Weight of wooden garage door

[Dan Hunkele]

Here is a link to Apex door hardware. There is a variety of springs. A call to them should get you in the right direction. These are for tip up doors.


http://www.apexhardware.com/springs.html

[Duane Meadows]

Also helps to lube the gears every couple of years. White lithium grease is good.

Running dry, those gears will fail in 17 years, period. If the door is not properly balanced, of course, that makes it worse.