My son sent me this passage a few years ago and I keep it posted on the wall here at work. With garage doors or any other business, operating wisdom, knowledge, understanding and justice come from the Lord. He truly watches over us throughout our lives.…
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In our blog titled “How to Identify Doors by Model Number, Serial Number, and PID Numbers” we showed how to identify Clopay garage doors.
Attached are links to PDFs to further help you identify your Clopay garage door.
As always, if we can ever help you find what you need please contact us.…
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DDM Garage Doors is looking for an experienced software developer. Applicant must have at least four years of experience programming with PHP and a high mechanical aptitude. Starting rate is $40.00 per hour. If interested please contact us.
More information about our company is on our blog titled “Who are We?”…
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Note: These instructions are for smaller rolling doors less than 16 feet wide and 14 feet high.
1. If there is a hood covering the barrel remove the hood.
2. Open the door.
3. Remove the tracks on each side, but leave the longer vertical angles that support the end plates.…
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1. Check to confirm you received all the parts and that they are the correct size. New doors normally come with the barrel assembly and curtain separate, along with the tracks and hardware box with instructions. Sometimes the endplates are separate.…
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1. Close the door.
2. If there is a hood covering the barrel remove the hood.
3. Unwind spring(s) unless the spring or springs are already broken. Mark the tension wheel and count the number of turns you remove. You’ll need to rewind the spring the same number of turns and possibly a little more.…
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A straight cable with no fittings installed is considered raw cable. These cables are normally purchased on rolls, and raw garage door cables are commonly used when a contractor or maintenance man is cutting cables for garage doors with various heights and types of lifts.…
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At DDM Garage Doors we run into a number of unique situations.
Craig Boyd didn’t have enough room at the ends of his tracks so he asked us for some suggestions.
We kicked around some ideas and here’s what resulted. These pictures show how he installed spring bumpers at the ends of his double low headroom tracks when there wasn’t enough room at the ends of the tracks to mount the bumpers.…
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Learn a good trick.
Go on YouTube and look a for “life hacks,” and try some of them. It will expand your mind to see possibilities.
Break a record.
It may be a personal
record, or winning a contest, but strive for the best. …
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Picking up where we left off
5. Did you enjoy math in school? If so, why?
In garage door repair and replacement instructions, verbs like “to measure”, “to mark”, “to weigh”, “to adjust”, and “to draw” appear in various forms frequently.…
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YES, WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS! DDM is considered a life-sustaining company because we are an internet retail company that provides essential products. Due to the recent outbreak of Coronavirus, however, we are changing our local order pickup policy at our West Chicago location. To pick up an order you will need to order first. The quickest way is to order in advance through our online shopping cart. There you can select the local pickup option. Or, you can call 630-293-1337 for assistance, to confirm availability of parts, and to place your order. Once ordered, your parts will be available for pickup in the lobby of our north side front entrance. Longer items will be picked up on the south side loading dock. Please honor the six foot social distancing rule. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we all navigate this challenge together. More information is available on our blog titled DDM Adjusts to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. In the same article you will also find documentation and an answer to the question: "Is a garage door repair company a life sustaining business?"
