DDM Garage Doors

Congratulations, Erich Musick!

Your Mother and I are real proud of you as we celebrate your graduation with high honors and second in your class from Milwaukee School of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering.

We wish you the fullest of God’s blessing as you begin your career at Metavante.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” (Prov. 3:5-6 ESV)

We love you!

Jill Musick, Erich’s sister and upcoming junior at Wheaton College, offers this variation of “Pomp and Circumstance” which she finished writing while waiting for the graduation to begin. pomp-circumstances.mid

Erich has been instrumental in propelling DDM Garage Doors into the internet sales of residential and commercial garage door parts, especially the sales of garage door springs. He has achieved this with a comprehensive web page that includes special instructions for replacing torsion springs.

We are happy to announce the addition of wood carriage house doors to our product line.

These are manufactured by a new startup company near Rochester, NY. Andy Hodenius, founder and owner of On Track Garage Door Services, has recently applied his training and experience in tool and die-making to manufacturing these high-end wooden doors under the banner of On Track Custom Garage Doors. Their pages should be up in the coming months.

Customers will be happy with the superb quality built into every door. If you have any questions about the doors, you can call Andy at 585-352-5125.

The Resurrection

Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. 5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he [1] lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.” 8 So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.” (From the Holy Bible, ESV)

In our attempts to help customers order the correct springs we often suggest they e-mail us photographs of their doors and spring assemblies.

The picture below sent by Dave Schmid impressed me enough to post it here. A collage like this has to be worth many thousands of words. Thank you, Dave, for this creative contribution!

This blog has been moved to the tutorial page.

On a recent guestbook entry Dan Heckle commented regarding our URL extension. Thank you, Dan, for your comment. Here is an answer for you and others who have wondered about it as well.

In April of 1997 when I was evaluating domain names, I considered garagedoor.com but that had already been taken. My web host suggested several alternatives, including garagedoor.org. I told the representative that I thought the .org was just for non-profit organizations. He assured me that many businesses used .org and that it would be fine. I liked the simplicity of www.garagedoor.org and chose that.

In the early years on the web the .org was never an issue. That was before the .com bust of the early 2000’s. URL extensions were in a state of flux. I could truthfully say then, as I say jokingly now, “We don’t make enough enough money to be a .com.” In those days we didn’t earn enough to justify the expense of posting our web page.

As an organization we have always given away many times the value for which we are compensated, possibly more than most of the other .org’s in the garage door industry. For example, I chose not to charge for the torsion spring replacement instructions, in part, because we are a .org. But my motive was still as a business - to pursue making a profit on the web. To that end I have hired a lawyer to protect our copyrighted materials. We exist to make a profit and we protect our interests.

In the last year we have also begun converting the site over to www.ddmgaragedoors.com to more accurately reflect the nature of the organization. We are a business, but also more than a business. Eventually I expect to have the garagedoor.org and extensions automatically redirected to the new URL.

The Internet has taken on a personality of its own. URL’s are peripheral; we stand upon a well-established reputation of quality, service and trust. And upon this we continue building the business for our higher purpose of glorifying God.