Local Garage Door Repair & Sales Pros for garage door repair near my location Hooven, OH. Phone +1 513-821-5095. Commercial & Residential Installation.

Here at Cincinnati Door & Opener Inc, we provide services night and day, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Our professional and reliable technicians are taught and certified to deliver excellent services to our consumers.

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Cincinnati Door & Opener Inc

11 Techview Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45215, United States

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+1 513-821-5095

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Mon-Fri : 8am-4:30pm Sat : 9am-12pm

Determining springs can be challenging; most individuals, even garage door professionals, in some cases have difficulty measuring torsion springs. Purchasing incorrect springs wastes time and money. If you are not exactly sure if your door had the correct springs, we suggest that you weigh your door utilizing an analog scale. From my own field experience I would estimate that a minimum of 10% of the doors have the incorrect springs on them. We like to enhance the garage door balance. A 3rd alternative is to identify the door size and design number. After you collect the essential information you can buy garage door springs.

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Leading Before beginning on the replacement, it is important that we start these guidelines with our sternest caution: CAUTION! Changing garage door torsion springs is harmful since the springs are under stress. You might likewise damage home. We desire your company, however not at the cost of your well being. Doing the task right is your obligation. If you have any doubts about your ability to securely alter your springs, we recommend you hire a professional to repair your garage door. Security First! Then work. In spite of my high mechanical aptitude, even after 18 years in the trade I lost the end of my left forefinger. A few years later on I had five stitches in my right thumb, and a year later on five stitches in my left thumb. In 2004 emergency space personnels dug steel out of my eye and stitched up my ring finger with eight stitches. I am not so naive as to believe that I have made my last trip to the emergency situation space. Fixing garage doors, particularly changing torsion springs, threatens work, whether you are a diy homeowner or a knowledgeable technician. It is impossible to cover every hazardous circumstance you may come across. Pay special attention to the cautions that appear in red.

ATTENTION! Due to unsafe steps below that can lead to bodily injury, we advise that you thoroughly study all the instructions below before beginning your work. 2.1 Two essential assumptions will assist you execute this replacement securely. Initially, assume that the springs are going to break as you unwind or wind them. Keep clothes and body parts far from the springs. Wear shatterproof glass. 2.2 Second, presume that the cone will slip or take off as you unwind and wind the spring. Keep your head out of the path of the winding cone. Keep your hands away from the cones so that if and when the winding bar slips out of the cone and your hand jerks up, the cone doesn’t rip your flesh or wrap your clothing and body parts into the spring. These older Crawford and Mc Kee torsion spring cones were made for 5/8 “bars. Sometimes, however, the holes are too little for 5/8” bars. Whatever you do, do not use a 1/2 “bar; instead, grind down a 5/8″ bar to fit. I just recently had a Mc Kee spring let loose after winding because I utilized a 1/2″ bar when my 5/8” bar would not fit. The only safe way to change these older springs is to make.

a winding bar for each hole of each cone. 2.4 The exact same holds true of Older Overhead, Bar Col and Raynor torsion springs that have winding cones with irregular hole sizes. If you place a 1/2 “X 18” bar in some of these holes you can move the opposite end of the bar over 4 inches. I’ve had much of the older cones spin loose from my bars, the last one producing an$ 1800 emergency clinic bill.

If your cones resemble any of these, or if they have more than 2″ of play, leave the task of installing torsion springs to a professional garage door mechanic. Some older openers are hardwired and you will require to remove a fuse or turn the circuit breaker. 2.6 Disengage the opener from the door. Some garage door openers have a neutral position for the trolley disconnect. On older openers you may need to eliminate the L-shaped drawbar arm. We do not recommend replacing torsion springs with the garage door open. Extending the springs the width of 8 or 9 coils is challenging, and leveling the garage door can also be challenging. Back to Leading Gather the materials and tools required for changing the springs securely. In addition to the torsion springs you’ll need a minimum of one or two 10″ vise grips, an adjustable wrench, and two 1/2″ X 18″ winding bars.

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