Can we talk about the time a building manager in Seattle insisted on a 'quick fix' for a sticking door?

I was on a call at the old Rainier Tower last month, dealing with a leveling issue on a bank of three cars. The building manager, a guy named Carl, kept pushing me to just adjust the door timer on car #2 to 'make it faster' instead of letting me check the guide rails. He said, 'It's just a door, how hard can it be?' I had to explain that the symptom wasn't the cause, and forcing it could lead to a full door operator failure. Has anyone else had to talk a client down from a request that would have made things way worse?

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adam_adams12d ago

Oh man, that reminds me of the time I tried to fix a squeaky floor by just nailing it down tighter. Turns out the joist was ROTTED and I basically made a trampoline. Sometimes the "easy" fix is a one way ticket to a much bigger bill.

robin_roberts8412d ago

My uncle's old house had a similar trampoline floor from a hidden leak. The real cost for @adam_adams and most folks is the water damage you don't see yet. That rotten joist is usually just the first sign.

the_piper9d ago

What used to seem like a quick fix now just looks like a future disaster.