The Joys of Home Ownership...
So, I got home from work last night and closed the garage door behind me as usual. I'm halfway across the house when I hear this...ummm...CRASH! Being the logical blonde that I am, my first thought is "Please tell me I didn't just hit my car with the garage door!" Well, I didn't, fortunately (I think). Instead, both torsion springs had snapped on my garage door. I ended up replacing those along with both cables and some other thingamajiggers to the tune of $460. Oh, and just in case you were wondering - it is NOT possible to single-handedly open a two-car garage door with both springs broken!
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eatgoodfood
I wish I had your problems, lol. No not really, I just wish I had a house... some day... some day..
Yeah, it's worth it at the end of the day to go home to MY house, no matter how much I whine when something breaks. :rolleye2:
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Ouch! Could have been much worse though. I'm glad it didn't happen while you were getting out of your car - broken flying springs are scary dangerous. On a smaller scale, it sounds like you didn't take on any vehicle damage on top of your garage repairs. Broken springs = bad; broken springs + broken windshield = VERY bad.
Did you end up getting trapped in your own home without a car until the repairs were completed?
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Eric Alan
Ouch! Could have been much worse though. I'm glad it didn't happen while you were getting out of your car - broken flying springs are scary dangerous. On a smaller scale, it sounds like you didn't take on any vehicle damage on top of your garage repairs. Broken springs = bad; broken springs + broken windshield = VERY bad.
Did you end up getting trapped in your own home without a car until the repairs were completed?
Yes, I was trapped. As tempting as the excuse to skip work today was, I found a company with an on-call technician that came out late last night for no extra charge. It was a big piece of humble pie for me because I'm a major DIYer when it comes to home repairs.
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Annarose15
So, I got home from work last night and closed the garage door behind me as usual. I'm halfway across the house when I hear this...ummm...CRASH! Being the logical blonde that I am, my first thought is "Please tell me I didn't just hit my car with the garage door!" Well, I didn't, fortunately (I think). Instead, both torsion springs had snapped on my garage door. I ended up replacing those along with both cables and some other thingamajiggers to the tune of $460. Oh, and just in case you were wondering - it is NOT possible to single-handedly open a two-car garage door with both springs broken!
Technical term.
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Technical term.
Very technical. The name of it just won't stick in my brain, for some reason. Whatever they are, they were visibly warped.
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I'd love to have a couple of Thinga-ma-jiggers in my garage! I'd definitely have an excuse to skip work then.
Edit: They look visibly warped even when functioning perfectly normal. You got scammed!
http://www.comedye.com/Assets/ThingAMaJigger.png