Garage Door Drama

Not so long ago we were dreaming of the luxury of pulling in and out of a garage... then we became homeowners...

... and the garage door drama began.

Lesson #1 - Take someone who has a garage to the inspection with you.  And make sure you use it several times during the inspection to ensure it works properly.

I was pretty sure my garage door was possessed as it would not stay closed.  The garage door kept coming up no matter if I closed it electronically or manually.  This, as you could imagine, was a TON of fun! *wink, wink*

As it turns out, my coworker has a garage door repair business and he was very kind to make us his first appointment this weekend to fix it.  He looked at it for all of 1 minute and diagnosed several incorrect things.  We are totally grateful for this connection as he saved us a ton of time and energy.  In the end, he replaced the springs, added a brace to the top for stability, shimmied the rails with wedges for smooth operating, and oiled each component.  We even got all fancy and replaced the broken remotes ;)

Up next: tweak/fine-tune the other garage door to lengthen its operating life.

Project: Garage doom repair