It must be a sign
The other morning as Jamers was stepping out the door to leave for work we heard this loud bang noise coming from the direction of the garage. We ran in to the garage, but nothing looked amiss. Both cats were in the house as were the dogs. Jamers checked outside but he couldn't find anything out there either. He said he would go up in the attic over the garage when he got home.
By the end of the day we had both forgot the noise and I know I didn't think much of it. Nothing appeared to be wrong. This afternoon I went out to the garage and started a load of laundry. I had just remembered that I still needed to bring the mower in from the driveway. I unlock the garage door and begin to pull it up, only it doesn't move. My first thought is, oh, well it has been awhile since I opened the door, maybe I forgot to do something. I double check and no I do have the latching correctly. I try again. and again. and again. The door won't budge. It feels like it's being held down by a ton of bricks.
I call to Jamers and tell him that I can't get the door open. I then remember about the loud bang earlier in the week. He comes out, and tries the door but it won't move for him either. Than he looks up and it becomes far too clear that the noise we heard was the tension wire that holds the spring that pulls the door up was busted. The spring is no where to be immediately found and Jamers pulls the remaining mechanism off the track.
Eventually we find the spring. Jamers gets the door open with brute force. Apparently a garage door without the aide of tension to move it weighs down just like a ton of bricks. He got the door to work and moved the mower and garbage but now we're going to have to get new door hardware in order for me to be able to open it.
I think this is a sign that I need to play the lottery so I can win and we can fix all the little things around here, get the yard all landscaped, and I can stay home with the Xand man.
By the end of the day we had both forgot the noise and I know I didn't think much of it. Nothing appeared to be wrong. This afternoon I went out to the garage and started a load of laundry. I had just remembered that I still needed to bring the mower in from the driveway. I unlock the garage door and begin to pull it up, only it doesn't move. My first thought is, oh, well it has been awhile since I opened the door, maybe I forgot to do something. I double check and no I do have the latching correctly. I try again. and again. and again. The door won't budge. It feels like it's being held down by a ton of bricks.
I call to Jamers and tell him that I can't get the door open. I then remember about the loud bang earlier in the week. He comes out, and tries the door but it won't move for him either. Than he looks up and it becomes far too clear that the noise we heard was the tension wire that holds the spring that pulls the door up was busted. The spring is no where to be immediately found and Jamers pulls the remaining mechanism off the track.
Eventually we find the spring. Jamers gets the door open with brute force. Apparently a garage door without the aide of tension to move it weighs down just like a ton of bricks. He got the door to work and moved the mower and garbage but now we're going to have to get new door hardware in order for me to be able to open it.
I think this is a sign that I need to play the lottery so I can win and we can fix all the little things around here, get the yard all landscaped, and I can stay home with the Xand man.