Don t attempt to change garage door cables yourself.
How yo lift byojen garage door.
Pull up on the pry bars to.
Long 2 8 ledgers to the northeast and southeast walls about 2 ft.
You will also need 2 pry bars or whatever you can get your hands on to pry the garage door open enough to get your hands under it to lift.
From the garage floor.
Drums at the ends of the tube act as reels winding up the cables connected to the door.
This should be done slowly to not strain your backs or pull a muscle since the garage door is very heavy.
How to open a garage door that has a broken spring step 1.
Have a friend on one side of the door and you on.
As a rule of thumb thick cables should be used for wood and steel garage doors.
A garage door with a broken cable or set of cables is dangerous.
Once the ledgers are up drive three double headed 16d form nails through the ledgers into each stud.
Insert each pry bar under the corner of the door between the door and the floor.
The most common problems with this system are broken springs or cables.
Position a 6 foot step ladder at each side of the garage door.
Garage door cables are under a tremendous amount of load owing to the weight of the garage door so they need to be of the best quality.
Inside the garage tack two 12 ft.
Most of the lifting that will correct your sagging east wall will be from the eastern corners of the north and south walls.