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Clopay Garage Door San Diego
by everscarface 
Link: http://www.socalgaragedoors.com
This is a garage door installation done in Poway, Ca. The garage door is the Clopay Brand with a Liftmaster 1/2 HP Belt Drive Motor. The Belt drive motor is probably the smoothest, most quiet garage door opener you can buy.
Buying insulation with your door also keeps your door nice and quiet because the foam absorbs the vibration of the metal and in the case will help keep the home cool....since Poway can definitely get hot in the summer.
12/29/09 04:26:14 pm, 
Leave a comment » Stripped Plastic Gears Chamberlin Liftmaster or Craftsman Opener - Garage Door Repair San Diego
by everscarface
Link: http://www.socalgaragedoors.com
This is a short clip showing a stripped gear inside a Chamberlin liftmaster. You can usually tell your gear is stripped in your Liftmaster or Craftsman motor if you hit the remote control or push button and the motor is turning but your door won't go up. This is usually caused by a door that is improperly balanced. 
A heavy door will wear out your gears.....every time I run into this situation its usually a heavy door. So the remedy for this is to replace the gears.....there are 2 major plastic gears inside the smaller one never looks stripped but it should be replaced anyway.
This repair is cheaper than buying a new motor. The best way to avoid this happening is by making sure your garage door is balanced properly. You can do this by disengaging the garage door from the motor and lifting it. If your door is a steel sectional it should lift easily and it should not fall down or fly up if you let go of it. It should stay where right where you leave it. If you have a 1-piece wood door (with the springs on the side) you should be able to lift the door to about waist height and the door should remain at that height when you let go. 1-piece wood garage doors will tend to go up themselves after waist height or a little higher.
So if your garage door is really heavy you should have the torsion Springs or the 1-piece springs adjusted.
12/27/09 01:33:31 am, 1 comment » Garage Door Repair San Diego - Video-1 -Piece Hardware
by everscarface
Link: http://www.socalgaragedoors.com
This is video of some old school 1-piece hardware and Springs. In some cases the hardware is so old it would be difficult if not impossible to find replacement parts or springs. This was the case with this garage door. The wood of the garage doors was still good and the garages where out back and out of view. So it made sense to replace the hardware instead of spending the money on new steel sectional doors.
12/13/09 03:09:51 am, Leave a comment » Torque Master vs. Torsion Spring
by everscarface
Link: http://www.socalgaragedoors.com
The Torque Master: is the spring system developed by Wayne Dalton garage doors. It consists of an oval hollow tube with internal springs and gears at each end of the tube, that are attached to the door cables. This spring system is only used on Wayne Dalton Doors.
The Torsion Spring setup: has a thick tube with much bigger external springs. ( you can see a picture of the torsion set up on our website at: http://www.socalgaragedoors.com/garage_doors_san_diego_repairs.html
The Torsion Spring System is the most common type of garage door spring system.
06/22/09 08:53:45 pm, 3 comments » Some of Our Garage Competitors
by everscarface
Link: http://www.socalgaragedoors.com
Check out these links about some of our competitors....not all garage door companies operate like these do but I know some that absolutely do because I worked for them back in the day.....I also worked for a couple of honest companies.....Interesting that the garage door companies that most claim on their websites that they do not rip customers off or try to sell them parts they don't need are the ones that are actually total scammers.
Anyways here are some links from Ripoff Report.com.