It happens just about every day. We get a call that says, "When can you come out and see what it will take to repair my door?" My wife just drove into it." Most people have a routine. They come out the back door, and reach up and push the wall control to open the door. Then they get into the car, and then fasten their seat belt. Next, they start the engine. All is well, til the cell phone rings as the car is warming up. What happens next, after they hang up..is they will reach up on the sun visor and push the remote control.
When they look back to back up, they see daylight, and assume the door is open, and put the car in reverse. What is happening at this point, is the door is about a foot into the opening and they don't see it in the rear view mirror. And, as they start backing up, they heard the crash of the car hitting the garage door. It is a sickening feeling, because you aren't sure how much damage has been done to the car and the garage door. It makes for a bad day.
I then get the call to see what we can do. Most times the door can be repaired by replacing the damaged garage door panels. Other times, you have to replace the entire door. Usually you have to replace if the door is old, and the panels are hard to locate. Sometimes, it's cheaper to replace the door than to repair it. It sounds crazy but, it's like buying a sandwich, fries, and drink separately, rather than buying a combo meal.
It pays to look back a second time, and to have the drivers window down so you can possibly hear the motor running on the opener. It is cheaper and takes less effort than replacing a garage door, and having to repair a new car. Hope this info helped. If i can help with any questions, or problems please drop me a line.... Thanks Joe :-)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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I did this yesterday. I tried to fix it because I'd knocked two of the wheels off the track so I got both of those back on by taking out some screws and getting them back on track. Then I noticed there was a wheel that had gotten bent at the very bottom of the garage door, so I started taking off the screws to get that wheel out and figure out what to do, and right as I got the last screw out, that whole metal part went flying up to the next wheel area because apparently it's attached to a wire. I can't pull that part back down to where it should be because the wire's too tight so I have no idea what to do. My garage door won't go up anymore because of that part not being in the right place with the wire. I don't know if this makes any sense at all but I thought I might as well ask if anyone has any suggestions. Thanks
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