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Up and over garage door cable snapped :'(

Doh!

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 .

I lube mine regularly :-)

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

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.

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

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 ;-)

Option 2 :-)

I like the third option

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.

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

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