[DeTomaso] Near tradgey last night

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Around here building codes require safety cables on all garage door  
springs, and they must be in place in order to get homeowners' underwriting  
approval.  Also, when you buy replacement springs they come with new safety  
cables and clamps, and it is suggested that you throw away the old cable and  
clamps.
Bob Reid, Schenectady, NY
 
 
In a message dated 11/4/2011 4:05:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:

Not in  the general Scheme of things, all loved ones and pets are safe  and
sound.

I heard a noise, got up, looked around, didn't see  anything and went back
to bed.

Came home early today because we are  having Guests ( Rob and his wife from
JAX

are going to the HHI  Concours with with this weekend.

In the garage wall there is a fresh,  nice big gash and lying on the floor
is a garage door spring.

It  snapped in the middle of the night and managed to missed The  Pantera,
Joni's SLK and two motorcycles

on it's journey from the  door frame, into the wall (at what must have been
a fairly rapid  pace)

and then to the floor.

IT was a 140 lb. rated spring about  25" long, I have never paid much
attention to those things, interesting  that

they remain unstressed when the door is up ( open ) which is like  .01% of
the time and extended and stressed

when the door is closed  (99.9% of the time).

Our house was built in 1992, so these springs are  19 years old, there are
two per door.

It was easy enough to replace  ( they sell them at Lowe's ) , I think I'll
probably

do the other  three soon as well.

Check yours, I've never heard of one snapping  before this one, anybody 
else?

Michael Shortt





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