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Recuperating.
A couple of weeks ago someone tried to close the garage door (with a LiftMaster garage door opener) while a small piece of furniture was in the way. During the course of the calamity the anchor bracket for the travel rail literally ripped out of the wall. (There are a few slightly bent pieces of sheet metal, but I think those are mostly cosmetic.)
Honestly, I put a lot of blame on the installer. Of the two lag bolts holding the bracket to the wall, it looks like one had too large a pilot hole. It also looks like the door travel was too long and when the door closed it put too much pressure on the rail.
Well, the anchor is back in place with one of the original lag bolts (the good one) and two new ones (with properly sized pilot holes). I also reset the upper and lower travel limits for the door, and double checked the safety auto-reverse setting.
The door appears to be working.
My back and knees have never been happy about spending long periods of time on a ladder, and they're even less happy about it now. But it's done, and I believe I have some Zinfandel in the garage. (And now the door opens!)
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