One Safety Attachment You Should Not Be Without

[Henry]

I don't know if you have ever had one of your garage door springs break or not, but over the past 40+ years it has happened to me about 3 times.

The first time it happened I was sitting in the car and heard a loud bang.  The spring had broken and part of it was embedded in the wall in front of my car up near the eaves.  Had that ever hit me I would never have known what hit me.  My garage door opener the first time this happened was made by Montgomery Wards and when I went to order a new one, they informed me that I should be sure to insert a strong wire through the center of each spring and have it securely attached at both ends, so that if the spring broke, it could go nowhere or hit anyone.  That I did and to this day, I do not raise or lower my garage door unless I am in the car.

Well, last night I was headed down to Steeple Market to get my Prime Rib Dinner and when I raised the garage door, it bound and hung up.  When I got out to check, sure enough, a broken spring.  I called Overhead Door this morning and they will call me when they can come up.  I will be getting both springs replaced, even though only one is broken.  Don't know what would have happened to the broken piece of spring if a wire had not been inserted through it, but no damaged car or injury to me..  It is truly a dangerous thing, so if you don't have that safety wire, best you put one on, or get someone to do it for you.

[al brodeur]

down here in Pa it is against the law to install a overhead door with a strech type spring without a saftey cable running thru it and  securely fastned on each end
ans yes springs should be replaced in pairs, the big box stores here have a large inventory for most doors

[rod anode]

i wondered what that cable was for .

[kevin]

I have had to replace each of the springs on my garage doors and each time have installed the safety wire.  J&L always has these springs in stock!

[Mike Raburn]

Overhead Door is a great company.

I try to use them for our buildings we do that have roll up doors.