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Garage door spring question Robert Barr 05-21-2007
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Posted by Art on May 22, 2007, 12:48 pm
Very dangerous job. Consider hiring someone who does it full time.


>I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I weighed the
>door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145 pounds. Do I use 140
>pound springs, or 150?



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Posted by Steve Barker on May 22, 2007, 9:05 pm
What's dangerous about replacing an extension type garage door spring? Hell
it only takes 5 minutes to learn how to do the torsion type safely.

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Steve Barker





> Very dangerous job. Consider hiring someone who does it full time.
>
>
>>I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I weighed the
>>door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145 pounds. Do I use 140
>>pound springs, or 150?
>
>



Posted by dnoyeB on May 22, 2007, 1:52 pm
On Tue, 22 May 2007 00:57:23 +0000, Robert Barr wrote:

> I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I weighed
> the door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145 pounds. Do I use
> 140 pound springs, or 150?

Some jobs are worth paying for. Unless you don't mind loosing a hand or
an arm... Depends I guess.

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on May 22, 2007, 3:48 pm

> On Tue, 22 May 2007 00:57:23 +0000, Robert Barr wrote:
>
>> I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I weighed
>> the door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145 pounds. Do I use
>> 140 pound springs, or 150?
>
> Some jobs are worth paying for. Unless you don't mind loosing a hand or
> an arm... Depends I guess.

How would you lose an arm replacing a spring? There is no tension on them
with the door raised. Note: he said EXTENSION springs.



Posted by AZ Nomad on May 22, 2007, 7:52 pm


>On Tue, 22 May 2007 00:57:23 +0000, Robert Barr wrote:

>> I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I weighed
>> the door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145 pounds. Do I use
>> 140 pound springs, or 150?

>Some jobs are worth paying for. Unless you don't mind loosing a hand or
>an arm... Depends I guess.
or your head.

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