Is your Wonder Lake garage door balanced?

Is your Wonder Lake garage door balanced? Most people look for balance in their lives, not that too many find it. With your garage door, balance

is crucial. If the garage door isn’t balanced, their will be additionally strain and wear on parts of the garage door and garage door opener. It’s also a matter of durability and safety.

When your Wonder Lake garage door is balanced, the door is more apt to operate smoothly and with as little strain on the mechanics of the garage door and garage door as possible. When the garage door isn’t properly balanced, a chain of destruction can set in. This part wears cause strain and wear to that part and so on.

The garage door springs are among the first parts where an unbalanced garage door is felt. These are high-tension springs. They hold a lot of weight and make it possible for a half-horse-power, more or less, garage door opener to smoothly lift and lower a garage door that might weigh from 100 to 400 pounds, depending on the size and materials used in the manufacture of the garage door.

Even if you’re not using the garage door opener – if you’re opening the garage door manually – the springs make it easy to raise and lower the garage door.

If, for instance, the garage door was up and a garage door spring broke or let go, the door would come crashing down. In so doing, it could damage your vehicle or other things that are in the way. It can also injure or kill people who are below the garage door when it falls.

When the garage door is balanced, this is generally not a concern. The springs will last and last. Other mechanical parts of the garage door and garage door opener will also last much longer (everything else being in good condition).

With a balanced Wonder Lake garage door, the door will raise and lower smoothly and it will be quieter doing so. You’re less likely to experience the jerky motion of a garage door in trouble.