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Interactive labs

Ten hands-on labs to understand your garage door.

Each lab is self-contained — click in, play with the physics, read the callouts. No math required.

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Tool

24-Point Inspection

Walk through a self-inspection and get an emailed report with flagged items + a local pro if needed.

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Preview of the 24-point inspection tool showing a progress bar at 4 of 24 and items like Springs, Drums, Cables with OK, Watch It, and Fix It Now buttons.

The ten labs

The Science of Garage Doors interactive lab
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The Science of Garage Doors

How springs, cables, and counterbalance make a heavy door easy to lift.

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The Science of Garage Door Springs interactive lab
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The Science of Garage Door Springs

Torsion and extension springs explained: cycle life, wire gauge, and what actually fails.

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Energy Efficiency Lab interactive lab
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Energy Efficiency Lab

Heat transfer visualized. See how R-value, panel construction and seals affect heat flow, with an illustrative cost model.

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Garage Door ROI Calculator interactive lab
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Garage Door ROI Calculator

Model your own payback on a new door: insulation savings and your own resale assumption.

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Rolling Steel Lab interactive lab
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Rolling Steel Lab

Commercial rolling-steel doors in 3D. Coil, guides, curtain, barrel, drums. Click any part.

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Spring Fatigue & Cold Weather interactive lab
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Spring Fatigue & Cold Weather

Why garage door springs break on the first cold morning of the year.

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Safety Systems Lab interactive lab
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Safety Systems Lab

Photo-eye sensors, auto-reverse, and the federal entrapment rule that protects people under a closing door.

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How a Garage Door Goes Together interactive lab
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How a Garage Door Goes Together

See how the parts fit together, in the order a technician installs them.

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Garage Door Anatomy interactive lab
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Garage Door Anatomy

A 3D service-manual view of the six parts that drive the majority of door failures. Click any part for what it does, how it wears, and when to call a pro.

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Narrated Chapters interactive lab
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Narrated Chapters

Two short narrated animations: how the springs balance a door, and why cold weather breaks old springs. About 25 seconds each.

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