Pretty Violent

Last night, when we put our bikes in the garage, Sue noticed something strange. See bottom left of the picture.




This massive spring, along with a twin on the other side of the garage, helps the garage door motor raise the door. After years of steadfast service, the hook on the end of the spring apparently snapped off. We found this on the ground.


So the spring was no longer rigged to the garage roof like the other side was/is.


See the silver hook above the bike rack? We had to bend the last coil on the spring to attach it to that hook. It turned out to be one of the easier fixes we've had to make to the house.




We hope this doesn't happen again though, since the spring could be pretty violent as it snaps back into its tight coil. Fingers crossed!