So I had my kids buckled in the car seats already getting ready to go out for pizza. Pressed the garage door opener and turned on the engine--not knowing, the garage door did not open all the way up.So as I was backing out, all I heard was this expensive slamming sound noise. You know, what I'm talkin about? Got out and check the damages. It turned out to be a minor damage. But obviously its going to cost few hundreds. Some bending on the railing but real damage on the section panel. I also knew I wasn't able to take the car out. So I called for delivery instead.
I went online to find any garage repair shops that are still open. Luckily there was few shops that does emergency repair. One repair shop suggested that I should replace the entire doors since the labor cost will equal the cost of a new panel sections anyway. They said it cost just $750.00. But I didn't need to replace anything. So I called another shop who was willing to repair the garage door but charges $59.99 to come over plus $300.00 labor. The labor seems a lot but given the situation, I thought I might as well since I didn't have the tools to repair it myself. Altogether it cost me $350.00 plus $30.00 pizza.
I'd say it was an expensive dinner.
The good news, this is the first time we had to tap our EF. We had $12K EF balance, current balance is now $11,650.00.
Just one of those nights....
November 2nd, 2008 at 07:01 pm
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 am 1225672401
November 3rd, 2008 at 03:29 am 1225682971
I have a bad habit of slipping in and out of the garage door before it's fully retracted. Uh, I'm definitely going to be a lot more careful from now on....
November 3rd, 2008 at 05:23 am 1225689836
I give you credit for still getting a pizza! I'd be so mad I'd have grumbled and made PB and J.