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Roswell garage door spring replacement.

The bang you heard has a same-day fix.

That bang from the garage was a torsion spring letting go, and the door is now too heavy to lift safely. A Metro tech replaces both springs in one visit, sized to your door's weight, across Martins Landing, Holcomb Bridge, Big Creek, Crabapple, and the historic district. From our Alpharetta location 10 minutes east, calls before noon usually see a tech within 60 to 90 minutes.

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Garage door spring replacement in Roswell, both springs, one visit.

Metro Garage Doors replaces broken garage door springs in Roswell same-day, dispatched from our Alpharetta location about 10 minutes east. We replace both torsion springs in one visit, sized to your door's exact weight, with standard and 25,000-cycle high-cycle options on every truck. Serving 30075 and 30076 since 1979 with W-2 Metro techs, never subcontractors.

Every Roswell era

Greek Revival on Bulloch Ave, ranch homes on Martins Landing, McMansions on the river, modern teardowns in Crabapple. Each era needs different doors, different headroom, different hardware. We know all four.

Down the road, since 1979

Phones answered 24/7. Roswell calls dispatch from Metro's Alpharetta location at Park Woods Commons, about 10 minutes east of Roswell, same-vintage operation as our Douglasville HQ. Call before noon and a real Metro tech is usually at your door within 60–90 minutes. No "we're driving up from Cobb" delay.

Top-tier credentials

LiftMaster ProVantage Dealer. Factory-trained on Wayne Dalton 9700-series and similar premium lines, and the recessed-panel and carriage variants the historic district needs. Not "we just install", we know the catalog.

Real Roswell Architecture

Four eras, four door languages, all in one Roswell.

Roswell isn't one housing market. It's at least four, separated by 180 years of building. The right door for each is a different conversation.

Roswell Historic District (1840s–1900s). Greek Revival, antebellum, and Victorian homes around Bulloch Hall, Smith Plantation, and the Square, most have detached carriage-house garages or single-bay attached garages with low headroom. The right door here is recessed-panel or carriage-style, ideally carriage-style in solid black or bronze, or Wayne Dalton 9700 Series for stained-wood looks. Track and torsion-spring fits get tighter in low-headroom situations, we do the measurement in person, not over the phone.

Mid-century estates (1960s–1980s) in Martins Landing, Country Club of Roswell, and Willow Springs are split-foyer ranches and traditionals with two-car attached doubles. Most original doors from this era are now 35–55 years old and well past spring, cable, and opener end-of-life, the standard Roswell repair call comes from these neighborhoods. Replacement spec usually goes to insulated steel: recessed-panel in Bronze or Walnut, with Madison or Stockton windows for character.

1990s–2010s subdivisions across the Holcomb Bridge corridor and Big Creek are 2,500–4,500 sq ft homes with 16- and 18-foot doubles. Standard fix-and-install patterns: first-cycle spring failures hitting their cycle limit now, plus opener end-of-life on 2000s LiftMasters. carriage-style 21 or Wayne Dalton 9700 is the most common upgrade install we do here.

2010s+ teardown rebuilds in Crabapple and the River Club trend toward custom builds with 18-, 20-, and even 24-foot triple bays. wood-look composite doors, modern aluminum-glass and Modern flush-panel, and high-end LiftMaster Elite jackshaft openers with myQ are standard equipment. We measure in-person, recommend by architecture, and ship custom-paint to match existing trim.

30075 Roswell Historic District · Bulloch Hall · Roswell Square · the Square 30075 Martins Landing · Willow Springs · Country Club of Roswell · Roswell HS 30076 Holcomb Bridge corridor · Big Creek · Centennial HS 30075 / 30076 Crabapple · River Club · teardown rebuild zone
Common Roswell Calls

What a failing spring sounds like in a Roswell garage.

Springs give warnings before they give out. If you recognize any of these, block the door and call (770) 526-1214 before it drops.

"Heard a gunshot in the garage, now nothing moves."
The torsion spring has snapped

The most common emergency call from the Holcomb Bridge corridor and Big Creek, where 1990s and 2000s builds are hitting their first-cycle spring failures on schedule. The 16- and 18-foot doubles standard in those subdivisions store serious tension, and the door can weigh 200-plus pounds without it. Don't lift it. We bring the matching pair and replace both springs in 60 to 90 minutes.

"Door feels heavier every week, opener strains to lift it."
A spring losing tension before it breaks

Fatigue precedes failure. We see this constantly on Martins Landing and Country Club of Roswell originals, where doors from the 1970s and 1980s are decades past their rated cycle life. Replacing springs before the snap is the same job at a scheduled time instead of an emergency, and it spares the opener motor months of lifting dead weight.

"Old carriage house still has stretched springs along the tracks."
An extension-to-torsion conversion candidate

Historic district garages near Bulloch Hall and the Square, plus plenty of pre-1980 Roswell builds, still run extension springs, the stretchy kind along the horizontal tracks that fail without warning and whip when they let go. We convert them to safer, smoother torsion systems, working around the low-headroom jambs these older garages are known for. Measured on-site, always.

Services in Roswell

Custom installation, expert repair, same Metro standard.

