Spring Safety · Intro
Garage Door Science
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Transcript
You hear it from the kitchen. A crack like a gunshot. Your garage door won't budge. Inside that wall, a torsion spring just broke. These springs hold the weight of a small car. When they
snap, that stored energy has to go somewhere. A broken spring makes your door dead weight, unstable, dangerous to move. This is not a DIY fix. Garage Door Science spots spring trouble before it finds you. Call a pro. Sleep easy.