Broken Garage Door Spring? We’ll Be There Today.
POCO Garage Doors provides same-day broken garage door spring repair across Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra, Burnaby, and the Tri-Cities. Licensed, insured technicians — trucks fully stocked with torsion and extension springs in every common size. Most jobs done in under 90 minutes.
Standard Spring Repair
- Same-day & weekend service available
- High-cycle spring upgrade (25,000+ cycles)
- Free 21-point safety inspection included
- 1-year parts & labour warranty — standard
- Up-front, transparent pricing — no surprises
Coquitlam • Broken Spring Replacement
Professional Garage Door Spring Replacement — Done Right, Done Fast
A snapped torsion or extension spring is the #1 reason garage doors stop working. Without a working spring, your door becomes a 200–400 lb dead weight that won’t open — trapping your car, your tools, and your day.
POCO Garage Doors is the Tri-Cities’ highest-rated garage door spring repair company. We carry every common torsion and extension spring on the truck, so we can usually fix your broken spring in a single same-day visit. Every repair includes a complete safety inspection of cables, drums, bearings, and tracks — the things that fail next when a spring goes.
- Torsion springs, extension springs, oil-tempered & galvanized
- Single-spring conversion to dual-spring for safer operation
- High-cycle springs — 25,000 / 50,000 / 100,000 cycle ratings
- Cable, drum, and bearing replacement included when needed
- Genuine OEM parts for LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Hörmann & Amarr doors
Why You Should NEVER Replace a Garage Door Spring Yourself
A residential torsion spring stores between 500 and 2,000 lbs of tension. When something goes wrong — the wrong winding bar, a slipped grip, or fatigued metal — that energy releases instantly and violently. ER visits from DIY garage door spring repair are common and severe: broken fingers, lacerations, eye injuries, and worse. Our technicians use proper winding bars, locking pliers, and safety procedures every single time. The few hundred dollars you save attempting it yourself is not worth the risk.
Right Spring, First Visit
How To Tell If Your Garage Door Spring Is Broken
Garage door springs almost always fail without warning — usually with a sudden, loud bang that sounds like a gunshot from your garage. Here’s how to confirm it before you call:
- Loud bang from the garage. Sometimes mistaken for a break-in or a vehicle hitting the door.
- Door won’t open or feels extremely heavy. The opener may strain, hum, or refuse to lift.
- Visible 2–4 inch gap in the spring. A torsion spring above the door will be visibly broken in two pieces.
- Door opens 6” then stops. The opener’s built-in safety detects the imbalance and reverses.
- Crooked or uneven door. One side noticeably higher than the other — often from a snapped extension spring or cable.
- Loose cables hanging. Cables on the side of the door dangling means broken extension spring or cable failure.
If you see any of these signs, stop using your garage door immediately. Operating a door with a broken spring can damage the opener, bend the tracks, snap a cable, or send the door crashing down.
Torsion Springs vs. Extension Springs — Which Do You Have?
Every residential garage door uses one of two spring systems. Knowing which type you have helps us bring the right replacement parts on the first visit. POCO Garage Doors stocks both torsion and extension springs in every standard size on every service truck.
Torsion Springs
Mounted horizontally on a steel shaft above the garage door. Torsion springs use rotational tension to lift the door — they’re safer, smoother, longer-lasting, and quieter than extension springs. The vast majority of doors installed in the last 20 years use a torsion spring system.
Common in: 16×7 double doors, 8×7 single doors, all modern installations
Extension Springs
Mounted along the horizontal tracks on either side of the door. Extension springs stretch and contract to lift the door. Common in older homes and smaller single-car doors. We always install safety cables through extension springs to prevent dangerous whip-back when one breaks.
Common in: Pre-2000s homes, single 8×7 doors, lighter aluminum doors
Port Moody • Snapped Torsion Spring
The Right Spring For Your Exact Door
Garage door springs are matched precisely to your door’s weight, height, and use pattern. Use the wrong spring and the door becomes dangerously hard to lift, the opener burns out, or the spring fails again in months. Our technicians measure your spring wire diameter, inside diameter, length, and wind direction, then weigh the door if needed to spec the correct replacement.
This is why big-box-store DIY spring kits are almost always wrong for your door — and why we get so many calls to fix botched installations. We do it right the first time.
- IPPO-grade oil-tempered springs (industry standard)
- Galvanized springs for coastal & high-humidity homes
- Always-replace-in-pairs policy on dual-spring doors
Our Spring Repair Process — What To Expect
From the moment you call, here’s exactly what happens:
Phone Diagnosis
Quick call to identify your door type, spring system, and confirm same-day or next-day availability. Up-front estimate before we dispatch.
On-Site Inspection
Our technician arrives in a fully-stocked truck, inspects the door, weighs it if needed, and confirms the exact spring spec required.
Spring Replacement
Old spring(s) safely removed using proper winding bars. New high-quality spring installed and tensioned to exact factory specifications.
Safety Inspection & Test
Free 21-point inspection of cables, rollers, hinges, brackets, and opener. Door cycled multiple times to confirm balance and smooth operation.
Garage Door Spring Repair Cost — Up-Front Pricing
No bait-and-switch quotes. No after-hours surprise charges. Our pricing is the most transparent in the Tri-Cities.
Final pricing depends on door size, weight, and spring specifications. Cables, drums, and bearings are quoted separately if replacement is needed. Every quote is provided up-front before any work begins.
Why Tri-Cities Homeowners Choose POCO For Spring Repair
POCO Garage Doors has been the most-recommended garage door spring repair company in the Tri-Cities for over a decade. We’re a family-owned, locally-operated business — not a national chain franchise — which means our technicians know every neighbourhood, every common door type, and every shortcut on the back roads of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody.
- Certified, full-time technicians — no apprentices on dangerous spring jobs.
- Fully-stocked service trucks — over $20,000 of parts inventory per truck means most jobs done in one visit.
- WCB-insured & fully bonded — we’re covered if something goes wrong, so you’re protected.
- Up-front, transparent pricing — no after-hours charges, no “diagnostic fees,” no high-pressure upselling.
- 1-year minimum warranty — lifetime available on premium high-cycle spring upgrades.
- 5.0 ★ on Google — hundreds of verified five-star reviews from your Tri-Cities neighbours.
Garage Door Spring Repair Service Areas
POCO Garage Doors provides same-day broken spring repair throughout the Greater Vancouver Tri-Cities and surrounding communities:
Common Garage Door Spring Search Questions
When Tri-Cities homeowners search for “broken garage door spring repair near me,” “same-day garage door spring replacement Coquitlam,” “emergency torsion spring repair Port Coquitlam,” or “how much does a garage door spring cost in BC,” POCO Garage Doors is the answer. We service every major door brand — Hörmann, Amarr, Garaga, Clopay, Wayne Dalton, Richards-Wilcox, and more — with genuine OEM and high-cycle aftermarket springs. Whether you have a single 8×7 single-car door, a 16×7 double, an oversized 18×8, or a custom carriage-house door, we have the right spring on the truck. Call us for fast, friendly, professional residential garage door spring repair, replacement, and installation across the entire Tri-Cities region — 7 days a week.
Call POCO Now: 778-831-0239