Damn it!

[Redthunder]

Up and over garage door cable snapped :'(

[Hairy biker]

Doh!

[ANDYGEE]

My sympathy's go out to you, happened to me a fortnight ago, and the other cable jammed with the door half way down, ain't doing my back any favours .

[lloydie]

I lube mine regularly :-)

[Hairy biker]

It happened to a friend of mine once, he said it was a right bugger to sort out so I've kept mine lubed ever since

[Redthunder]

I know the tricks. Was only 6 months ago I had to change the frame because it had rotted.
The trick is setting the tension right.

[Hairy biker]

At least you know how to fix it, if mine goes belly up I'll give you a shout

[Redthunder]

Am thinking of 2 longer term options...
1) roller shutter door
2) brick it up installing a conventional door just wide enough to get a bike in an out!!!!

Could always put bikes in lounge through French doors ;-)

[lloydie]

Option 2 :-)

[Hairy biker]

I like the third option

[MacV2]

Up & over doors can be a pain to fix as said it's setting the tension right that is the issue.

As a quick fix you could always adapt the door to open using a couple of gate hinges. It can be done as long as the frame is solid & more importantly you have the room for the door to swing open, left or right rather than up & down.

I was thinking of ye old style flat hinges then I found these...

http://www.gatecontrolgear.com/?Gate_Co ... commercial

As for you snapped cable they can be replaced & the door saved I would check Yellow Pages to find a local 'Garage Door ' installation co.

Good luck getting it sorted.

[bikerpiker]

Shouldn't be too difficult to fix, when i installed a 2nd hand door into my old wooden garage i bought a kit from ebay,which included new cones,cables and spindles, cheap as chips
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Garage-Door-S ... 3a75460c4f

[Redthunder]

I will fit cables myself. Storm isn't currently going anywhere, 125 will fit through side door and vtr will have to live outside!