Open Says Me

After almost 9 years, our roll-up garage door has finally said to us "REPLACE ME". Those darn cheap house builders (Shea homes) of course used the lowest end garage doors. From my observation, about three years ago (maybe more) I noticed a slight crack in the bottom section's lower cross support. This caused the garage door to dip ever so slightly in the middle front edge when it was rolled up. It took up until now for this little dip to cause a similar crack in the second-to-the-bottom section's lower cross support. Now this second crack is causing more of a sag in the door in its up position. The increased sag now fakes out the garage door opener in believing something is preventing the door from closing. Thus, when we try to close the door, it won't close! Only by pushing up in the sagging area while closing the door will the door close.

So yesterday, I tried to put my own band-aid on the thing by bolting a couple of 1"x2" wooden stakes to the second crack on the inside of the door. Seems to work OK for now, but I'll have to check into getting a new door soon. Bummers.