Crash! Crunch! There are few things less like music to a homeowner's ears than the sound of a vehicle (your own or someone else's) backing solidly into your garage door. And the sight of willful damage to the garage door, whether by an ...
How often do you use your garage door? Even if you open and close it only when you're leaving for work or coming home, that's a total of approximately 500 times per year. All that wear and tear puts a lot of strain on your garage door ...
Tags: pulleys, bearings, rollers, Construction
Safety Tip Extension springs should always be restrained with a safety cable that ties it to a solid point on the horizontal door track. This will ensure that it doesn't 'fly-off' in case the pulley, cable, or the spring itself breaks ...
Tags: Garage Door, Construction
Small in size though they are, hinges are essential to the proper functioning of your garage door. Should they break or wear out, opening the garage will be difficult, if not impossible. Even worse, broken hinges can cause serious damage to ...
Tags: Broken Hinge, Garage Door
Pressure washers are amazingly handy tools. They work by forcing water at extremely high pressure across the surface that you need to deep clean, a technique that's eco-friendly, fast, and suitable for many outdoor maintenance jobs. It ...
Tags: Pressure Washers, handy tools
Have you heard of the silent killer? Every year, carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning claims 500 victims in the United States. This colorless, odorless gas is a byproduct of using common household appliances which burn fuels like natural gas, ...
Tags: Carbon Monoxide Detector
There really is nothing that compares to the natural luxury of rich, warm wood. Decks, doorframes, and furniture all seem to look their best when left unpainted, simply stained and allowed to display their inherent beauty. Many people ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, door, garage door
It's the ultimate in floor space conservation. If your garage ceiling has enough clearance, you just might be able to park two cars in the same stall. Not two Range Rovers or two monster trucks, but two low-profile sedans or sports cars ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Garage Door
The present age belongs to the phenomenal progress in the field of science and technology. Today, we can find a large number of machineries all around ourselves. You can categorize these machines into various categories. These machines ...
Tags: Compression Springs, springs
For decades, futurists have been predicting the era of the "smart" home, where you don't need to be home to lock your doors, dim your lights or adjust your thermostats. But except for the homes of the wealthy and a few hobbyists, the smart ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Security and peace of mind in some cases boils down to preventing those with less than savoury intentions from accessing a building. To this end, it becomes important to find the appropriate garage door to secure the building whether it is ...
Tags: Security, Protection, Garage Doors
Basically the abbreviation MDO stands for Medium Density Overlay which is known to be an exterior-type of lumber. A MDO plywood is generally, used as a paintable surface where an exterior paint and primer or exterior varnish or (top coat) ...
Tags: Plywood, MDO Plywood
Hyundai Motor has officially opened the doors to its brand new test centre at the famed Nürburgring in Germany. The state-of-the-art facility encompasses 3622 square metres over four floors and includes features such as automatic ...
Tags: Hyundai, Auto, Transportation
Clothing brand Twin Six is leaving its downtown Minneapolis home for larger digs just outside the city, in St. Louis Park, that should be up and running by the end of August. "We'll be paying just as much [in rent] for four times the ...
In merchandise that makes the most of torsion springs, superior good quality spring building is essential. The spring system may be the critical factor within numerous prevalent household items these kinds of as garage doors and garments ...
Tags: Custom Spring, Spring, Components