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My Toughest Torsion Spring Replacement

Friday, January 3rd, 2020 at 5:59 pm by Dan Musick
Image of a broken torsion spring on an overhead door.
Broken Sectional Overhead Door Torsion Spring.

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.…

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Maintaining Your Garage Door

Friday, December 27th, 2019 at 4:58 pm by Dan Musick
A Garage Door Service Professional standing with the garage door opened and looking at the door to diagnose the issue.
A Garage Door Service Professional is diagnosing a door issue.

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.…

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Source of Wisdom and Security in the Garage Door Business

Friday, May 31st, 2019 at 4:57 pm by Dan Musick

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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How to Identify Clopay Doors

Friday, May 10th, 2019 at 4:49 pm by Dan Musick

In our blog titled “How to Identify Doors by Model Number, Serial Number, and PID Numbers” we showed how to identify Clopay garage doors. However, even with our helpful tips, we realize that the labels can be challenging to understand.…

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Part-Time Software Help Needed

Friday, April 12th, 2019 at 4:10 pm by Dan Musick

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.…

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How to Remove a Steel Rolling Door

Friday, March 29th, 2019 at 4:32 pm by Dan Musick
Two professional servicemen standing on ladders in the process of a steel rolling door removal.
Steel Rolling Door Removal

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.…

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How to Install a Steel Rolling Door

Friday, March 22nd, 2019 at 10:40 am by Dan Musick
A view of an installed steel rolling door.
Steel Rolling Door

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

  1. 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.


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How to Replace Steel Rolling Door Springs

Monday, March 18th, 2019 at 4:25 pm by Dan Musick
A view of the barrel of a steel rolling door being supported by a crane in order to replace steel rolling door springs.

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

  1. Close the steel rolling door that requires its spring(s) replaced.


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About Garage Door Cables

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.…

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Spring Bumpers on Low Headroom Tracks

Friday, January 4th, 2019 at 6:44 pm by Dan Musick

At DDM Garage Doors, we run into a number of unique situations. This one is a creative way to install spring bumpers on double low headroom tracks when you are short on space. 

Craig Boyd wanted to install spring bumpers, but he didn’t have enough room at the ends of his tracks.…

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