I agree with you in theory about doing it yourself, but garage doors
can be dangerous to adjust if you don't know what you are doing.



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"Tony" wrote in message
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A little over a year ago I had some work done on my garage door
opener.
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They said the door (which is double wide) should have been
installed
originally with 2 springs instead of one. I went ahead and had
them
change
out the doors to 2 new springs and all the related equipment, and
then
also
repair the opener. They had a package which came with a lifetime
warranty
on the door and the opener motor. Cost $468.
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Lifetime warranty parts and labor

Who's lifetime? The reality is that it's the company you bought it
from and
I guarantee that if you call them with a problem, they will blame it
on
something else.

The residential garage door business is loaded with scams and it's
hard to
find a good company. My best advice to you if you are able-bodied is
to get
out there and take care of things yourself.

It's fine to have someone install a door for you (I recommend using
a
company that normally does commercial installations) but there's no
reason
you can't install an opener yourself.

Sometime last year one of the networks did the ol' hidden camera
sting on
garage door and HVAC guys and I was sickened.