{"id":541,"date":"2010-09-11T06:51:40","date_gmt":"2010-09-11T12:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/?p=541"},"modified":"2023-06-23T14:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T20:25:47","slug":"garage-door-weights-a-common-misconception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/11\/garage-door-weights-a-common-misconception\/","title":{"rendered":"Garage Door Weights &#8211; A Common Misconception"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2010\/09\/weigh-the-door2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2010\/09\/weigh-the-door2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"An analog human scale used to weight a garage door. \" class=\"wp-image-549\" title=\"weigh the door\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2010\/09\/weigh-the-door2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/blog\/uploads\/2010\/09\/weigh-the-door2-1023x767.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The world has long since gone digital. We have digital cameras, mp3 storage, smartphones, DVDs, and on and on. In order to do a home garage door spring job, one might naturally think that the best way to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2BTqq0-GFJg\">weigh a garage door<\/a> would be with a state-of-the-art digital scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that is not the case at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital bathroom scales register the first steady weight they sense. They do not account for fluctuations or movement in the weight. And when weighing a garage door, we can expect the weight to change as the mechanical maneuvers allow the full weight of the garage door to be realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See our tutorial &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ddmgaragedoors.com\/diy-instructions\/how-to-weigh-garage-door.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Weigh a Garage Door<\/a>&#8221; for instructions and safety precautions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world has long since gone digital. We have digital cameras, mp3 storage, smartphones, DVDs, and on and on. In order to do a home garage door spring job, one might naturally think that the best way to weigh a garage door would be with a state-of-the-art digital scale. 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