LOL, you've got a real load of false ego today, don't you? You're certainly good at making judgements based on nothing and trying to make yourself look like you want to.
I don't intend to refute your illogicals and misinformation (due to your method of application, not that it's 100% wrong), so you can relax; I see no point in warring with an unarmed enemy.
Respond if you wish; I'm done with you.
"Rich"
If the track is going to be pitched then extension springs won't suffice for the job. Extension springs will not hold the door in the header because it won't have enough "pull" while in the open position (the springs will be relaxed) to defeat the weight of the door (the door will be trying to roll down the track) in an inclined track.
A Torsion system using the proper drums will hold the door in the open position, out of the header, on a pitched track application far better than an extension spring system would, but I don't think you truly understand the concepts at play here.
There are various configurations of drums to be used with either regular headroom, high lift, or vertical lift applications. The drums to be used here will depend upon the amount of pitch of the inclined tracks.
Evidently you have never worked on an track system other than a normal horizontal tracks.... if that.
Rather specialized tools!!! Two plain steel rods are the only additional tools used to do the job. This comment of yours exposes the fact that you're not very familiar with garage door torsion springs.
Sure the motor can hold the door open but you shouldn't depend on the motor to hold a door up that hangs in the header. The door should work smoothly and stop in a normal position under manual operation. Using the opener to force the door higher because the springs can't do it is obviously putting more of a load on the operator.
Install the proper equipment/parts for the job at hand so you don't have to "jury rig" your door.
It's not rocket science Pop, it's really quite elementary. ;-)
Rich
LMAO...
Pop, shame on you, you're letting your ignorance show. There's no need to be angry because you aren't as knowledgeable as you would like to be. So you don't know much about garage door counterbalance systems and electric door openers, big deal....
At the risk of beating a dead horse here, isn't the door "fully open" when its bottom edge reaches the top of the door opening?
I realize that the whole door won't be lying on the horizontal part of the tracks if it is stopped at that point, but the door opener doesn't have to travel any further to "open" the door than it did when the horizontal portion of the tracks were 20" lower. There would just be a lot more weight to have to restrain if something bust, which is NOT a good thing.
If the slope of the tracks is 8.5 degrees as stated earlier, and the door weighs 300 pounds, then it'll take only about 40 pound of force from the springs to keep the door from rolling down that incline if the opener to door connection breaks loose. That sounds pretty doable to me.
Jeff
There's a lot of tension. I have a double wooden garage door. When one spring broke, I couldn't lift the door manually. I called the 'door doctor' and watched him work on it. It looked dangerous.
Wayne in Ottawa
There is essentially NO TENSION on the springs when the door is in the UP position.
Wayne J> There's a lot of tension. I have a double wooden garage door. When
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