Seeing another post about a garage door has reminded me that my mum and dad's garage door is knackered. I didn't have time to look at it properly when I was last there, but I'd like to be prepared for next time. The main problem is that it doesn't come up properly. It opens maybe a third of the way, and then you have to heave it up the rest of the way. Even then, it wants to come back down again. There is a long thick horizontal spring that twists as the door goes up and down, and I'm guessing that it has come undone in some way and lost tension. It doesn't seem to be broken. Can anyone suggest something I can do with it next time I'm there? Or is it impossible to fix without some kind of tensioning tool?
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7 years ago