This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for some reason you lose your remote.
Garage door heavy to open manually.
Sometimes though a door that s hard to operate is the result of springs that no longer hold the proper tension.
Garage torsion springs are vital aspects of the garage opening system as no other part of the mechanism is strong enough to lift the heavy door.
I was thinking about taking a couple steel rods and adjust the torsion spring myself.
So my 2 car garage door takes at least 30 50lb to lift manually.
That s a problem that can worsen gradually over time and is much less obvious than a broken spring.
I had a company came and replaced the spring once years ago and the guy must not have wound it to the correct amount.
When a torsion spring suffers a failure or breakage you may notice that your garage feels much weightier to lift or it simply won t open at all.
Very easy to open and close manually and will weigh around 5 15 lbs.
All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually.
Close your garage door.