If Lifting the door by hand feels like lifting the car.
Then Spring tension adjustment or replacement.
The springs are meant to carry nearly all the weight; when they fade, the strain shifts to you and the opener. Torsion Spring Replacement

Inspection, adjustment, sealing, and section-level repairs.
Panels can be replaced one at a time. A single dented or rusted section does not mean the whole door is finished, and matching a new section to the existing ones is often the practical answer for a door that is otherwise sound.
Garage Door Safety InspectionYour toddler has discovered the wall button.
Garage Door Tune-UpTwice this week the door started closing, stopped a metre from the floor and reopened on its own.
Off-Track Garage Door ResetYou tapped the door with the bumper while backing in, barely a nudge, and now the bottom corner has swung inward.
Garage Door Panel ReplacementYears of slap shots have peppered the lower two sections with dents.
Garage Door Bottom Seal ReplacementThe garage doubles as a workshop, and with the heater running the floor near the door stays cold and the draft finds your ankles…
Garage Door Perimeter WeatherstripEvery time the door closes there is a rubbing squeal along one side, and the flexible fin has folded under itself and torn.
Garage Door Manual Lock RepairThe T-shaped handle on the outside turns a full quarter, exactly as it has for twenty years, but nothing moves behind it.Tap a situation. The answer opens here.
If Lifting the door by hand feels like lifting the car.
Then Spring tension adjustment or replacement.
The springs are meant to carry nearly all the weight; when they fade, the strain shifts to you and the opener. Torsion Spring Replacement
If When you release the opener the door slides down on its own.
Then Balance adjustment.
A balanced door stays put at half height; drifting means the springs need winding or replacing. Garage Door Balance Adjustment
If The door flies up on its own and bangs the stops.
Then Spring tension reduction.
Too much tension is as hard on hardware as too little; a careful adjustment settles it. Torsion Spring Replacement
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