Upper Keys
Torsion Spring Repair in Key Largo
Key Largo is long enough that a torsion note needs a mile marker or a subdivision too. The spring above the door stores the lift. Treat a header tick, a bang, a gapped coil, or a door that feels twice as heavy as a reason to park the leaf, and keep hands off the set screws that hold stored energy. An open bay under the house on stilts and a closed garage are different rooms in basin salt. Do not wind anything on either one. We measure at the shaft.
Mile mark
Give the mile marker or the subdivision with the symptom, and say which side of the highway the drive is on. A town name leaves the stop on the wrong stretch of road. From the floor or the ground under the house, photograph the header and do not wind anything. A gap in a coil is the report. Set screws hold stored energy and stay tight. Basin salt may cloud the metal, and that cloud is not a wire size.
Under house
An open bay under the house puts the shaft in the weather on stilts, with basin salt on the cones and less ceiling than a closed garage. Say if that is the building. Headroom follows the joists, and a photo from ground level should include a beam that crowds the shaft. The door can feel twice as heavy because the spring let go. Park it, and keep people out from under the opening until the bars are on the shaft.
Closed rooms
A closed garage holds the shaft indoors, where basin salt arrives more slowly and the header is an ordinary room. The match does not change in that room. Wire size, inside diameter, length, and wind must agree with the door and the drums, not with paint. A wrong coil can make the door climb. On a matched pair, both coils are usually renewed. Bearings and cables are checked too, and on an open bay the salt often locks those bearings.
Basin film
Rollers are replaced only if flat or seized, not because basin air filmed a stem that still turns. A stronger opener does not replace the spring under the house or in a garage. Tell us if you see one coil or two without climbing, and if the door is up or down. A bang belongs in the note as well. Stilts and the marker stage the visit. The coil is chosen by measuring your shaft, not the house next door.
Stored
If the door is open to the weather under the house, say open, and repeat the mile marker so the trip aims at the right stretch. A closed garage with the door down and heavy can wait for the return call. Do not wind a coil because a diagram looked simple. Leave a humming motor alone. The spring stores the lift, and a larger head will not store it for you on an open bay or in a closed room.
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Saturday stays closed.
Keys Door Co is family-owned, local, and insured.
We have worked this coast for over ten years.
Common questions
Why does a Key Largo mile marker matter?
The island is long, so the mile marker or subdivision places the opening. An open bay on stilts and a closed garage can share a stretch of road. The coil is measured at your shaft after the stop is aimed.
How does an open Key Largo bay differ?
An open bay leaves the shaft in basin salt on stilts. A closed garage is indoors. Either can fail with a tick, a gap, or a door that feels twice as heavy. Park it and leave the set screws tight.
What should a Key Largo header photo include?
Show the shaft from the floor or ground, plus a beam or column that crowds it. A gap in a coil should be visible. Name the mile marker or the subdivision, and do not wind anything to improve the picture.
Request service
Name the street and whether the door is up, down, or stuck.
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