We pulled into our garage late last night after a long, lovely evening spent at a friend’s wedding.
And?
Our garage door fell off.
FELL OFF.
Shit.
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I’ve NEVER heard of such a thing! I think “Shit.” is the understatment of the day for you.
I hope that stupid door jumps up and reattaches right where it belongs. If not, I hope you get it fixed very quickly, and very inexpensively.
Glad you had a lovely time at your friend’s wedding. :)
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Yowza. Shit is right.
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I worry about our darned garage door a lot. Twice now, the long springs that make it go up have broken, sending these huge metal fragments everywhere. I even heard of a guy who got killed by one and I don’t doubt that the could kill. I am glad no one was injured. Time to read over the homeowners policy.
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How, precisely, does ones garage door fall off?
Oh, and did it hurt you or your car?
Long story:
Last week, Christopher left the back hatch of the jeep open. I didn’t see it was up and I opened the garage door to leave and the hatch door rammed through the door and jammed it. Jon and I got it unstuck and gave Christopher the scolding of his life.
Last night we opened the door and when we were shutting it, two of the wheels popped off, it started twisting and then two more wheels popped off and DOWN CAME THE DOOR!
Luckily, no cars or people were harmed.
Jon thinks that the Jeep incident created an imbalance in tension (Much like when blinds pull up more on one side) and popped the wheels off.
He managed to get the garage door back on and it’s up but we can’t close it. Hopefully, Jon and his dad can fix it tomorrow, but they are busy putting a new roof on Jon’s parent’s house.
So?
I am living with my cars in a garage that can’t have the door closed.
Yay.
Jeez!!! I’m sending some good mechanical karma your way…
That sucks. Hopefully it can be fixed and in the meantime nothing happens to the cars.
Heather Domestic Extraordinaires last blog post..We paid a bit more than a tuppance for this
That sucks. Hopefully it can be fixed and in the meantime nothing happens to the cars.
Heather Domestic Extraordinaires last blog post..We paid a bit more than a tuppance for this
I’m a terrible person. I am. Many people who know me think I’m sweet, but they are wrong. I’m awful. I’m awful because I laughed at your misfortune, and I’m SORRY. But damn, girl! Fell OFF?? That is some random crapiness, stuff like that usually only happens to ME!
xo
b.
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Oh Shit is right!
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Thank the Goddess no one was hurt. And yes, do check the homeowners policy.
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Holy crap! I’m so glad you guys weren’t hurt. That’s seriously a WTF moment.
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I’m glad no one was hurt. Damn garage doors. Why is it always something?
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The REAL WTF is why aren’t there any pictures of freak accident?
Post some pictures girl! What good is a freakish incident if you can’t exploit it on your blog?
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Who installed it? That’s the real question.
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I didn’t even know that could happen!
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Loralee,
Major suckage! I had a similar incident in a condo I used to own, and I decided to try and fix it myself. (“I am woman, hear me roar” and all that.) Yeah, well, biiiiiiiiig mistake. My advice is to call Sears right away, since they do more of this installation/fixerupper business than anyone on the planet. Wish I’d done that first. You don’t want anyone messing with those springy thingys that can amputate whole limbs anywhere near this mess. Sorry you are going through this, but please do call an expert.
My husband went into the leasing agent today and they are sending someone to fix it thank all the heavens!!