Over a several year period, I had 2 or 3 springs break
on the garage doors of my old house. The first time
it happened, the spring flew back and smashed into a
light, and tore apart the (wooden) support for the
rear of the track. Fortunately this happened
when nobody was in the garage.
After the first incident, I installed steel cables
that run insdie the springs and attach at either end.
Hardware stores sell a kit with two cables and
some fittings for each end. The next time a spring
broke, the cabes contained it.
If you spend time in your garage with the doors
closed, I strongly recommend you install these safety
cables!
Doug
--- Phil Nase <nase@ptd.net> wrote:
>
> I'm looking at the springs on my one garage door and
> wondering how long
> before that spring lets go. There is only a rope
> down the spring to hold it
> and I know that won't begin to stop it.
>
> What a good replacement to hold that spring if it
> breaks? Chain link or
> wound cable?
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