A homeowner in Houston, Texas needed two torsion springs replaced on a residential garage door before a trip out of town. A technician asked for $1,250 to do the job. The homeowner posted about it in a thread from December 2025, saying the price felt way too high for two springs.
The technician explained the cost by pointing to the door’s weight and springs he described as high quality and imported from Germany, without giving a model number to back it up.
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The quotes
- Initial ask: $1,250, covering two torsion springs and labor, with the technician citing the heavy wooden door and the springs’ German origin as the reason for the price.
- Final price: $800, after the homeowner declined to sign the original work order. The technician said he would take the difference out of his own pay, and mentioned a 4-year warranty on the new springs.
Where the difference came from
The scope of the job did not change between the two numbers. Same two springs, same door, same technician. What moved was the price, not the parts list…