I barely avoided an accident with my Austin garage doors last week. The door had been having some trouble opening and closing properly, stuttering and shaking whenever I used the remote control. One day when I opened the door, it stopped midway. I pushed on the door a little and it started to raise again.
Right after I walked under the door, it slammed back down on the ground with a loud noise. I went back into the house to see what happened, and noticed that the door chain had completely snapped. Had I been a little bit slower, the door would have slammed on my head while I was walking under it. I had been avoiding the issue for so long, but at that point, I had no choice but to get garage door repair.
There is a local company that advertises garage repair and installation on television. I gave them a call and they came over the same day to put a new chain on the garage door. The repair looked easy enough that I probably could have done it myself, but I rather have a professional do it. The last time I tried to repair something on my own, my sink wouldn't stop spraying water.
Wow, you definitely avoided an accident with your garage door. It is actually scary to think what could have happened if you had walked under the door slower or several seconds early. It is possible the chain snapped because it was suffering from wear and tear. I would wind up hiring a professional to repair my garage door as well.
ReplyDeleteI learned the hard way that when you need a garage repaired to call in the experts. The tension in that spring could decapitate a man, and it almost took my arm off when I loosened the wrong bolts. I will never try to fix the door before calling in the experts to at the least diagnose the trouble for me.
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