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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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