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      size. I researched their line of doors online,          everyone gave was to replace the tracks

      and found that they did indeed make the                 along with the door. My new door (which,

      one that I needed. So I called them, and                by the way, was half the price of the one
      they told me that they could order that                 that the man from Roanoke quoted) came

      door for me, and it would come in about a               complete with a set of tracks and a torsion
      month’s time.                                           spring. The man who delivered the door

                                                              advised me to use the existing tracks,
             Needless to say, I jumped on that,
                                                              because the new tracks were designed in
      and ordered the door. By this time, we had
                                                              such a way that the door would hit the car
      already lived with no garage door for nearly
                                                              that I have stored on top of a lift.
      two months. A month later, with no door

      in sight, I checked with the building supply                   Since the rollers on all the doors
      and they said it would be coming… in 3                  seem to be universal, I reasoned that the

      months. I gritted my teeth, and waited.                 existing tracks would be fine. Because of

      When the time had elapsed, I checked                    the similarity in weight between the old
      with them again. This time the response                 and the new doors, I also decided to reuse

      was “No delivery information at this time”.             the existing torsion spring, which had been
                                                              comparatively recently replaced. To make
             After two weeks of non-information,
                                                              a long story short, I was able to install the
      the store finally said that it would be
                                                              new door by myself, one section at a time.
      shipped in another two weeks’ time. Ugh.
                                                              After a series of adjustments, the door fit
      That time passed, still with no door. I
                                                              the tracks perfectly. Once installed, the
      finally called the store, who told me to
                                                              opener worked with ease.
      call the manufacturer. The manufacturer
      informed me that the date on which I was                       In the meantime, we had decided

      expecting delivery was actually that date               that the cap on my truck was more of a

      that they planned to manufacture the door.              hindrance than a help, so I ditched it.
      Finally, after another two weeks, I got a
                                                                     The total time that elapsed between
      delivery date… another two weeks hence.
                                                              the initial failure of the door, and the final

             The glorious day arrived, and I had              installation of the new door was a mere
      my garage door. I had had plenty of time                seven months. Who am I to complain?

      over the previous 6 months to research the

      instructions for replacing a garage door,
      and one of the major pieces of advice that



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