A garage door should stay down when closed open when raised and at the halfway point when raised halfway.
How to balance a wooden garage door.
A problem with the spring tension could cause the door to open or close unevenly improperly or at the wrong speed and adjusting the springs will likely solve the problem.
There are three pieces of casing.
Pry off each piece.
You need to start with the door in the down position so you can lift it up to various heights and check the balance.
Insert the tip of a flat pry bar behind the door casing to expose the door jamb.
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Close the garage door and use a level tool to make sure that both sides of the garage door is touching the ground evenly.
Press the button on the garage door opener to close the door if it has an opener.
To perform the balance test close the garage door normally and detach the automatic opener if present.
Close the garage door all the way.
From the middle of the door lift it to the halfway mark and carefully let go.
Adjusting the lift cable finer adjustments to the alignment can be made by lifting the cable and not the spring.
To do this you ll have to disconnect your garage door from your opener and check how well the door hangs on its own.
2 brace the open door.
Run the door up and down a few times to make sure it moves easily in its track you ll need to deal with other impediments before making a balance adjustment.
Be ready to grab the door in case of dramatic movement.
If it still does not then you ll want to adjust the spring tension on both sides until it does.
Use the handle to close the door all the way if it doesn t have an opener.
If that point is more than four feet or less than three feet above the ground you will need to balance the door.
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Garage door springs offset the weight of the door and allow it to open and close with ease.