Broken torsion spring on a Casselberry house? Here's why homes built 1964-2004 fail this way, what the fix runs, and how to book a spring job.
We can't post a flat number here because spring jobs vary by door weight, spring count, and whether the drums or cables need to come off with it. A single torsion spring on a standard one-car door costs less than a matched pair on a heavier two-car door, and if the spring has been bad for a while, it may have already chewed up a cable or bent a bottom bracket, which adds to the job. What we can tell you is that this is a same-day repair in almost every case - we don't need to order the spring, we carry stock sizes on the truck because Casselberry's housing stock is narrow in age (built mostly 1964 to 2004, median 1984), so the spring sizes that fit these doors are predictable. We'll give you the actual number after we look at the door, not before. If a tech tells you a price over the phone without seeing the door, that's a guess, not a quote. One honest limitation: if your door and opener are both original to a house built in the 1960s or early 1970s, parts for the opener itself may be harder to source than the spring, and we'll tell you that up front rather than string the job along.
The door won't lift, or it lifts a few inches and stops. Sometimes you hear a loud bang from the garage - that's the spring letting go, usually while the door is down and nobody's touching it. Other times it's gradual: the opener strains, the door feels heavier every week, and then one morning it just won't go. If you pull the manual release and the door is too heavy to lift by hand, that's a spring problem, not an opener problem. A door that drops fast or slams shut on its own is also a spring symptom, not a track issue. Don't keep hitting the button once you've heard the bang or felt the extra weight - running a garage door opener against a broken spring puts load on the opener's gears and the cables that the opener was never built to carry alone, and that turns one repair into two.
Call or use the contact link on our site to set up a spring repair. Tell us the door size (single or double) and whether the opener still runs or not - that helps us load the right spring stock before the truck leaves. We work across the service area, including homes near Fern Park, Longwood, Maitland, and Goldenrod, so if you're close to one of those areas, say so when you book and we'll route accordingly. We don't do phone-quote pricing on springs because we won't guess at a number tied to your exact door weight and track condition. What we will do is get a tech out, inspect the spring, cable, and drum together, and quote before any work starts.
Describe the symptom - won’t open, loud bang, opener runs but the door won’t move.
A technician tests the door under power and by hand and finds what actually failed.
You get the fix that’s needed and what drives the cost - before any work starts.
The repair is done, the door is set true and tested, and the work area left clean.
Illustrative styles - sectional, insulated steel, carriage, and commercial doors.
Repair and installation work for Casselberry homes and businesses.
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Straight answers about garage door repair in Casselberry. Still unsure? Ask us directly.
You can, but we don't recommend it. If one spring broke from age and cycle wear, the other one is on the same clock and usually fails within months. Most jobs on double springs get both replaced together so you're not paying a second service call soon after.
It's not an emergency like a gas leak, but don't force the door open or run the opener against it. A torsion spring under tension that's already broken can still have stored force in the coil, and the door itself is heavy. Leave it closed and call in the morning if it's late.
The mild, humid climate here works on exposed steel coatings over time, especially in garages without much airflow. A spring built in the 80s or 90s under those conditions can show more wear than its actual cycle count would suggest.
