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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It appears that UPS and FedEx no longer want to ship boxes that are over eight feet long. As of January 2018, boxes that are eight feet or longer have surcharges attached to the shipping costs.
The following is an example of the exorbitant surcharges.…
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We had hit a quagmire in synchronizing our shopping cart with the FedEx website. I told our customer service rep, Kevin Kedzior, about the problem. It seemed insurmountable. However, in just a few days, he brought over two of FedEx’s top software guns, Justin Cagney and Ed Cohen.…
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The gospel of John opens with these words: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In verse 14 John continues: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”…
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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.…
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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.…
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DDM now stocks Flexible Brush Seal! Made with flexible plastic, designed as an alternative to the original brush seal with a rigid steel support edge. In addition, several features make it an excellent option for your commercial doors and dock levelers.…
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DDM Garage Doors now offers Storm Shield® threshold seals for sectional garage doors. Other garage door weather seals mount to the jambs, header, and bottom of the door. However, this threshold seal glues to the floor directly below the bottom of the door to improve the seal under the door.…
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In order to help our customers find the correct springs for their garage doors, we just posted our revised page with new software to make it easier to purchase Clopay, Ideal, and Holmes EZ-SET Springs.
In the past, we encouraged do-it-yourselfers to measure the springs.…
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DDM Garage Doors no longer sells garage doors outside of the Chicagoland area. In the past, we built wood crates for shipping garage doors over the road. We recently stopped doing this because the $500-$1,000 freight costs were often as much as the price of the door itself.…
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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.
