Hi, I installed a pair of Clopay garage doors a few years ago and all went well save for the fact that one of the EZ-Set torsion springs was defective and I had to get a replacement. The other day, I was working on my car and had it up on jacks and fairly close to the garage door opening. I needed to close the garage door overnight and wasn't sure that the garage door would clear the car because of the inside handle, so I unhooked the opener cable and let it down by hand; fortunately it just cleared the car. The next day, I noticed the cables at the sides of the door were a mess, all tangled up! I untangled the cables and reset the EZ-Set torsion spring to 12.5 marks of the line on the spring. The garage door was much heavier than before! I called Clopay who advised that I needed to release the torsion on the spring completely to return it to rest, then make sure the side cables were taught and then reapply the torsion. I did that but the garage door is still much heavier than before! I noticed that the straight line on the spring was not horizontal across the spring when in the full rest position, but spiral, like some torsion had not been released at the rest position! The garage door opener is managing to open and close the door, but I am concerned that the extra weight of the door will burn out the motor on the opener prematurely. Would it be OK to crank up the spring a bit more than recommended or is that playing with fire? quickcurrent

My husband and I are first time homeowners and bought an early 1900's home with a detached 2 1/2-car garage. The garage consists of an original concrete block barn (1 1/2 car) with an addition of a shed turned 2nd car garage. The concrete block is in good shape (the roof is decent), however, the concrete slab floor is sunken and cracked, the opening in the 1 1/2 car garage is too narrow (6' or 7'), there's no opening between the two structures, and the add on shed/garage is not long enough. There is also space above the existing garage to add a finished bonus space, but there may be issues with permits to run plumbing/sewage. To update the existing garage and make it functional we would need to: 1) widen the existing garage door to 9' (currently 6' or 7') 2) create an opening in the cinderblock wall separating the two garages 3) remove the existing concrete slab and relay a slab (it's in horrible condition and has sunk about 5" in the center) 4) extend the short garage at least 3'-4' which involves digging a foundation, masonry work, roof work etc. 5) insert an access door In the future we would also like to finish the space above the garage, ideally for an in-law suite if plumbing could be run. My husband and I are fairly handy (ie: we can install the garage door track, framing, etc) but would need to contract out the masonry/roof/concrete work. I would greatly appreciate any feedback and thoughts on remodeling the existing structure versus tearing down and starting fresh. We would prefer to make the updates and keep the existing structure and save money, however, our concern with updating the existing structure is that it may just be a money pit and in the long run make more sense to start fresh. Thanks! [ATTACH]36349[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36350[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36351[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36352[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36353[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36354[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36355[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36356[/ATTACH][ATTACH]36357[/ATTACH]