Parts We Carry
Oroville's housing stock centers on 1967, a good decade before the wider service area's 1976 median build year. That gap matters for springs. Doors from the late 1960s were often built for lighter, single-layer panels, and a lot of them still carry the torsion spring that went up with the house. Steel fatigues on a fixed cycle count, not a calendar, so a spring that's outlasted its rated life doesn't announce it, it just lets go, usually when the door is halfway up.
We carry standard torsion springs sized for the wire gauge and wind length common to that era's single-car and two-car openings, plus the end bearing plates and center brackets that tend to wear out alongside them. What we don't stock on the truck is anything for a custom or oversized door, those are special-order, and if that's what's on your house we'll tell you the lead time before we book the job rather than after. One spring almost never gets replaced alone if the door is original to the house; the drum and cable on the other side are usually close behind it in age, and we'll say so if we see it.
Getting It Booked In
We work out of Paradise, about 18 miles up the road, so Oroville jobs get scheduled rather than walked into same-hour. When you call, we ask the door's approximate age, whether it's one spring or two, and whether the door is currently stuck open or stuck shut, that changes what we load on the truck before we drive out. Give us the year the house was built if you know it; for a 1967-era door that's usually enough to guess the spring size correctly on the first trip instead of a second one.
How Long You Are Without the Door
A single broken torsion spring on a standard door is usually a one-visit fix once we're on site, measure, pull the old spring, wind the replacement, test the balance. Two springs, or a spring paired with a bent drum or a cracked bearing plate (common on doors from the 1960s that have never had anything replaced), takes longer and sometimes means a return trip if a part isn't on the truck. Because we're coming from Paradise, the door sits broken until the scheduled visit, not until the next hour, plan around that rather than around a same-day repair.
What You Pay
We don't have a posted price list broken out by service area, and Oroville's median household income of $51,893 runs well under the wider service area's $69,059, which is worth naming plainly rather than pretending pricing doesn't differ house to house. What actually drives the number on a spring job is the spring count, the wire gauge, and whether the drums or cables need to come off with it, not the town. Ask for the breakdown when we quote; on an older door we'd rather tell you up front if replacing the whole assembly costs less over time than repeatedly patching a 1967-era torsion system.
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Questions, answered
Why does my spring keep breaking when the door is only used a few times a day?
Torsion springs are rated for a cycle count, not years. A spring installed with a 1967 door has likely logged tens of thousands of open-close cycles by now, and once it nears the end of that count it fails regardless of how gently the door's been used. Age of the house, not frequency of use, is usually the bigger factor on original hardware.
Do you have a branch in Oroville?
No. We're based in Paradise, about 18 miles away, and drive out for scheduled jobs. There's no local depot here, so Oroville visits are booked rather than same-hour walk-ins.
Can you match the spring on my original 1960s door?
For standard single- and two-car openings, yes, those wire gauges and wind lengths are common enough that we carry them on the truck. If the door is a custom or oversized size, that spring is special-order and we'll tell you the lead time before scheduling the job.
Should I replace both springs if only one broke?
On a two-spring door where both springs are original to the house, yes is the usual recommendation, the second one is close behind on cycle life. It's not required, but replacing one and leaving a matched original spring in place often means a second service call within a year or two.
Tell Us What the Door Is Doing
Call and we'll ask a few questions before a truck leaves, then give you a straight answer on repair versus replace.