I am looking for a professional opinion, a statement to settle a problem I'm facing with my comdominium manager. PROBLEM: My 16'x 7' Overhead garage door is starting to show its age. It has "bowed",(locally it's called, a "smile"). The manager says its because of the weight of the wood door and age. Being an old wood "mill" man I say maybe but it's more a combination of the "finger joint" rails and stiles and the torsion springs constant pressure exerted on the door, especially the electric opener holding the door in the down position, while the torsion springs are tring to pull the door open. Applied year after year, these factors will create the "smile" effect (ie., constant pressure on the wood frame). I have repaired the door by attaching 3/8" sheathing plywood to the inside frame of the door. Bar clamps helped draw the finger joints together while I screwed on the plywood. This added only a slight amount of weight to the door (compensated by adjusting the torsion spring slightly). This will add a few years to the life of the door. By the way, the condo architectual committee, want a new $1600.00 Metal skin sandwich(totally insulated) door in a freestanding, un-attached,un-heated, garage. They argue "The existing garage door failed partly to its age and partly to the fact that it is extremely heavy for that span." Please give me a break! Wood Overhead door have been around longer than him and where great until they started using fingerjoint wood to lower the price. You know my opinion, I will value your opinion. Thank you.

tim i am trying to help someone with her garage door that was a shotty instalation yes he got money and wont come back i have it lined up and secure but am having trouble getting it adjusted properly it stops alright when it opens but when it goes down and hits the deck it opens up again in other words it will not stay closed sam

after construction on my home the garage ceiling went from 8'to 11'.what I want to know is it possible to raise the garage door tracks so when I open the door it is as close to the ceiling as possible and if so would you know the proper way to do so?