Over the years, manufacturers have sought to build more safety into their products. In addition to warning labels, garage door manufacturers often powder coat products with red paint for safety and to alert technicians of potential danger.
Probably the most dangerous component is the winding cone on a garage door torsion spring.…
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This morning I heard that the unemployment rate was around four percent, which is about as low as I can ever remember it being. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that there is a shortage of workers in the Midwest.…
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“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.…
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In 2016 we showed the critical wiring connections on our blog titled How to Install Omron E3JM Photo Eyes on PowerMaster Operators. The diagram shown below should help you understand how to connect the wires.
In this blog, I’ll show how I performed the installation of the Omron Photo Eye on a job nearby.…
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Our business is expanding, and we’re looking for someone to help with outside sales. This position requires some travel.
For the qualified individual, we are offering $6,000 per month. We are also offering a commission after a minimum sales figure has been reached.…
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DDM Garage Doors in West Chicago, Illinois, is growing. We need someone to help customers in the United States and around the world get parts for their garage doors and dock equipment. Therefore, we are looking for a person to fill our sales position.…
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This week we posted our new “TorqueMaster Spring Replacement” video on YouTube. This video guides you through how to replace TorqueMaster One Springs.
We have created this for use in conjunction with our written Wayne Dalton TorqueMaster Torsion Spring Replacement instructions, which uses pictures and animated gifs.…
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In my January 19 blog, I explained the changes FedEx and UPS had made for shipping boxes that are over eight feet long. One inch of extra length would cost more than six times as much to ship. This affects how we ship products that require larger boxes such as shaft and strut kits.…
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Many years ago, I learned a valuable lesson about life: “When life gives you a lemon, make lemonade.” A similar expression I heard elsewhere is that “opportunities often come disguised as problems.” The lemon – or the problem – is the change in shipping lengths for garage door parts, in particular, our garage door seals.…
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Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of personally training men to repair residential and commercial garage doors and openers, along with steel rolling doors and dock levelers. In fact, this week I had the honor of training a true tradesman and businessman, Ray Bansal.…
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Huge inventory of torsion springs for same or next day shipping! Here you will find all you need in the most common sizes of 1 3/4," 2," 2 1/4," and 2 5/8" inside diameter springs. Larger 3 3/4" and 6" inside diameter commercial and industrial springs may require a day or two to ship. You'll also find TorqueMaster Springs, Extension Springs, Self-Storage door springs, steel rolling door springs and springs for one piece single panel doors.
Shelves packed with every part you need to fix your doors.
Please note. Shipping times and costs have changed. Normal transit times are currently not guaranteed, even on next day and second day shipments. Shipping prices on items over eight feet have more than tripled.
