Combs Hollow is the part of Randolph along the Mendham Township border, around Combs Hollow Road and Doby Road. It is the township's large-lot country, with newer subdivisions carved out of wooded, sloping land.
Randolph's land use element puts RR-5 zoning, the township's lowest density, next to the Mendham border in the Combs Hollow section, in areas with steep slopes, wetlands and watershed protection. The same plan lists two smaller subdivisions that were under way there: Trout Brook, a seven lot subdivision in the Combs Hollow and Doby Road neighborhood, and Waterfall Estates, an eight lot subdivision near the Mendham border with 24 acres of open space set aside. Where a house on a lot this size has a garage for two or three cars, each bay may have its own door, opener and springs to look after.
Big houses on big lots mean wide, heavy doors and long driveways. A double door of sixteen feet or more often needs reinforcing struts and carefully matched springs, and a three bay garage triples the hardware to maintain. Doors facing open, wooded slopes also take wind on the face of the house, so a door that bows inward in a storm or rattles in its tracks may need a strut or a stiffer replacement. Newer doors carry a label with their design wind pressure ratings, and a contractor can explain what that rating means for your house.
Distance matters here too. When the garage sits at the end of a long private drive, a technician needs clear directions and enough room to park a service truck near the door. In winter, steep drives freeze and slow everyone down. Storms that bring down limbs and knock out power are a fact of life on wooded lots, so battery backup on an opener is worth considering, and every adult in the house should know how to use the manual release safely with the door closed.
RR-5 zoning lies adjacent to the Mendham Township border in the Combs Hollow section, in areas with steep slopes, wetlands and watershed protection.
randolphnj.orgTrout Brook is a seven lot subdivision in the Combs Hollow and Doby Road neighborhood.
randolphnj.orgWaterfall Estates is an eight lot subdivision in the Combs Hollow section near the Mendham border, with 24 acres of open space dedicated.
randolphnj.orgIt can be. A door that flexes can pop rollers out of the track. A pro can add reinforcing struts or recommend a door with a higher wind rating for an exposed wall.
Only if the doors are the same size and weight. A single door and a double door need different springs. The contractor should size each one to the door it lifts.
Replacing snapped torsion or extension springs on Randolph doors, often after the first hard freeze of the season.
Fixing openers that stall, reverse or quit in Randolph homes, and installing quieter units with battery backup for storm outages.
Getting knocked or twisted doors back in their tracks and replacing salt worn cables on Randolph garages.
Replacing aging, cold or damaged doors on Randolph homes with insulated models sized for the opening and the slope of the floor.
A fall checkup that gets Randolph doors ready for freezing nights, salt and snowmelt before winter hits.
Also in Randolph: Arrowgate, Calais Road