Toolbox Tip - Noisy Spring Prevention - Spring Sliders

Toolbox Tips - Easy to follow fitting tips for installers. The fitting instructions tell you how to do it, but don’t always give the full picture... …Particularly when it comes to what happens if you don’t do it right!

These little snippets are an easy refresher to help sidestep some of the common mistakes made when fitting CarTeck sectional garage doors. Bite-sized makes it easy to remember!

If you’re not the person fitting doors, make sure you share his with your installers. Saves a headache on site and the time to make a call to find out what the problem is!

Where do the spring sliders go?

“I’ve got noisy, scraping springs”

Fit the spring sliders in the wrong place and a noisy door is the result!

Here’s how to get it right...

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Single & Double Spring

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