Pricing Overview
What a Broken Garage Door Spring Costs to Fix in Mandurah
One spring or a matched pair, what is already inside the price, and the few doors we only price once we have seen them.
Quick Answer
Garage door spring replacement in Mandurah costs $450 for one spring and $600 for a matched pair, supplied and fitted. Both prices include a full service of the door and GST, so there is no separate call-out to add. Re-tensioning springs that have only lost their set is $280–$330, and a snapped or slipped cable $280–$550.
Spring and cable prices
Springs are the one repair on our list with a flat price rather than a range. The figures below come straight from the garage door price list; the $500 line only applies when the job cannot wait for a normal booking.
| Repair Type | What It Includes | Typical Range | Cost Factors | Best Next Step |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken spring (single) | Supply & fit of new spring(s), full service, re-tension and safety test. | $450 | ||
| Broken springs (×2) | Supply & fit of new spring(s), full service, re-tension and safety test. | $600 | ||
| Spring re-fit / re-tension | $280–$330 | |||
| Cable snapped or off the drum | $280–$550 | |||
| Tilt-door arms kit + springs | $1,200–$1,800 | |||
| After-hours / emergency call-out | +$500 |
Doors running three or more springs — heavy timber-look, oversized or double-height doors — are priced once we have seen them. Our spring repair page covers how the visit itself runs.
What sets the price of a spring job
How many springs the door runs
Most single doors around Mandurah carry one torsion spring and most doubles a pair. That count, more than anything else, decides whether you are looking at $450 or $600.
The weight of the door
A spring is wound to balance one particular door. Insulated sections, timber-look skins and wider doors need a heavier wire, and doors past a certain weight move onto three springs and an on-site price.
Salt on the hardware
Salt off the estuary and the ocean pits spring coils and seizes the bearings and drums they sit on, so canal and beachfront homes in Halls Head, Dudley Park and Wannanup often reach their first spring sooner. The springs guide explains the wear in more detail.
What happened after it broke
If the opener kept hauling the door after the spring let go, cables can unwind and tracks can bend. Those are separate lines on the bill, which is why the broken spring or cable page says to stop pressing the button.
When you need it done
A car shut inside at night is a fair reason to call us out after hours, and that visit carries the flat $500 on top of the spring price. Otherwise the list price stands.
Spring calls we take most often
A loud bang, and now the door weighs a tonne
The spring has snapped, usually where it is anchored. On a single-spring door it is $450; on a double door with two springs we price the pair at $600, because the survivor has done exactly the same work.
A holiday home where the door barely moves
Springs on a door that sat for weeks can be intact but tired. If the hand-lift test shows the door dropping from half-height, re-tensioning at $280–$330 may be all it needs — see the garage door service cost guide for the yearly visit that catches it early.
A cable hanging loose beside the door
Often a sign the spring went first and the cable lost its tension. Spring and cable together are priced as the two lines, and we tell you both before starting.
A boat or caravan door that will not lift
High-clearance and extra-wide doors usually carry heavier springs, sometimes three of them. We measure the door and the existing springs, then name the price on site.
New springs, or a new door?
A broken spring is almost never a reason to replace the door. It is a wear part, and once it is renewed the door runs as it did. The repair cost guide covers the other faults that sometimes arrive with it.
Repair is usually better when
- The sections, tracks and rollers are in decent shape
- Only the springs, or a spring and a cable, have failed
- The door balances properly once the new springs are on
- The opener still runs smoothly with the door balanced
Replacement may be better when
- Sections are rusted through or badly dented as well
- The door has had several major repairs in a short time
- Parts for an old tilt or roller door are no longer made
- You were already planning a quieter or insulated door
From the phone call to a balanced door
Tell us what you heard
A bang from the garage and a door that suddenly feels heavy points straight at a spring.
Photograph the springs
One picture of the bar above the door shows how many springs it runs and lets us bring the right size.
We confirm the price at the door
One spring, a pair, or a door that needs pricing on the day — you get the figure before work starts. Then you decide.
New springs, then the service
The springs go on and are tensioned to your door, then the rest of the service is done on the same visit. If the opener needs attention too, the opener repair price is quoted separately.
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Frequently Asked Questions
$450 for one spring or $600 for a matched pair, supplied, fitted and including GST. Both prices already include a full service of the door, so nothing is added for the visit itself.
If your door runs two springs, it is usually worth it. They were fitted together and have done the same number of cycles, so the second tends to fail soon after the first. Doing the pair is only $150 more than a single spring and saves a second visit.
Springs are rated in open-and-close cycles, so their life depends on how often the door moves. A door used several times a day wears its springs out years sooner than one opened once a day, and salt off the estuary shortens that further. The springs guide goes through the warning signs.
We strongly advise against it. A torsion spring holds enough stored energy to break a wrist or worse if a winding bar slips, and extension springs can whip loose when released. It needs proper winding bars and someone who does it every week.
Yes, in nearly every case. A spring is a wear part on an otherwise sound door, and at $450 to $600 it costs a small fraction of a new door. The exception is a door that is already failing in several other places.
Doors heavy enough to need three or more springs vary too much to price from a list — the spring size depends on that particular door's weight and height. We weigh up the door on site and give you the figure before ordering anything.
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