Comments on: Garage Door Repair – Does It Make Sense Fixing the Problem Yourself? http://www.home-master.net/garage-door-repair Home Improvement Tips And Home Improvement Advice Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pat Easterbrooks http://www.home-master.net/garage-door-repair/comment-page-1#comment-257 Pat Easterbrooks Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:32:43 +0000 http://www.home-master.net/?p=1030#comment-257 I agree, good How-To instructions are the key. For example, if one of your garage door hinges is broken, it might seem like an easy fix. In most cases, it will be. However, you need to be sure to buy the correct replacement hinge, and they are not all the same. Along each side of the garage door there are brackets and hinges. The item at the bottom is called a "lift bracket" and it is attached to the garage door's lift cable and spring. When the garage door is closed, the spring and cable are under high tension, read: DANGER. The tension must be relieved by raising and propping the door open BEFORE attempting to remove the bracket. Next up from the bottom is the first hinge known as #1. As you move up toward the top of the door, the next hinge is #2, then #3, etc., to the top bracket called the "roller carrier." All hinges in the center section of the door (away from the sides) use hinge #1. This post is not meant to be an instructional post, but an encouragement to get prepared before getting started. I believe in Do-It-Yourself repairs, as long as they are done correctly and safely. Please do your homework and get help if you need it. Be well, Pat GarageHowTo.com I agree, good How-To instructions are the key. For example, if one of your garage door hinges is broken, it might seem like an easy fix. In most cases, it will be. However, you need to be sure to buy the correct replacement hinge, and they are not all the same.

Along each side of the garage door there are brackets and hinges. The item at the bottom is called a “lift bracket” and it is attached to the garage door’s lift cable and spring. When the garage door is closed, the spring and cable are under high tension, read: DANGER. The tension must be relieved by raising and propping the door open BEFORE attempting to remove the bracket.

Next up from the bottom is the first hinge known as #1. As you move up toward the top of the door, the next hinge is #2, then #3, etc., to the top bracket called the “roller carrier.” All hinges in the center section of the door (away from the sides) use hinge #1.

This post is not meant to be an instructional post, but an encouragement to get prepared before getting started. I believe in Do-It-Yourself repairs, as long as they are done correctly and safely. Please do your homework and get help if you need it.

Be well,
Pat
GarageHowTo.com

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