Ok, I had a company come out and look at our garage door problem. We moved into this house almost three years ago and I installed the opener on one of two wooden doors for my wife to use. It worked fine for 2 1/2 years but started getting c*ck-eyed as it went up and down and would stop and change directions. It's gotten progressively worse. I've posted this recently so this is a repeat.
Four possible problems:
- springs need replacing
- rollers need replacing
- garage/house has shifted due to drought
- some combination of the above
I got an estimate that seemed reasonable for replacing both the springs and the rollers. I had checked at Lowe's and even though they had the right color springs, the guy who came out said the diameter DID need to be the same and Lowe's were smaller. So, it seemed that even if I wanted to do it myself, I'd still have to order springs.
What shocked me was he also gave an estimate of replacing the door completely and that cost was about the same as replacing rollers and springs on the current door. Problem is, the new door wouldn't match the old so we'd have to replace both when one doesn't need it because I open and close it manually. 90 day warranty on repairs, three year on replacement.
I'm leaning toward just repairing the existing door and possibly still doing it myself. BTW, my current door has the parallel springs so they are easy and relatively safe to exchange. The new door that the service guy proposed has torsion springs so I'm befuddled as to how that can be the same cost as replacing parts on my existing door.
Brad