BridgeMan
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amawoman,
I have to respectfully disagree with your technician's approach. But in his defense, he did perform the job you asked him to, that is, getting your door operational.
Every single garage door I've ever owned or inspected required routine maintenance, and that includes tightening loose bolts and fasteners. The vibrations generated by many mechanical openers can cause things to loosen up, sometimes to the extent of causing failure of the door's operation. Case in point--an unoccupied home I looked at a few years ago (with the intent of buying) had a 16' door with many of its track bracket bolts quite loose, including 2 bolts that were completely missing (end of the track was hanging down, causing the door to wrack or twist as it wanted to open). The listing realtor who was showing the place mentioned that the garage door "was jammed" when he had tried to open it with the wall switch during a previous showing. I found one of the missing bolts and several nuts/washers off to the side on the garage floor, and gave them to the realtor as a reminder that he have the house's owner get a repairman out to replace and tighten all hardware. Chose not to make an offer on the place, as it was a true beater.
I have to respectfully disagree with your technician's approach. But in his defense, he did perform the job you asked him to, that is, getting your door operational.
Every single garage door I've ever owned or inspected required routine maintenance, and that includes tightening loose bolts and fasteners. The vibrations generated by many mechanical openers can cause things to loosen up, sometimes to the extent of causing failure of the door's operation. Case in point--an unoccupied home I looked at a few years ago (with the intent of buying) had a 16' door with many of its track bracket bolts quite loose, including 2 bolts that were completely missing (end of the track was hanging down, causing the door to wrack or twist as it wanted to open). The listing realtor who was showing the place mentioned that the garage door "was jammed" when he had tried to open it with the wall switch during a previous showing. I found one of the missing bolts and several nuts/washers off to the side on the garage floor, and gave them to the realtor as a reminder that he have the house's owner get a repairman out to replace and tighten all hardware. Chose not to make an offer on the place, as it was a true beater.