If opening your garage feels like lifting weights at the gym, chances are good that you've got spring issues. Springs should last around 10,000 cycles—that’s fancy talk for opens-and-closes—but when they start singing the blues (or worse yet go silent because they snap), call in the cavalry before trying anything yourself. It’s tricky business best left to experts who have seen their fair share of boomerang-like springs.Springs play nice with buddies: having them replaced in pairs helps keep things balanced and prevents future mishaps—sorta like dancing tango instead of solo freestyle.

You wouldn’t wear socks that don’t match unless you’re making a fashion statement—and likewise for panels on your trusty ol' gatekeeper (that’d be your garage door). Yes indeed, replacing one lonely panel is possible as This Old House explains. Just make sure its style and color shake hands warmly with its neighbors; otherwise it'll stick out like sore thumb.Note: The service team here at Emmanuel has been swapping panels longer than smartphones have been smart—they’ve got matching down to an art form.And there you have it—the most burning questions about taking care of what may very well be the largest moving object in your home answered by Claremont’s finest steel whisperers at Emmanuel Garage Doors.