Repairing all kind of things around the house is thought by many people to be a proof of manhood. This is how it comes that some men try to replace broken spring on residential garage doors by themselves. Many of them remain with severe, permanent injuries and others lose their lives in this foolish attempt.

Garage doors are operating with the help of torsion springs. These springs are propelled by the tension they accumulate. This tension is your hidden enemy, because it can propel the spring into your eyes and blind you, if not pass through your brain.

In order to avoid the risk of getting hurt, one should be conscious enough to hire a professional to do the job for them. Garage door companies usually have staff who comes if asked for.

If one of your garage door springs needs replacement, you’ll have to actually change both springs. Although only one has been damaged, the other was exposed to the same degree of wearing, so it is possible, if not very probable that it will break over the following days, weeks or months.

Replacing torsion springs requires a special tool called spring tension tool. It helps releasing the spring’s tension, then to tension the new spring in place. Try to rent the device from a garage door company, if you can and if you are convinced you know how to do the operation by yourself.

Modern doors have another kind of springs, which are easier to replace, because they can be tensioned with electric drilling machines. Even so, replacing springs is still not a do it yourself enterprise.

Garage door fixing professionals can be found in Yellow Pages or on the internet, and they are usually fairly cheap, taking into consideration the high level of danger this job implies.

The price of hiring an expert to fix your garage door springs may vary between 75 and 200 dollars, but there are cases when they might ask as much as 800 dollars. Usually, they include the replacement of any other broken parts such as the rollers or the drums. Hiring a pro is your decision, but please be aware that torsion springs are not at all a do it yourself project.