The First Hard Freeze and Why Springs Break Then
Broken-spring calls in Sedgwick County cluster on the mornings after the first sustained freeze.
Steel is at its most brittle at its coldest, which in an unheated Wichita garage is shortly before dawn. The spring was already fatigued from roughly 85 freeze-thaw cycles a year plus normal use; the cold is simply what finishes it. If your door is eight years or older and getting heavier by hand, that is the warning.
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