"Dave Platt" wrote in message
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**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** wrote:

Assuming the neighbors problems are coincidental, check the
counterbalance spring for the door. They wear out or break and the
opener does not have enough power to work on irs own. By the way this is
not a DIY project because of safety concerns with the springs and the
repairs can be about $300.

Good point!

I recently had a spring break in our 1960-vintage rolling door
setup... the door wouldn't even start to roll up with only one spring
out of two providing proper tension.

The repairman who came out and replaced it, said that he gets a
significant percentage of his business from people who first tried to
do the repair themselves... and decided to call him after they got out
of the hospital. The most common injury seems to be a broken
collar-bone. Those springs are under a *lot* of tension.


A long time ago someone told me about the problems that can be caused by a
garage door spring breaking under tension. There is a simple safety
measure. Get some of the 3/16-inch stranded cable that is commonly sold at
Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. Get four cable clamps. Run a length of cable
through the center of each coil spring, the length of the spring. At each
end, loop the cable through something -- there are usually holes in the door
mounting frame -- and secure with the cable clamps. This way, if the coil
spring snaps, it will not go anywhere because the cable will catch it.
Otherwise, you'll have a big piece of coil spring shooting through the
garage at almost the velocity of a bullet. Trust me, I know.





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