Your garage doors are the largest moving part in your entire
home and you use them on a daily basis, but many people don’t know how they
work. Here is a brief rundown of how they work. And if you have more questions
about garage doors in Hugo,
give Premium Garage Door Service a call!
Garage doors rely on a counterbalance system in order to
operate, which means they use a force to offset the weight of the garage doors.
The two types of counterbalance systems are torsion spring systems and
extension spring systems.
A torsion spring system is the most common. Springs are
horizontally mounted above the garage doors’ opening. There are also cables
attached to the bottom of the garage doors’ corners. The cables cause the
springs to wind and the winding is what energizes the system. The energy is
then shifted to the door through the unwinding of the springs when the garage
doors are opened.
An extension spring system is not as common as a torsion
spring system. Extension springs are attached to cables that are then attached
to the garage doors’ bottom corner. The springs will stretch as the garage
doors close. When the garage doors open, the stored energy in the extension
springs lift the doors.
And this illustrates why it is so important to make sure
your garage doors and all of their parts are in good working order. It is
frustrating to try to open and close your garage doors only to discover they
are not working properly and the springs or cables need to be replaced or
repaired! Thankfully, we offer 24/7 emergency service, so you never have to go
long without working garage doors!
For more information on garage doors in Hugo, call Premium
Garage Door Service at 651-344-0489 or contact us and Request Service.
