Garage Door Spring Repair in Roswell, NM

The loud bang from the garage? That was your spring.

A snapped torsion spring is the single most common garage door failure in Roswell — and the most dangerous one to touch yourself. The spring does the heavy lifting; the opener just guides the door. When a spring lets go, a 150–300 lb door suddenly has nothing holding its weight, which is why the door won't lift more than a few inches, the opener strains and gives up, and you should stop using the door immediately.

Why springs snap so often in Chaves County

Spring steel hates temperature swings, and Roswell delivers them: triple-digit summer afternoons, hard freezes on winter mornings, sometimes a 40-degree swing in a single day. Cold makes the steel brittle, which is why January and February are snapped-spring season across the Pecos Valley. Add wind-blown caliche dust working into the coils and the standard builder-grade 10,000-cycle spring often gives out years early here.

What we do on a spring call

• Measure the door and old spring precisely — wire size, length, inside diameter — so the replacement is matched to the door's actual weight, not a guess
• Replace both springs on two-spring doors: the surviving spring has the same mileage and will fail next, usually within months
• Install high-cycle springs (25,000+ cycles) as the default option, roughly 2.5× the life of builder-grade for a modest cost difference
• Check cables, drums, center bearing, and rollers while the door is disassembled — spring failure often stresses all of them
• Balance-test the door so the opener isn't lifting weight the springs should carry

What spring replacement costs in Roswell

Typical flat-rate ranges: $180–$350 for a single-car door, $250–$450 for a two-car door with paired torsion springs, including parts, labor, and the safety inspection. Oversized doors, high-lift setups, and commercial springs are quoted individually. You approve the exact number before we start — the price you're quoted is the price you pay.

Torsion vs. extension springs

Most Roswell homes built since the 1990s use torsion springs mounted on a shaft above the door. Older homes, including many in the historic district near NMMI, still run extension springs stretched along the tracks. We service both, and on extension systems we always install safety containment cables — a snapped extension spring without one becomes a steel whip.

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