The Dead Door

Our garage door has been giving us trouble for a year. I think the track is worn out, and likely bending. When it was cold last winter it didn’t want to close, and I’d manually close it. Opening was no issue. This past winter the same thing happened, I sprayed it with lube a few times, and it was doing OK until this morning.

I started it closing, it stopped, I hit the button to freeze it from going up and then the button again. Normally if it gets about 1/3 of the way, getting past the curve, it will close. So I walked out back, intending to spray my weather station again and get it ready to mount later. As I was shaking the spray can, I noticed the garage door noise was going on longer than expected. Sure enough, it had re-opened.

After I sprayed a little paint, I walked in hit the button, and realized the wise that helps control the one side of the door had gotten tangled up and was unwrapped from the spool. I disconnected it, but soon realized it provides tension to get the door to go down evenly. Something that wasn’t happening.

So now we need a new door. I could possibly get this one to work a little better for the summer, but it won’t work well in the winter, and a new track is needed. I watched my neighbor replace one years ago by himself. While it was a chore, it looked interesting, and I was thinking I’d like to try it.

But I have no time. Between fertilizing, wanting to build a few wood things, rocks to move, I’m deluding myself into thinking I can find time to replace a garage door, and then deal with the waste.

Sadly, I’ll have to let this project go and call someone.