Garage Door jammed

50Twuncle

We have an 11 year old COMPTON garage - that we can't get into via the main (front) door - we do have a pedestrian side access door ..


The front door appears to jam against the framework at the top - It is not the lock (the door opens a fraction) - this suddenly happened.


Compton has now gone out of business - I asked Lidget Compton (spares) for advice and they told me that they were based some 200+ miles away - so were unable to advise........


Any suggestions ?

WestonDave

Try these guys? No connection and never used them but came up when I was googling to see what a Compton garage was.


http://www.comptonspares.com/revamps.asp

50Twuncle

WestonDave wrote: »

Try these guys? No connection and never used them but came up when I was googling to see what a Compton garage was.


http://www.comptonspares.com/revamps.asp

I tried them - yesterday and they told me that they are unable to make a site visit as they are based in Derbyshire !!

laurel7172

So an up-and over door?

It probably IS the locking mechanism. There's a fair bit of wiggle in a locked door.

You say you can get into the garage-have you checked that the lock is definitely disengaged? Is there a cord running from the back of the lock, up the back of the door? If so, tugging on this should pull down the spring-loaded bolt that locks the door. A broken cord would explain a great deal...

50Twuncle

laurel7172 wrote: »

So an up-and over door?

It probably IS the locking mechanism. There's a fair bit of wiggle in a locked door.

You say you can get into the garage-have you checked that the lock is definitely disengaged? Is there a cord running from the back of the lock, up the back of the door? If so, tugging on this should pull down the spring-loaded bolt that locks the door. A broken cord would explain a great deal...

The lock itself is OK - the up and over door opens about 4 inches then the top of the door hits something !!

martinthebandit

50Twuncle wrote: »

The lock itself is OK - the up and over door opens about 4 inches then the top of the door hits something !!

Any idea what the 'something' is?

50Twuncle

martinthebandit wrote: »

Any idea what the 'something' is?

The wooden eaves by the looks of it

imho

Have a look at the fittings on the side of the garage door as something must be out of line if its hitting the wooden eaves.

50Twuncle

imho wrote: »

Have a look at the fittings on the side of the garage door as something must be out of line if its hitting the wooden eaves.

Tomorrow
Thanks

geoffky

Have a look on youtube...Lots of videos on how to fix garage doors..

50Twuncle

geoffky wrote: »

Have a look on youtube...Lots of videos on how to fix garage doors..

Thanks - hadn't thought of that