It’s a good thing we didn’t screw the lid tight on the job jar. Last week at this time we were pretty full of ourselves and what we had taken care of. Today . . . not so much. The overhead door’s spring for Dennis’ pickup garage has taken a dump. The lumberyard did have several sizes of springs to chose from. Of course, the first spring that Dennis was assured would work, did not. That was discovered after a full take down and resurrection.
The word at the lumberyard was that parts are slim to none and what is available may not be what is exactly needed. This door was installed in 1989 and it does not meet current requirements of safety for overhead doors, thus parts were not reordered. All that being understood, Dennis and the handyman trudged on. After many adjustments and generally two out three attempts to raise the door failing, the boys have agreed to tackle the project tomorrow morning. The handyman insists that no piece of equipment is going to get the best of him. As a FYI, our old garage is not plumb. Who knows what the original handyman had to rig to make a perfectly sized door work in a crooked garage. It may be that when the original spring broke yesterday, and tension was released rapidly, a few other aspects of the original installation may have been compromised.
I do have the phone number of Overhead Doors located in Mankato on my desktop.