MichaelCaditz wrote:
responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...ng-443791-.htm
MichaelCaditz wrote:
The door is automatic, with wound springs.

So how does the door go anywhere w/o the opener following????

The tech cam out a three times, each time tightening the springs more.
Apparently they loosened over time.

It was also explained to me that the builder of the house installed a
heavy metal decorative plate on the outside of the garage door AFTER the
door was weighed for the purpose of selecting the correct springs. So the
springs are not properly matched to the door WITH the plate.

What sort of metal plate--dimensions, thickness??? It should be simple
enough to estimate that weight. If it really is terribly heavy, then
the door company is simply incompetent in not replacing a too light
spring w/ the proper one (or your too cheap to fix it correctly???)

I'm still mostl puzzled by the first question, though...I don't see how
this is possible w/o tearing up an opener or the door becoming
disengaged from the travel mechanism or somesuch...

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