Skeezix
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I have a single-wide garage that consist of horizontal sections, each about 16-18 inches high. The door is opened and closed using one spring wound around a horizontal shaft. A cable on each end of the shaft is attached to the bottom corners of the door to pull it up. The door has rollers on its edges that ride inside a track. The tracks start about an inch above the floor, go up vertically, then curves 90 degrees to a horizontal position and run toward the rear of the garage. An automatic door opener pulls the door up.
The problem is as I open the door it makes an obnoxious noise as the bottom passes around a foot or so from the floor. It doesn't make that noise when I close the door.
The horizontals are level and are the same height above the floor. The verticals are plumb forward/backward and left/right. The vertical sides of the garage opening are plumb and the floor is level. When closed, the bottom rests on the floor, but there is a gap about an inch and a half at the top. When I open the door 7 or 8 inches, the bottom of the door on one side is about 3/4 inch or so higher than on the other side. There aren't any tight places between the rollers and the tracks.
It's as if the top of the door is narrower than the bottom, but all the door sections are evenly aligned on both sides.
I must be missing something but I can't figure out what. Does anybody have any suggestions?
The problem is as I open the door it makes an obnoxious noise as the bottom passes around a foot or so from the floor. It doesn't make that noise when I close the door.
The horizontals are level and are the same height above the floor. The verticals are plumb forward/backward and left/right. The vertical sides of the garage opening are plumb and the floor is level. When closed, the bottom rests on the floor, but there is a gap about an inch and a half at the top. When I open the door 7 or 8 inches, the bottom of the door on one side is about 3/4 inch or so higher than on the other side. There aren't any tight places between the rollers and the tracks.
It's as if the top of the door is narrower than the bottom, but all the door sections are evenly aligned on both sides.
I must be missing something but I can't figure out what. Does anybody have any suggestions?