Bad start / Friday Night

[pkelley]

If the door has springs ,I always recommend torsion instead . But with springs there should always be a wire going through the center for a safety measure if that spring ever breaks. There is a lot of force on that spring ,and when it goes it can cause a tremendous amount of damage.a lot of springs line up with an entry door to the house.OUCH!

[bdoles2]

Originally Posted by tallen

I never use a 2x4 or a roll of paper towels. I use my hands to gauge the tension on garage doors. I learned my lesson 4 years ago when a garage door folded due to my 2x4!!!

It cost me $85.00 to fix it. I know it failed under testing , but I did it anyway.

If I tested all garage openers with a 2x4 I would bend about 50% of them as they are not set correctly.

I use my arms and pretend that it is a child... If it seems to hard I wright it up.


Live and learn.

Ditto that.

[bdoles2]

Originally Posted by jwilliams4

And also, from experience, I recommend that the door be all the way open before backing the wife's van out of the garage.

Did the OOD guy tell you that??

[Jae Williams]

Uh....well...ah...uh...yeah,well....no, actually, I didn't hear about it from the OOD guy...

but I did hear about it!!!

[relliott]

I decided to use the bottle of water trick at my last inspection,but wouldn't you know it.there was no door closer.No handle either (wrote that up).