Log book › Guides
Fitter's guidesStraight answers, written down.
A workshop keeps its knowledge on paper so the next person doesn't start from scratch. Same here: the questions we answer on driveways, written up properly. No prices in these pages, because an honest price needs eyes on the door; what you'll get is the reasoning, so a quote makes sense when it comes.
Guide 01
Why a garage door goes heavy
What balance actually is, why it drifts over the years, what a rebalance does, and the one thing never to do to a torsion spring.
What balance actually is, why it drifts over the years, what a rebalance does, and the one thing never to do to a torsion spring.
Guide 02
Repair it, or replace it?
The honest decision framework, with three worked scenarios from the kinds of doors this valley actually has.
The honest decision framework, with three worked scenarios from the kinds of doors this valley actually has.
Guide 03
The running-gear glossary
Torsion spring, cycles, winding bars, balance: the trade's words defined plainly, so nothing in a quote is mysterious.
Torsion spring, cycles, winding bars, balance: the trade's words defined plainly, so nothing in a quote is mysterious.
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