.

6. Spring Tension

Now is a time when you will need to the Alan wrenches and wrenches. Start by taking your two wrenches and placing them on the other side of the part that holds the tension. You may need to loosen both grub screws, but it is possible that it may not be necessary.

Turn up to tighten and down to loosen the tension on your overhead door. Be sure to tighten both of the grub screws. Crank them as tightly as you possibly can. Once you have done 3-4 turns, lock up the grub screw so that it does not loosen the tension.

7. Test the Door

Once you have tightened the grub screws, go to the other side of the door and take off the clamping pliers. Test the door and see if the tension is right. If it is not correct, then do the process again until it is working properly.

Here at Neighborhood Garage Door Services of Hartford, CT can perform this maintenance for you if you need. Our team is able to come out and service your entire door at a time that will work for you. Call us today if you need help adjusting the tension on your garage door.

You Can Trust Us for the Job

positive reviews

They sent Doug Fussell out to my house on the day after Christmas! I had only called them three days before! Doug was a premier technician, very thorough and very efficient. I expected him to take two days, since he was replacing two doors and adding openers on each door. He only took the daylight hours of one day! I could not believe how fast he was! In addition, he thoroughly taught me how to use the remote openers. I highly recommend them to anyone!
~Donald B.

positive reviews

We just bought a home and this company was so understanding as I had to change the appointment time a few times. Then the tech came out and was so kind and helpful. I could not have asked for a better experience and will suggest them to anyone who needs work done on their garage door!
~Tammy K.

positive reviews

My garage door broke on a Saturday night as I was getting ready to leave for a holiday party. Kelvin was here within 30 minutes. He reviewed everything with me that was happening with my door. He gave me the estimates of what was immediately needed to be done in order for my door to raise and then what I will need to have done very soon. I could see all the problems he pointed out to me and I decided to have everything done. He completed everything that night. I was very satisfied with Kelvin’s professionalism and the work he did. Thank you again.
~Joyce N

We Service All Makes and Models of Garage Doors and Openers