Roller doors and repairs in Tamworth
Roller doors work hard and get forgotten. B&D's care advice is to check sectional and roller doors every six months and to have roller and tilt doors serviced every 12 months, sooner in extreme conditions or with frequent use.
If your door has slowly become heavier, think springs. B&D's manual says it is natural for springs to lose tension over time, and when that happens the fix is a door specialist resetting or replacing them, never you.
Swapping a hard-wired opener in NSW
Many openers plug into a power point, and in NSW anything plugged in is outside the electrical installation. A hard-wired opener is different. The NSW Government lists disconnecting and reconnecting fixed electrical equipment as specialist work, needing a licence or certificate whatever the job costs.
So if your old motor is wired straight in, the swap needs someone holding that licence or certificate, and any new power point needs a licensed electrician.
Floods that rise quickly
Tamworth is one of the places the NSW State Flood Plan picks out west of the Great Dividing Range, where floods act like those on coastal rivers and the water rises and moves fast. If your garage has flooded before, store things up off the floor and make sure everyone at home knows how the manual release works.
Around Tamworth
Bush fire prone land
Tamworth's council prepares the bush fire prone land map, which the RFS Commissioner signs off. Check your address on the RFS online tool.
Sheds and rural blocks
If a shed roller door you lift by hand has got heavy, ask about the springs before adding a motor.
After a flood
Keep the opener switched off until the motor and its power point have been checked.
What we would do
Before booking a motor swap, look at how the old one gets power. A plug in a ceiling point and a cable running straight into the wall mean two different jobs, and saying which saves a wasted visit.