Repair, replacement, openers, springs, commercial, all in-house, all factory-authorized, all backed by The Metro Promise.

Recent Roswell Jobs

Doors we've put back on Roswell homes.

A few of the recent installs from the historic district to Crabapple. Every door we touch is one we'd put back on our own house.

Real Metro Techs

Roswell calls handled by the same crew, every time.

When Metro answers the phone, a Metro tech shows up. Never a subcontractor. Trained in our Douglasville shop, factory-certified on carriage-style and wood-look composite, working every Roswell era from historic district to teardown rebuild.

Jake Wilson, Metro garage door installation lead serving Roswell, GA
Jake WilsonSenior Service Tech · 8 years
Brandon Horne, Metro garage door service technician serving Roswell, GA
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Dewayne Hunter, Metro garage door service technician serving Roswell, GA
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Pricing You Can Trust

Every job quoted in writing.

Every door is different, especially in Roswell where one job is a 1903 carriage door and the next is a 24-foot custom wood-look composite triple. 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 Roswell job priced before we start, in writing. The number on your estimate is the number on your invoice, no surprise change orders, 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 Roswell era, backed for life.

What Roswell Says

Reviews from across three centuries.

★★★★★

"1907 home off Bulloch Ave, needed a single carriage-style door that looked like the house, not a builder special. Metro understood it immediately. Recessed-panel carriage-style in solid black, perfect proportions, exposed iron hinges. The crew measured for two hours to get the low-headroom fit right. Real craftsmen."

★★★★★

"Replaced both 24-ft triple-bay doors on our River Club home, wood-look composite faux-wood, dual LiftMaster Elite 8500W jackshafts. Jake came up for the in-home consult Saturday, walked us through six options before we landed on wood-look composite with custom paint to match the trim. Three weeks from order to install. Worth every mile they drove."

★★★★★

"Our 1979 original double in Martins Landing finally died, opener, springs, and cables all on borrowed time. Metro replaced the whole package in a single visit. New recessed-panel in walnut with Madison windows, plus a quiet LiftMaster jackshaft opener that doesn't take up the ceiling. The whole upgrade looks like the house was built around it."

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 →

Roswell Coverage

Dispatched from our Alpharetta location at Park Woods Commons.

Our Alpharetta location at 11539 Park Woods Cir has dispatched Roswell garage door service since 1979, about 10 minutes east of Roswell. To see carriage-style, wood-look composite, and recessed-panel doors in person, the showroom is at our Douglasville HQ; for in-home consultations across Roswell, our techs bring physical samples to your driveway.

Metro Garage Doors, Alpharetta 11539 Park Woods Cir, Alpharetta, GA 30005 (Park Woods Commons)
Open 24 hours · Service dispatch since 1979 · ~10 min from Roswell · Showroom at Douglasville HQ
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Roswell FAQ

Everything Roswell asks us about springs.

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

Why does the second spring get replaced too?
The other spring has the same age, the same cycle count, and the same Georgia humidity as the one that just snapped, it's typically days or weeks behind. Replacing both in one visit costs less than two separate calls and resets the failure clock evenly. Running mismatched springs in the meantime binds the door and strains the opener, we see the damage on the 16-foot doubles all over Holcomb Bridge.
Are high-cycle springs worth it for a Roswell home?
Usually, yes. Standard torsion springs are rated around 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, and since the labor is the same either way, a first spring failure is the smartest moment to upgrade. Busy households, think Crabapple rebuilds with kids in and out all day, burn through standard springs fastest.
How long does spring replacement take?
Typically 60 to 90 minutes for a single door, 90 to 120 for a double, from arrival to handoff. That includes winding down residual tension, installing the new pair, winding to spec for your door's weight, a balance test where the door must hold itself at mid-travel, and lubrication. Roswell calls before noon usually see a same-day tech, dispatched from Alpharetta, 10 minutes east.
Why shouldn't I replace the spring myself?
Please don't. There's roughly 200 pounds of stored tension in a wound torsion spring, and it releases all at once if a winding bar slips, ER visits from DIY winding happen every year. Sizing is the other trap, springs must match door weight to within a few pounds, and Roswell doors run from light historic single-bays to 24-foot custom triples in the River Club. The wrong size slowly tears the door apart.
My historic district garage has very low headroom. Can you even fit springs in there?
Yes. Tight torsion fits are routine for us in the historic district near Bulloch Hall and Smith Plantation, where 1900s-era carriage houses leave inches, not feet, above the door. We measure on-site, that part is mandatory for historic homes, and spec the shaft, drums, and springs to the actual headroom rather than forcing a standard kit where it doesn't belong.
What does spring replacement cost in Roswell?
It depends on the door, a Martins Landing double and a River Club 24-foot triple need very different springs, so we don't publish flat rates. The quote comes in writing before we touch the door, and the invoice matches it. Same hourly rate every day of the week, including same-day emergency calls.

Spring snapped this morning?
Both replaced by this afternoon.

Block the door and leave the lifting to us. A Metro tech brings the matching spring pair to your Roswell driveway, replaces both, balance-tests the door, and backs the labor for life.

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