This video will show you how to open a garage door if one of the torsion spring is broken.
Broken torsion spring garage door.
Just like car tires are rated by miles garage door springs are rated by an estimated number of cycles 1 cycle your garage door going up and down one time.
First do not try to lift the door by hand or using the opener as you can hurt yourself lifting a heavy garage door by hand and burn out the opener using it to try to open a door with a broken spring.
If your garage door has two torsion springs the second spring will keep the cables tight and on the drums.
This video will show you how to open a garage door if one of the torsion spring is broken.
You will have to look up at the springs to determine if one is broken.
The size of the door and the type of spring system determines how difficult opening the door will be.
If you have a wayne dalton torquemaster system pictured below the springs will be inside a tube.
A garage door that has a broken spring has nothing to support its weight.