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Our garage door torsion spring broke on Friday night leaving it inoperable. I contacted Twins Garage Doors that night and they were able to come out on Saturday to repair. Nicholas arrived right at…
Garage door service guide
Garage Door Spring Repair
Most spring jobs land between $725 and $1,575 including the parts that wear with the springs, from our own completed jobs, priced at our current rates.
Direct answer
Price, timing, and next steps
Most spring jobs land between $725 and $1,575 including the parts that wear with the springs, from our own completed jobs, priced at our current rates. Springs are rated for about 10,000 open-and-close cycles, roughly 7 to 10 years for most homes. If your door made a loud bang and will not lift, stop using it and call us.
Tested before we leave. We check door balance, travel, and safety sensors, run the door through full cycles, and walk you through the completed work.
Warning signs
Signs this is your door
- A loud bang from the garage.That gunshot sound was the spring snapping and unwinding in a fraction of a second. Do not try to lift the door.
- The door feels heavy or will not lift.A healthy spring makes a door feel almost weightless; if yours suddenly takes real muscle, the spring is losing tension or already gone.
- A visible gap in the coil above the door.A healthy torsion spring is one continuous spiral. A gap of an inch or two means it has snapped.
- The door lifts crooked or slams shut.Uneven or runaway movement means the counterbalance system is not holding its side of the bargain.
A clear process
What happens next
- Leave the door where it is and do not run the opener over and over. Book online or call, and our team confirms your details and availability before arranging a visit.
- Your tech inspects the whole system: the springs, the cables, the drums, and the bearings, since they wear together. He shows you what he found before anything else happens.
- You get one flat number for the whole job. No hourly meter, no surprise line items. Work starts only after you say yes.
- We do the repair, run the door through full open-and-close cycles, check the safety reverse, and leave your garage the way we found it.
Real prices from completed jobs
What it costs
Most spring jobs land between $725 and $1,575, and that is the whole ticket: springs are usually replaced together with the parts that wear alongside them, like cables, bearings, and rollers, which is what a real customer actually pays. That range comes from our own completed jobs, priced at our current rates, not a national average.
What moves the number: door weight and size, one spring or two, and the parts that need replacing with them. Springs are rated for about 10,000 cycles, so this is not a bill you should see often.
Two things keep your cost down: the service call is $0 when we do the repair, and the flat quote comes before work starts. The number you approve is the number you pay.
Do not DIY this one. Seriously.
Garage door springs are under dangerous tension and should be handled by trained professionals. Do not try to replace, adjust, wind, or unwind a spring, and do not lift a door with a broken spring by hand. It is heavier than it looks, and people get badly hurt trying this every year.
Verified customer stories
What Twins customers say
Verbatim Google reviews from real Twins customers
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I had a spring break in the morning on the day before the coldest day of the year. I contacted Twins Garage Doors and got a response back within a few minutes explaining their trip charge, which is…
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Broken spring was fixed same day - no BS, no upselling, and an honest assessment of current system (1993!) and possible replacement costs.
Where we work
Wisconsin
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Frequently asked questions
Answers before you choose a next step
How much does garage door spring replacement cost?
Most spring jobs land between $725 and $1,575 including the parts that wear with the springs, like cables and rollers, from our own completed jobs, priced at our current rates. You approve a flat quote before work starts, and the $0 service call with repair means diagnosis costs nothing.
How long do garage door springs last?
Springs are rated in cycles, one full open and close, and standard springs run about 10,000 cycles. For most homes that is roughly 7 to 10 years. Heavy daily use burns through them faster, and winter cold snaps tend to finish off springs that were already near the end.
Can I replace garage door springs myself?
Please do not. A wound torsion spring stores hundreds of pounds of energy, and releasing it wrong sends steel and winding bars flying. People are seriously injured doing this every year. Call us instead; with the $0 service call with repair, the diagnosis costs you nothing.
Do I need to replace both springs if only one broke?
Usually yes. Both springs have aged through the same 10,000-cycle life, so the survivor is typically close behind, and a fresh spring paired with a tired one lifts unevenly. Your tech quotes one spring and two as separate flat numbers, and the call is yours.
What is the difference between torsion and extension springs?
Torsion springs are the wound coil on a bar above your door; they twist to lift. Extension springs stretch along the horizontal tracks. Most doors built in recent decades use torsion, which lifts more smoothly. We repair and replace both types.