# Help with garage door

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-garage-door/12348>\
**Category:** The Toolbox\
**Created:** [August 12, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-garage-door/12348 "2016-08-12T17:50:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![crom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crom/32/575_2.png) [@crom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crom)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-garage-door/12348/1 "2016-08-12T17:50:52Z")

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In a building I designed I’m having trouble getting a winch (t\_gates\_mech\_control) to operate, to open and close, a door (t\_door\_metal\_locked). Any help would be appreciated.

Also, I can spawn the building if I add it to the “shops” list in data/json/regional\_map\_settings.json but I should be able to do it within my mod folder - how?

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-garage-door/12348/2 "2016-08-13T02:15:06Z")

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For winches to work they must adhere to this two conditions:

1. They must be placed adjacent to a wall that is in turn adjacent to the metal gate. This means that they can be placed in any of the following spots:

` 
 6 6
6-+++++-6
 6 6`  
where 6 is the winch, + is the gate, and - a compatible wall

1. Walls can only be the brick, concrete, and normal ones. Nothing else will work, including the painted variants.

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**Author:** ![crom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crom/32/575_2.png) [@crom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crom)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-garage-door/12348/3 "2016-08-13T07:10:45Z")

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Great! It was the wall type that caused my problem with the winch. Thanks very much.