Woodie Plank™ Garage Doors

Woodie Plank Series Doors The Character of Wood, The Strength of Steel!   Woodie Plank Brochure The Woodie Plank™ Series doors are all custom-built and handcrafted to your design. Create a style that matches your vision. The doors can be further enhanced with a variety of classically finished wrought iron hardware and window designs. Every detail is important at 1st United Door. The first layer of cedar boards are applied to an insulated 13/4-inch thick two-sided steel sandwich door. The boards are applied smooth side up so that all the brad holes and knotholes can...

Linear Xtended range radio controls

Linear's Xtended Range wireless receivers and transmitters are more than twice as powerful, 6 times more sensitive, and 3 times more immune to interference than the next best mid-range wireless equipment. Where Linear once offered the industry's top range at 5 miles, they now go to 10 miles. Maybe 15, (they stopped testing at 20, and the signal showed no sign of quitting.) Xtended Range is the long-distance leader over the previous Linear mid-range line, and over everything else on the market. • 2.5 times more powerful: Increased output capability from 4 watts to 10 watts minimum per channel, enabling more...

Universal Garage Door Openers and Universal Remotes for Gate Operators by Clicker, Carper, Skylink, and Challenger

The following remote control transmitters were made to work on various formats, hence, the name "universal". No gate or garage door opener remote control transmitter is truly "universal", make sure to check the compatibilty charts and to contact us if you are unsure of your choice....

Variable Speed Control – by Randy Baker

By Randy Baker In today’s security-conscious environment, automating larger and heavier doors and gates has become an increasingly common occurrence for many dealers. Several manufacturers are now marketing anti-terrorist crash-deterrent gate products that are necessarily extremely large and heavy. Military bases, utilities and countless federal, state and municipal government sites are candidates for anti-terrorist security upgrades using these heavy crash-deterrent products. This trend, coupled with a related desire for increased gate speeds, puts a heavy burden on the operators used to move these loads. One very effective solution to automating heavy doors...

What You Need To Know Before Buying A Garage Door Opener

Garage door openers are not the gadgets that they used to be many years ago. Now, they are more of a necessity for your garage and your home. There are so many options to choose from, you would be amazed at what you would find. Before you venture out to buy one, here are some things that you need to know: There are three different kinds of drives: Chain drive – this style has been around for ages. Many people still use them and find them to be very valuable for their garage. However, when they...

Top and Bottom Fixtures (brackets)

Top Roller Fixture Installation Instructions Lift Bottom Bracket Installation Instructions...

Torsion Springs – By Jim Hauter

By Jim Hauter* Picture this: You’re on a service call 35 miles from your office, servicing a broken torsion spring. But you don’t have an exact match on your truck. You need to get the door working and do not want to make a return service call to this out-of-the-way job. The broken spring is a .243 x 1.75 x 31. In your truck, you have 2-inch ID springs in .234 and .262 wire. What will work? The first thing to remember when doing any spring conversion is to use the same size or larger size wire on the converted...

Today’s Telephone Entry Systems – By Jeff Harris

By Jeff Harris In today’s world of rapid technological changes, customers have grown to expect a great deal of functionality from their electronic devices—especially those dealing with access control or security of any kind. With PCs, cell phones and PDAs commonplace, consumers are accustomed to interacting with and programming all types of devices. Telephone Entry Systems (T.E.S.) are also changing and adapting to technology by adding functionality, versatility and user friendly programming. Some commercial T.E.S. can act as the control center for a full-fledged access system. This can include card readers, digital keypads, radio controls, vehicle identification and much more....

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