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.… Read the rest of this entry »
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.… Read the rest of this entry »
Push Down Bumper Springs start the door on the down cycle by pushing on the top of the door.
Jackshaft openers such as the Liftmaster 8500 or the 8500W turn the torsion shaft to operate the door. Under certain circumstances, it is advisable to use pusher springs to help the door close if the door cables come off the drums as the door begins to close.… Read the rest of this entry »
As you see below, they were available for a while in 2018, but they are no longer available.
Yesterday I was at the Clopay Chicagoland distribution center, picking up a shipment of Clopay EZ-SET Springs.… Read the rest of this entry »
Way to go, Neal and Jorie! Congratulations! We wish you all the best as you begin your lives together. The Warehouse Manager, Neal, and Jorie, Personnel Manager, were wed on October 21, 2016.
Neal has been a huge help since we were working out of our garage, not many years ago.… Read the rest of this entry »
Over the past year, my company – and many others – have been the victims of a disturbing business competition strategy being used by certain disreputable companies, whose aim is to falsely cast their targeted competitors as being “disliked” on public media sites.… Read the rest of this entry »
This is the Cubs first World Series win in 108 years! … Read the rest of this entry »
Since we first posted our custom High Lift Garage Door Conversion instructions several years ago, we have noticed a few things that need to be improved through assembly modifications.
One was the alignment of the horizontal and vertical angles in step 7.11.… Read the rest of this entry »
In recent months we have received emails from customers who installed high lift kits, and now one of their cables is fraying or unraveling due to rough edges on the drums.
This appears to be a problem with the foundry where the OMI 4-54 HL LD cable drums are made.… Read the rest of this entry »
Without first seeking professional help, the most common problem do-it-yourselfers encounter when adding vertical track and raising their garage doors a foot or more is that the door doesn’t balance correctly. This is a common high lift problem.
In order to get the door to work at all, you need to install longer cables.… Read the rest of this entry »
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.
