New house garage door question - will this become a problem?

[whitesco]

New house, we closed in Sept. We have a 2-car garage with a single garage door and all seems fine with it, up/down is relatively smooth and quiet but I noticed that, when fully raised, the spring tension appears to be uneven.

On the right side, the cable is taut - no or almost no deflection possible using the 'thumb' test. But on the left side the cable is visibly slack and I can move it around.

Is that going to cause problems down the road, such that I should have it adjusted under warranty or am I paranoid, need hobbies, should go touch grass, etc.?

 

[wssix99]

The cables stretch over time. On some models, you can adjust the cables by turning the pulleys. On other models (like mine), the pulleys are keyed and can't be adjusted. (so I need new cables)

There are videos on youtube that show different ways of doing this.

 

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[larry4406]

New house I would call warranty and have it checked.

 

[Codyboy]

I would have them fix it.

For what its worth , when my 16ft doors are fully open there is some slack in the cable. I don't know if its normal but I think its been like that for 20 years.
Not slack enough to jump a groove in the spiraled pulley wheel but just a bit slack.

 

[jack stand]

Mention it during your pre settlement or 30 day walk through.
They're pretty standard procedures with new home builders.

 

[Codyboy]

The cables stretch over time. On some models, you can adjust the cables by turning the pulleys. On other models (like mine), the pulleys are keyed and can't be adjusted. (so I need new cables)

There are videos on youtube that show different ways of doing this.

Cables stretch?
Springs , yeah probably.

 

[nadogail]

IMHO, The Builder should be called while you’re still in Warranty.