Hi Chris: Sorry to hear about the sudden and unexpected falling from the
sky! While I have not ever had the door opener fall from its fastenings, I
have experienced a spring breaking. It is definitely a good idea to string
cables through the springs in order to avoid the damage that one of them
breaking can inflict on your cars. I strongly recommend it. Cables and
fasteners are widely available - here in the midwest we can get them from
Menards.
Dr. Paul Almjeld
Department of Music
Dakota Wesleyan University
palmjeld@dwu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Mottram [mailto:c_mottram@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 8:12 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net; alpines@autox.team.net
Subject: Sunbeams abused at home
My Alpine and Tiger room together in the same bay of
my garage (snuggled about 5 inches apart). I am
always very careful when I move them in and out.
Sunday night while they were asleep, the entire
electric garage door opener assembly dropped down onto
both of them denting each. #%$@&!!!!
My garage has a concrete ceiling and the expansion
plugs pulled right out. On Saturday I was just
staring at those rust garage door springs and
wondering if they my break and damage the cars. Moral
of the story - there is over 100 lbs of nasty metal
stuff hanging over your cars, make sure it is secure
and check it periodically. I am going to run safety
cables through my springs and run a cable though the
opener too in case it decides to let go again.
Chris
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