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Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:37:00 GMT

What is the name of your state? florida
Hello, maybe someone in this forum can help us......we are currently renting a house in Florida, we noticed the garage door was having problem when we moved in, we rented the place starting August 15th, but actually moved in Sept15th (slow movers), anyway, the door would bow in the center when lifting up and door, finally the door creased about two weeks ago, like bending a soda can back and forth eventually it will rip, we put the original door problem on our punch list but we only gave the list to the landlord today(9/30), he told us originally "just write a punch list and get it to me", but never gave us a time frame to have it in by. Well, today got stuck and the door motor wrenched the door open causing a BIG crease, buckles and rips right down the middle. The landlord says we are responsible that we must have hit the door with our car to cause the initial dent, I told the LL that we did not and I showed him that there was no damage to either car, and tried to explain that we did not touch the door, the garage is actually full or our stuff and we don't park in it. Are we responsible ?
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  • Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:27:00 GMT(1)
  • The garage door bowing suggests the door was not properly reinforced for the opener ( this often happens when it is a non-insulated door). The cracking can also be caused when the torsion spring above the door breaks and one tries to use the opener anyway (thus lifting too heavy of a door). Since you are not familiar with the garage door to me it was the LL responsability to insure all items were in working order before you moved in. If the door was not properly reinforced for the opner that is his problem or if the spring breaks that too is his problem. Springs break after so many life cycles (up and down) it is inevitable. If he doubts that this was the cause of the damage have him call any local garage door company and I am sure they will be able to enlighten him.
  • Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:53:00 GMT(2)
  • thanks for responding, I should have stayed in my apartment :-),anyway... but I really did not think it was such a big of a deal that I needed to call the LL right away, the people that lived there before us must have been using the garage and that's why I put it on my list.
  • Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:01:00 GMT(3)
  • It is possible as you knew the condition of the garage door and you knew it was damaged and you contributed to said damage by continuing to use before it was fixed. You also did not immediately inform the landlord of said problem and waited.
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