Extension springs · Floral Park
Garage Door Extension Spring Repair in Floral Park
Extension springs stretch along the ceiling tracks on both sides of the door. You find them on many older and lower garages in the village. When one gives out, the door lifts crooked or not at all.
Call 516-502-0039Broken spring help
- Extension spring pair from $195
- $20 off spring repair
- Safety cables checked on every job
- 4-year spring warranty
What does extension spring repair cost?
A pair of new extension springs in Floral Park starts at $195, minus the $20 spring coupon. Call 516-502-0039; we check the pulleys, cables and safety cables at the same visit and tell you the exact total before starting.
Where extension springs show up in the village
Floral Park's housing is mostly early-twentieth-century Colonial Revival, Tudor and Cape Cod homes, and a lot of them have a one-car garage at the end of a driveway. Those garages often have little room between the top of the door and the ceiling. Extension springs need no space above the opening, so they were the natural choice for that kind of building and are still common there.
They are also found on lighter single doors in newer garages. Either way, the system is the same: a spring along each horizontal track, a pulley at the end of it, and a cable that runs down to the bottom corner of the door.
Signs an extension spring has failed
- One spring hangs slack or lies in pieces on the floor.
- The door lifts higher on one side than the other.
- A pulley wobbles, or a cable has jumped off its pulley.
- The spring looks visibly longer and more stretched than its partner even with the door open.
A stretched-out spring is a worn spring: it has lost the pull it needs, and the opener starts doing work the spring should be doing.
Extension spring price and what is included
| Included in the job | From |
|---|
| Two matched extension springs, installed and adjusted | $195 |
| Safety cable check (replaced if missing or damaged) | Priced before we start |
| Pulley and cable inspection | Included in the visit |
Starting price for a standard single door. Damaged pulleys or cables are quoted separately before any extra work.
Why safety cables matter on these springs
An extension spring that breaks without a safety cable can whip across the garage. Older installations in particular are sometimes missing them. If yours do not have a cable running through the middle of each spring, keep clear of the springs and ask us to fit them during the repair.
Sizes, weights and the color code
Extension springs are sold by the weight of door they are meant to lift. Many manufacturers paint the end of the spring with a color that stands for a weight range, which is handy when reading an old spring, but paint fades and older springs may have been replaced with a different size. We size the new pair to your door rather than trusting a faded color.
Door height also matters. A seven-foot door and an eight-foot door need springs that stretch different lengths, and using the wrong length leaves the door unbalanced at the top or bottom of its travel.
After a do-it-yourself attempt
We are often called after someone has tried to swap an extension spring alone. The usual problems are a cable threaded the wrong way around a pulley, a spring hooked into the wrong hole so the door hangs crooked, or a missing safety cable. Each is fixable, but please call before trying it yourself: a spring under tension can do real damage.
How we handle the repair
With the door fully open the springs are at their least tension, so that is where the work starts. The door is secured so it cannot drop, the old springs come off, and new springs of the right weight rating go on both sides. Cables are adjusted until the door sits level and lifts evenly by hand, and then the opener's settings are checked so it is not working harder than it should.
If your garage has the headroom, we can also price a conversion to a torsion spring system. For many low garages in Floral Park, a good set of extension springs remains the sensible answer.
Extension spring questions
What are garage door extension springs?
They are long springs that run parallel to the horizontal tracks on each side of the door. They stretch when the door closes and pull it up when it opens, with a cable and pulley on each side.
Why replace extension springs in pairs?
Each side of the door has its own spring, and they need to pull equally. A new spring on one side and an old, weaker one on the other makes the door lift crooked, so we replace them as a pair, from $195.
What is a safety cable on an extension spring?
It is a cable threaded through the middle of the spring and anchored at both ends. If the spring snaps, the cable stops the broken pieces from flying across the garage.
Should I convert extension springs to torsion springs?
Sometimes. Torsion springs run more smoothly and are tidier, but they need enough room above the door. We can look at your garage and price both options.
Written by the Floral Park Garage Door team · 20 years of experience · Last updated November 2026