Garage door cables are safety components of your garage door system that work in conjunction with your garage door springs to ensure smooth and safe opening and closing of your garage doors. However, when your garage door cable breaks or develops frays, your garage doors may not be safe to use, as they may be unbalanced and could fall or shut at any given time. Connecticut Garage Door Repair is dedicated to providing expert garage door cable repair and replacement services in Connecticut. We have all the types of aircraft grade, galvanized steel cable materials needed to make your garage doors safe and functional in the shortest time possible.
How Garage Door Cables Function
Your garage doors are connected to a system of steel wires that are wound up in drums located at the top of your garage door opening. The wires are connected to the bottom brackets of your garage doors and function in conjunction with your garage door springs to ensure smooth and safe opening of your garage doors. However, when the wires are in good condition, your garage doors will be in balance and function smoothly. However, when the wires break or come off the drums, your garage doors will be unbalanced and could fall, which is very dangerous and should not be ignored.
Common Signs of Worn Out Garage Door Cables
When your garage door cable is worn out, it may develop problems gradually before it breaks or comes off the drums of your garage doors. The common signs of worn out garage door cables include visible frayed wires, unbalanced garage doors, loud snapping sound accompanied by the dropping of your garage doors, heavy weight of your garage doors, and visible slack wires near the drums and bottom brackets of your garage doors.
Why Cable Repair Requires a Professional
The garage door cables are designed to function in an environment of extreme tension, which is produced by the garage door springs. It is therefore dangerous to attempt to repair your garage door cables because you can get seriously injured by the sudden release of the stored up energy in the springs. Our team of experts, however, is equipped with the necessary equipment to release the tension in the springs, repair the broken cables, and adjust the entire system to function within optimal parameters, when repairing your garage door cables, we always inspect the springs, rollers and drums, which frequently contribute to cable failure.
Using Premium Cables for Long Lasting Performance
At Connecticut Garage Door Repair, we only use top quality, galvanized steel cables, which are designed to handle the weight of your garage door. The cheap, substandard cables used by other companies are prone to stretching, which causes them to fail prematurely. It is recommended that you replace both of your garage door cables, even if only one of them is broken, because they tend to wear out simultaneously. It is therefore possible that the cable which is still functioning may have only a few months of service life left.
Schedule Your Cable Repair Appointment
It is imperative that you schedule your garage door cable repair service with Connecticut Garage Door Repair today because a broken garage door cable is an emergency situation that requires immediate attention, call us today on (203) 437-7156 to schedule your cable repair service in Connecticut.
