111000@reddthat.com to Ask Men@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoDon’t water a grease fire, don’t try to replace with a garage spring. What are some OTHER potentially life-saving tips?message-squaremessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down19
arrow-up1147arrow-down1message-squareDon’t water a grease fire, don’t try to replace with a garage spring. What are some OTHER potentially life-saving tips?111000@reddthat.com to Ask Men@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square207fedilink
minus-squareDarkassassin07linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoEither centered above the door mounted to a shaft thats as wide as the door, or on either side along the rails the door travels on. The second kind is far less common in my experience.
minus-squareLileath@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI’ve only seen the second type in the garages I was in (admittedly not very many), I don’t live in the US though, assuming you do.
minus-squareDarkassassin07linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoCanada. They’re pretty rare in homes and entirely unseen in warehouses. Worked for a garage door supplier for a while too: almost all torsion springs. Still a few linear tension springs but really not many.
Either centered above the door mounted to a shaft thats as wide as the door, or on either side along the rails the door travels on.
The second kind is far less common in my experience.
I’ve only seen the second type in the garages I was in (admittedly not very many), I don’t live in the US though, assuming you do.
Canada.
They’re pretty rare in homes and entirely unseen in warehouses.
Worked for a garage door supplier for a while too: almost all torsion springs. Still a few linear tension springs but really not many.
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