Friday, January 3rd, 2020 at 5:59 pm by Dan Musick
For the professional replacing torsion springs can take anywhere from 20 minutes on a residential garage door to an entire day on a commercial or industrial sectional overhead type door. My job was far more complicated than the basic residential garage door since it was replacing springs on a sectional high lift overhead door, making it the toughest torsion spring replacement.…
Friday, December 27th, 2019 at 4:58 pm by Dan Musick
Most people take their garage doors for granted. We go into the garage in the morning, open the door, back the car out, and then close the door before we drive off.…
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.…
DDM Garage Doors is looking for an experienced software developer. The applicant must have at least four years of experience programming with PHP and a high mechanical aptitude. The starting rate is $40.00 per hour. If you are looking for a part-time software developer position, please contact us.…
In the Commercial and Industrial garage door industries, you will often encounter steel rolling doors. At times there will be a necessity to remove a steel rolling door. These instructions are for smaller rolling doors less than 16 feet wide and 14 feet high.…
Friday, March 22nd, 2019 at 10:40 am by Dan Musick
This tutorial will provide step by step instructions on how to install a steel rolling door. Please be prudent, as this process can be both difficult and dangerous.
Preparation
To begin with, check to confirm you received all the parts necessary to successfully install a steel rolling door, and ensure that they are the correct size.
With everyday use, springs on a steel rolling door will eventually wear and break. This tutorial provides step by step instructions on how to replace steel rolling door springs.
Disabling the door
Close the steel rolling door that requires its spring(s) replaced.
Friday, January 11th, 2019 at 6:02 pm by Dan Musick
Garage door cables are an essential part of any garage door assembly. The cables wrap around cable drums, which fasten to the shaft with set screws. When the shaft turns, the cables lift the door open. In this blog post, we will provide the basics of how garage door cables work, as well as how to assemble usable cables from lengths of raw cable, and troubleshooting procedures for when cables go wrong.…
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.
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