Marietta garage door spring replacement.

Both springs. One visit. Fixed today.

That bang you heard was a torsion spring letting go, and Metro is at Marietta doors same-day to swap the pair. We carry standard and high-cycle 25,000-rated springs on every truck, sized to the door and never guessed, from Indian Hills and Mountain View to Whitlock Ave, Dallas Hwy, and Sandy Plains. Marietta sits on our morning route, so most spring calls are finished within hours.

(770) 526-1214

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1,200+ reviews Family-owned since 1979

Metro Garage Doors branded service van, Marietta, GA same-day garage door repair, since 1979

★★★★★ 4.9 Google Rating 1,200+ reviews · 2 locations

5-Star Dealer Factory-certified installer

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Platinum Dealer Factory-certified installer

Family-Owned Serving Cobb since 1979

Licensed Bonded · $2M Insured

Broken spring in Marietta? Both replaced today.

Metro Garage Doors replaces both torsion springs in one same-day visit anywhere in Marietta, dispatched from our Douglasville shop about 25 minutes away via I-20. Springs are sized to your specific door's weight, never guessed, with standard and high-cycle 25,000-rated options on every truck, and every swap is balance-tested. Family-owned since 1979, and the tech winding your springs is a W-2 Metro employee, never a subcontractor.

Six ZIPs. One company.

East Cobb upscale, West Cobb growth corridor, downtown historic, northeast Cobb, Powder Springs corridor, all six Marietta ZIPs covered same-day from one Douglasville shop. No franchise carve-ups, no out-of-town call centers.

Same day. Every day.

Phones answered 24/7. Marietta is on every morning's dispatch route. Call before noon and a real Metro tech is usually at your door within 2–3 hours. or any Cobb ZIP.

Real Metro techs

When Metro answers the phone, a Metro tech shows up, never a subcontractor. Every tech is W-2, drives a branded truck, and trained in our Douglasville shop. The name on the door matches the name on the paycheck.

Marietta Isn't One Place

Three different Mariettas, three different fix stories.

Marietta sprawls across six ZIPs and a hundred years of housing. The garage door problems are dramatically different from East Cobb to the Square to West Cobb, and that's why the company that knows all three matters.

East Cobb (30062, 30068), Indian Hills, Sope Creek, Mountain View, the Walton/Lassiter/Pope HS feeders, is mostly upscale 1980s–2000s housing. Two recurring call types: first or second torsion spring failures from the 15-year cycle limit, and aesthetic-driven replacements from homeowners trading up to carriage-style, Wayne Dalton 9700-series, or wood-look composite doors. East Cobb is also where we install the most insulated double doors with R-18 polyurethane cores, the difference shows up on the power bill.

Downtown Marietta (30060) and the Square are an entirely different problem set. Many of these are 1920s–1940s homes with detached carriage-house garages or single-bay attached garages with low headroom. We do period-appropriate recessed-panel and carriage-style installs here that fit the architecture, recessed-panel and carriage-style doors work beautifully on bungalows and Victorians around Roswell St, Whitlock Ave, and Kennesaw Ave. Track and torsion-spring fits get tighter in low-headroom situations; that's a measurement we want to make in person, not over the phone.

West Cobb (30064) along Dallas Hwy and Stilesboro is the newer growth corridor, Hillgrove HS feeder neighborhoods, the Kennesaw Mountain–adjacent subdivisions. Most homes here are 1990s–2010s, which means 15-year-old LiftMaster and Genie openers are dying right on schedule and the original springs are starting their second cycle. Bigger bays (24-ft doubles), so we go heavier on torsion-tube specs and dual high-cycle springs. Northeast Cobb (30066) up toward Sandy Plains is similar.

30062 / 30068 East Cobb · Indian Hills · Sope Creek · Walton / Lassiter / Pope 30060 Downtown · Marietta Square · Whitlock · Roswell St 30064 West Cobb · Dallas Hwy · Stilesboro · Hillgrove 30066 / 30067 NE Cobb · Sandy Plains · Powder Springs corridor

Common Marietta Calls

How a Marietta spring failure announces itself.

Springs rarely fail quietly. If your door is doing any of these, block it and call (770) 526-1214 before anything else moves.

"Gunshot sound from the garage, door is dead weight now."

The signature snapped torsion spring

East Cobb's 1980s-to-2000s homes around Sope Creek, Indian Hills, and the Walton and Lassiter feeders are hitting first and second spring failures right on the 10-to-15-year clock. The wire fatigues through, releases its stored tension with a bang, and the door becomes too heavy to lift. Don't try, block it and call. We bring the matching pair and swap both in 60 to 90 minutes.

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"Door feels heavy, opens halfway, then comes down hard."

