Our sliding glass door latch is broken. If you lift the latch to unlock the door, it doesn't unlock. We can't get the door opened. Any ideas on how to fix it? :wall: Thanks, Matt

Hi all, I'm installing a lift in my garage and need the overhead door to open as close as possible to the ceiling. The ceiling is 10.5' high and the door is a standard 7' tall door. Looks to me like I'd simply need to extend the vertical tracks another 30-32" and move the horzontal rails up. Sounds simple enough on paper, but my first problem is finding anyone that sells just the rails, or rails in an increment other than for the standard 7' door. But in theory this is all I have to do, correct? I know I'll have to switch to a torsion bar rather than the overhead springs, which is no problem. My question there is about the work the springs are doing. In the 'normal' arrangement the springs have less and less work to do as the door goes up into the horizontal part of the track (that is, they have less weight to lift as the door goes up). In the new arrangement, there would be 30-32" less door on the horizontal portion of the rails and more needing suspended by the springs. I guess this is handled by tighting up the torsion bar spring? I plan to put an opener on it anyway but I'm wondering how to balance the opened load with the tenion needed to lift the door (i.e., I don't want the door to fly open by itself but I also want it to stay up once opened). TIA, Jim