Grayslake garage door starts to open the closes indicates possible broken garage door spring

You get the feeling the garage door on your Grayslake home is messing with you. You push the button on your ap to open the garage door and it begins to rise. Bt then, as though you can hear the mechanism laughing at you, it reverses course and goes back down. This is not funny. It’s infuriating, especially if you have an appointment and don’t have time for fun and games.

You press the button again and, maybe it opens. Then again, maybe it does the same thing over again. What would cause the garage door opener to behave so rudely? Before you jump to the conclusion that your Grayslake garage door is possessed, there is a logical explanation.

If your garage door begins to open but then closes instead, the likely culprit is the spring above the door. The spring is designed to help you or the garage door opener to open the garage door by reducing the amount of weight that needs to be lifted. But if the spring is broken or worn, it can loose its strength. More and more weight is left for you or the garage door opener to handle.

This can trigger a problem with the garage door opener. You’ll notice this problem when the garage door begins to open and then closes again.

The first question to ask is the age of the spring above the garage door. If it’s more than three or four years old, it’s possible that the spring is worn. You might be worn too if you were called upon, repeatedly, to carry that kind of weight. Then again, if the door was properly installed in the first place, you may get considerably more years out of your garage door spring.

Whether the garage door spring is a little long in the tooth or not, it’s possible that the spring is broken. While some broken garage door springs are obvious, that’s not always the case; you may want to call in a garage door technician to inspect your garage door spring.

If you do have a worn or broken garage door spring, you definitely want a trained professional to replace the garage door spring. Someone choosing to replace their own garage door spring would want to have someone on hand to call the Grayslake EMTs when an accident happens. Considering the amount of energy contained in a garage door spring, even a broken or worn spring, the likelihood of injury or death is very real. This is not a DIY project. Be safe, call the pros.