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.… Read the rest of this entry »
“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.… Read the rest of this entry »
The year was 1997. The internet was just coming of age. Interest in the profit potential of web-based businesses was reminiscent of the gold rush in the last century. It was the year that my 12-year-old son, Erich, posted our first web page.… Read the rest of this entry »
Many years ago, I was replacing a gear on a Chamberlain/Liftmaster/Sears opener. I had learned from previous jobs that the top neck of the drive shaft often wears from dried grease. I put two and two together, and I concluded that if I replaced just the gear, I would probably need to return in a few months to replace the drive shaft and another gear because it is not possible to purchase just the drive shaft.… Read the rest of this entry »
Over the years, our primary focus has been to honor God by being good stewards of the resources He has provided. Further, this lead us to create a kingdom purpose to help direct our business.
I learned this principle from two Christian businessmen, Bill Pollard and Dick Lauber.… Read the rest of this entry »
In an earlier post, we mentioned Jorie’s and Neal’s wedding. Neal is our warehouse manager, and Jorie has helped here with personnel matters. This includes completing a company policy manual that had been started several years previously. She also helped to see that the orders got to their intended destinations.… Read the rest of this entry »
Most garage doors consist of sections that connect with hinges. The end hinges and fixtures have rollers to allow the door to roll up into the tracks.
Wood was the primary source of door construction in the early decades.… Read the rest of this entry »
“We help people fix their garage doors.” In 1980, I wrote this on the first flyer that printed, intending to provide Garage Door Training.
My plan was to provide training for maintenance personnel to repair their commercial and industrial overhead type doors.… Read the rest of this entry »
Those of us who have been in the business for a while remember the old BarCol doors. This name is short for Barber Coleman.
The greatest difficulty we remember is accommodating the incompatibility of torsion hardware. While all the other door companies used 1″ shafts, the early shafts on BarCol doors had a 1 1/16″ outside diameter.… Read the rest of this entry »
V.E. Power Door is the manufacturer of the PowerMaster brand of sectional door, rolling door, and sliding gate operators. The founder, Philip Lanzarone, established V.E. Power Door in October of 1969. Furthermore, from its Long Island facility, the original creation of the company was to service North American Door.… Read the rest of this entry »
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