Close your garage door.
Garage door heavy to open manually.
Very easy to open and close manually and will weigh around 5 15 lbs.
So my 2 car garage door takes at least 30 50lb to lift manually.
This becomes necessary when there is a power failure or for some reason you lose your remote.
That s a problem that can worsen gradually over time and is much less obvious than a broken spring.
When a torsion spring suffers a failure or breakage you may notice that your garage feels much weightier to lift or it simply won t open at all.
Here s a way to test if your springs need service.
If the door is heavier it is highly recommended to call a garage door company before additional damage will occur.
Garage torsion springs are vital aspects of the garage opening system as no other part of the mechanism is strong enough to lift the heavy door.
Failing or broken spring s is the most common cause of a door being almost impossible to open manually but other factures can cause this as well.
All electronic or automatic garage doors have a bypass that will allow you to open it manually.