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The Daring Dufas[_6_]

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On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 07:46:26 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Yes, that is true. I sense that with the church's reduced
budget for the Facilities Management group, that they will
do exactly that. Ignore it, until it's either uncontrollably
slamming, or leaking oil.

Years ago I did maintenance in a church. Door closers were always
causing problems. It seems like they last a few years and after that
they just become troublesome. I originally tried to fix them but
found that they are just a pain in the ass to work on and it seemed
that if I did get them working, the "fix" only lasted a few months at
best. I tried to find a company that would rebuild the old ones but
there was none. I finally convinced the church directors to just
purchase a case of new ones. That way I had them on hand, and could
replace them as soon as they became a problem. Plus we got a better
price buying a whole case of them, rather than getting one at a time.

The rarely used doors, such as the ones that went to storage rooms
often got some of the older ones that still worked but were a little
noisy or operated too slow. That saved a few bucks.

Before they ordered the case of new ones, they were paying more for my
hourly wages to keep fixing (or trying to fix) those old ones, which
is how I convinced them to buy new ones. Granted, I liked the extra
hourly pay, but then I would get complaints when they quit working
again. Plus they are a pain to work on. IF you only need one or two,
just buy them. You'll waste more money trying to fix them, and once
they are worn, you keep fixing them over and over and over again.

At one time I worked on a lot of doors, mostly automatic but a great
many hydraulic spring loaded closers. There is a company that's been
around for a long time that rebuilds hydraulic closers and they do a
very good job. In case you're wondering:

http://www.nedoorcloser.com/index.html

TDD