A spring losing tension before it snaps

The early warning we hear from West Cobb's bigger builds off Dallas Hwy and Stilesboro, where 24-ft doubles work their springs harder than average. Springs lose winding force over the last stretch of their cycle life, the opener strains, and the door drops faster than it should. Replacing before failure is the same job as after, minus the emergency timing, and on big Cobb doubles we usually recommend the high-cycle upgrade.

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"There's a visible gap in the spring coil over my door."

A confirmed break, don't operate the door

An intact torsion spring is one continuous coil, a broken one shows a 1-to-4-inch gap where the wire separated. We get this photo texted from all six Marietta ZIPs, including the 1920s-to-1940s homes off Whitlock and Roswell St, where some garages still run old extension springs. Those we can convert to torsion on the same visit, a cleaner, safer setup for low-headroom historic garages.

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Services in Marietta

Every garage door service, every Cobb ZIP.

Repair, replacement, openers, springs, commercial, all in-house, all from the same Douglasville shop, all backed by The Metro Promise.

Recent Marietta Jobs

Doors we've put back on Cobb County homes.

A few of the recent jobs across East Cobb, West Cobb, and the Marietta Square. Every door we touch is one we'd put back on our own house.

New carriage-style installation, Indian Hills, East Cobb GA 30068

East Cobb Upgrade

Carriage-Style Door + LiftMaster myQ, Indian Hills, 30068

Spring Replacement

High-cycle springs on 24-ft double, Sope Creek, 30062

Carriage-style door on historic 1930s Marietta Square home, 30060

Historic Install

Carriage-style on 1930s home, Marietta Square, 30060

LiftMaster 8500W install on West Cobb 2-car double, Stilesboro Rd, 30064

Opener Replacement

LiftMaster 8500W myQ install, Stilesboro Rd, 30064

Real Metro Techs

Marietta calls handled by the same crew, every time.

When Metro answers the phone, a Metro tech shows up. Never a subcontractor. Every tech trains in our Douglasville shop and works the Cobb routes week after week, East Cobb subdivisions, the Hillgrove corridor, and the historic Marietta Square.

Jake Wilson, Metro garage door service technician serving Marietta and Cobb County, GA

Jake WilsonSenior Service Tech · 8 years

Brandon Horne, Metro garage door service technician serving Marietta, GA

Brandon HorneService Tech

Dewayne Hunter, Metro garage door service technician serving Marietta, GA

Dewayne HunterService Tech

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Pricing You Can Trust

Every job quoted in writing.

Every door is different, especially in Marietta where we work everything from 1920s carriage doors to 24-ft East Cobb doubles. We don't publish flat-rate prices. What we do guarantee: an upfront written number before any work starts, the same hourly rate every day, and a repair backed for life.

Quoted in writing

Every Marietta job priced before we start, in writing. The number on your estimate is the number on your invoice. No surprises, no add-ons after the fact.

Real Metro techs every visit

Every Metro technician is a W-2 employee. Never a subcontractor. Trained in our Douglasville shop, dispatched in branded Metro trucks. The name on the door matches the name on the paycheck.

Backed for life

Every repair is covered by The Metro Promise, lifetime workmanship plus a 90-day make-it-right guarantee. If our work fails, we come back at no charge.

What you see is what you pay, same price every Cobb ZIP, backed for life.

What Marietta Says

Reviews from across Cobb.

★★★★★

"Replaced both 24-ft double doors on our Indian Hills house, carriage-style doors with windows, dual LiftMaster 8500W. Jake measured Saturday, doors arrived in two weeks, installed in one morning. The crew was clean, professional, and the price came in exactly where the written estimate said it would."

Verified Google Review · Indian Hills, East CobbApr 2026

★★★★★

"1937 home off Whitlock, needed a single carriage-style door that looked like the house, not a Home Depot special. Metro understood it immediately. Recessed-panel recessed-panel in solid black, perfect proportions, kept the original hinge hardware exposed. Real craftsmen."

Verified Google Review · Marietta Square, 30060Mar 2026

★★★★★

"Spring snapped at 6:45 AM, called Metro at 7. Brandon was at our Stilesboro house by 9. Both springs swapped to 25,000-cycle high-cycles, gone by 10:30. No upsell on a new opener even though our 2008 Genie clearly has a year or two left. That's the company you want."

Verified Google Review · Stilesboro Rd, West CobbFeb 2026

Based on 1,200+ reviews across both Metro locations, 4.9★ on Google, A+ on BBB, 4.9★ on HomeAdvisor, 4.9★ on Thumbtack · Read all reviews →

Find Us From Marietta

25 minutes via I-20, or call us out today.

Our Douglasville showroom is the closest place to see carriage-style, wood-look composite, and recessed-panel doors in person. Free parking. Open six days a week.

