How Long Will My Garage Door Sping Last?

"How long will my garage door springs last?" This is a question we hear all the time at Check A Pro!  Adam Greer, the owner of EZ Lift Garage Doors explains the difference between springs and how long they should last. For more information about EZ Lift Garage Doors & More in Katy, Texas log on to www.ezohd.com or check them out at www.checkapro.com.   Visit Us At -  EzLiftGaragesDoors&More   You Can Call Anytime:  (832) 497-4260   Podcast Episode Transcription: This is the Check A Pro radio show check a pro Joe has assembled a team of pre-qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques now here's your host the man with a hard hat and tool belt check a pro Joe one of the most important things in your garage is your garage door spring that actually really makes the garage door go up and down with great ease if the garage door spring is not working properly if it's broken you will not get the garage door up and down I've asked my friend Adam Greer from easy lift garage doors to join me here on the program because this question comes up a lot from listeners Adam what is the difference between garage door springs and how long will they last so you have what's called an extension spring which only uses on the single car garage doors the 8 by 7 is 9 by 7 and that spring is the type that stretches down your horizontal tracks so they those springs actually stretch and retract and that's what operates the door it's the lowest grade spring out there then you have the next level would be Wayne Dalton and that spring you don't see it it's an internal spring and that's going to get you about 6000 for their base model about 6000 cycles what does that mean to the homeowner depends on machines the door but we try to help people six years somewhere in that range you'll use up that six 6000 cycles then you have the torsion spring system which is where you'll see a physical strain above the board that's your best ring option out there is to use torsion springs and that a base torsion spring system it's going to be about 10,000 so that's you that's going to kind of starting place the cycles can be you know we can get up to 60,000 cycles there there's lots of you can upgrade this spring and get you maximum cycles and that's going to depend on the weight of the door the size and the door a couple of things you have to take a note of that we can definitely get you some higher cycle lifecycle springs but a 10,000 cycle spring 7 to 10 years somewhere on the average toll America a lot to unpack there everybody if you didn't get it go back and listen again in short I believe Adam is recommending the torsion spring that's it's a standard spring it's the one that he put in my home on both my garage doors I've got a double and a smaller single and he actually swapped out the old fashioned springs that did go down the length of the track with the torsion spring and I'm happy with it yes thank you Adam I appreciate it you're more than welcome Check A Pro is your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the check a pro radio show.