Extension Spring Replacement
Side-mounted springs replaced with containment cables threaded through them.
Garage door service in Wheatland View, Naperville
Wheatland View, on 87th Street west of Naperville Boulevard, was built in the early to mid 1970s. Its garages are often on side springs or on torsion springs that have been replaced before, and both get the same careful balance check.
Updated October 2026
Start here
Short answer
Wheatland View is a single-family neighborhood on 87th Street west of Naperville Boulevard, built in the early to mid 1970s. Garages from that era may run on extension springs or a second set of torsion springs, and doors of that age were often single-layer steel, so springs, insulation and openers are the usual work. We answer 24/7.
Local conditions
Whichever spring system the door has, a spring repair on a 1970s garage starts with a balance test, because doors gain weight over the years from new sections, windows or insulation. Springs are sized to the door's weight as it is today, not to the old spring's markings.
Many single-layer steel doors from that era are still sound. On those, an insulation kit plus new weatherstripping is an economical way to warm the garage; when the steel is dented or rusting at the bottom, a new insulated door is the better spend.
Common jobs
Side-mounted springs replaced with containment cables threaded through them.
The broken spring over the door replaced, sized to the door's real weight.
Insulation added to a hollow steel door that is otherwise sound.
Rotted jambs and loose brackets rebuilt so the door has something solid to hang on.
New belt or chain drive openers hung, wired, aligned and force-tested.
Photo eyes realigned or rewired when the door refuses to close.
Nearby
Answers
No. We weigh and balance the door and size springs to its weight today.
If the steel is sound, an insulation kit and new seals work well. Springs are adjusted for the added weight.
Yes, replaced in pairs with safety cables, or converted to torsion if the hardware is worn.
Day or night, the line rings through to the Naperville technicians first.
One number reaches the Naperville technicians day or night.
Service office on Village Green Rd, near Aurora Avenue in Naperville.