One of the garage door torsion springs broke. Yesterday I called the local office of the Precision Garage Door franchise. The technician is here now, and he seems like a good guy, but the price he quoted was outrageous. The whole job should cost about $250, taking into account that we live in an expensive area, but they wanted $350 just for the springs! None of the cars are in the garage, so the work doesn’t have to be done immediately. I told him I’d pay the $75 service charge and he could leave. He called his boss and I got a better price, and it’s still way too much, but I can live with it to get the work done on a Saturday. Anyway, watch out for this outfit. I’ll never use them again.
I had some leverage to push back, because the cars were in the driveway. The springs are shorter than the originals, so I have my doubts they’re exact replacements, but the door works OK.
Bummer! We use a local outfit in Lawrence and have been happy with them, but I doubt they’d travel to you. Good luck!