Metro Garage Doors HQ & Showroom 12871 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Douglasville, GA 30134
25 min from Marietta via I-20 · Mon–Sat 7AM–7PM · Sun 9AM–5PM · Free parking
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Marietta ZIPs we cover

30060 Downtown · Marietta Square · Whitlock → 30062 East Cobb · Sope Creek · Walton HS → 30064 West Cobb · Dallas Hwy · Stilesboro → 30066 NE Cobb · Sandy Plains · Pope HS → 30067 Powder Springs Rd corridor → 30068 East Cobb · Indian Hills · Lassiter →

Garage door services in Marietta

Garage Door Repair in Marietta → Spring Replacement: How We Do It → Opener Installation in Marietta → Opener Repair in Marietta → New Door Installation in Marietta → Annual Tune-Up in Marietta →

Nearby cities we also serve

Kennesaw → Smyrna → Acworth → Powder Springs → Roswell →

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Just outside Marietta? Call (770) 526-1214, we serve 100+ Atlanta-metro neighborhoods.

Marietta FAQ

Spring questions Marietta homeowners actually ask.

Don't see your question? Call us, we love nerding out on doors.

Why replace both springs when only one snapped?

Because the survivor is on borrowed time. Both springs carry the same cycle count and the same Georgia humidity, so the unbroken one is typically days or weeks behind. Running mismatched springs in the meantime binds the door and chews on the opener. The labor for two is essentially the labor for one, which is why every reputable shop, ours included, replaces the pair.

What are high-cycle springs, and do they make sense in Marietta?

Standard torsion springs are rated for 10,000 cycles, roughly 10 to 15 years of normal use. High-cycle 25,000-rated springs use heavier-gauge wire and last about 2.5 times longer for a small per-spring premium. On East Cobb's 24-ft doubles and in busy Walton-and-Lassiter-feeder households running five-plus cycles a day, the upgrade usually pays for itself well before the second decade.

Can you handle the older spring setups near the Marietta Square?

Yes. The 1920s-to-1940s homes off Whitlock Ave, Roswell St, and Kennesaw Ave sometimes still run extension springs in low-headroom garages. We convert those to torsion systems where the garage allows it, a safer, smoother setup, and we measure in person because clearances on those detached carriage-house garages are tight. Same-day for most of it.

How long does a spring replacement take at my house?

Typically 60 to 90 minutes for a single door and 90 to 120 for a Marietta double, from arrival to handoff. We block the door, wind down residual tension, swap both springs, wind to spec for your door's weight and travel, then balance-test, the door should hold itself at mid-travel without the opener. You watch that test before we leave.

Is it safe to replace a garage door spring myself?

No, and this is the one job we'll flatly tell you not to DIY. A wound torsion spring stores roughly 200 pounds of tension, and a slipped winding bar releases it explosively. Sizing is the quieter danger, springs must match the door's weight within a few pounds, and East Cobb's insulated double doors weigh far more than they look. The wrong size tears up the door, rollers, and opener within a year.

What does a Marietta spring replacement cost?

It depends on the spring system, the door's size and weight, and whether you choose standard or high-cycle springs, a single-bay door near the Square prices differently than a 24-ft Sope Creek double. We don't publish flat rates, every job is quoted in writing before any work begins, and the estimate number is the invoice number. Lifetime workmanship on the labor either way.

That bang was the spring.
We'll be there today.

Block the door, leave it alone, and call. A Metro truck with both replacement springs aboard reaches most Marietta driveways within hours, and everything is quoted in writing before we wind a thing.

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Marietta garage door spring replacement.

Broken spring in Marietta? Both replaced today.

Six ZIPs. One company.

Same day. Every day.

Real Metro techs

Three different Mariettas, three different fix stories.

How a Marietta spring failure announces itself.

Every garage door service, every Cobb ZIP.

Garage Door Repair

Opener Repair & Install

New Door Installation

Annual Tune-Up

Commercial Doors

Financing Available

Doors we've put back on Cobb County homes.

Carriage-Style Door + LiftMaster myQ, Indian Hills, 30068

High-cycle springs on 24-ft double, Sope Creek, 30062

Carriage-style on 1930s home, Marietta Square, 30060

LiftMaster 8500W myQ install, Stilesboro Rd, 30064

Marietta calls handled by the same crew, every time.

Every job quoted in writing.

Quoted in writing

Real Metro techs every visit

Backed for life

Reviews from across Cobb.

25 minutes via I-20, or call us out today.

Marietta ZIPs we cover

Garage door services in Marietta

Nearby cities we also serve

Spring questions Marietta homeowners actually ask.

That bang was the spring.We'll be there today.

That bang was the spring.
We'll be there today.