Great video from garage door guy going through fire school. One serious consideration. Most doors along the coastlines are wind rated and will have one to seven 3" braces on the back of the door. Just cutting through the 2" thickness of the door will not be enough.
@Erich Weiler I understand they cut through doors without issue but you said it yourself, they cut just shy of 5". With a 2" thick door and 3" windload braces on the back of the door, you will likely not cut all the way through, especially if you are using an abrasive blade that gets smaller as you use it.
@Erich Weiler and the 3" windload braces found on most newer doors are doubled over 17g steel so if you dont cut them, you will likely not be able to budge the door. Just a tip for coastal firefighter, not knocking the video, techniques, or tools in this video. Just trying to add to the conversation. And for the record, im a paid firefighter and a 15 year garage door technician.
Stupid question but that was a cirque saw designed for wood... I'm guessing it has some capabilities for cutting metal as you showed. Is that the normal procedure or would you ever use a hot saw as well?
bmeyer2011 old question but that’s originally a cement saw. Called a k12 in the fire service. Runs a abrasive chop blade just like a chop saw for cutting metal. Mainly used for metal or concrete cutting. They do have other blades that vary in price and abilities. But that saw bode combination does well with most metal door opening. Just watch the sparks. We do carry torches but those are for certain situations only.
Erich Weiler I do remember the yellow saws. It’s crazy advancement in tools now. There are discussions that we as a department may go to only battery powered for every tool we use that’s Gasoline. I argued the fact that while that’s not a big deal when the operation is small in nature, it will fail when it’s a disaster like a hurricane or something prolonged. I do demolition and land clearing on my days off, I use the battery powered tools when I can but you cannot pass up the power and efficiency of a gas powered tool when it comes time to get things done. My department may have bought tools from you back in the day. It’s been probably 15 years since I’ve seen a yellow saw anywhere.
You shouldn’t make any cuts in overhead doors when they are closed. The doors are under high tension and removal of any material can cause serious injury or death. They do not have these sample panels hooked up to a door counterbalance. 43 years experience with overhead doors.
Make sense now as to why you don't cut all the way in the first go. Thank you for teaching me something today
Great video from garage door guy going through fire school. One serious consideration. Most doors along the coastlines are wind rated and will have one to seven 3" braces on the back of the door. Just cutting through the 2" thickness of the door will not be enough.
@Erich Weiler I understand they cut through doors without issue but you said it yourself, they cut just shy of 5". With a 2" thick door and 3" windload braces on the back of the door, you will likely not cut all the way through, especially if you are using an abrasive blade that gets smaller as you use it.
@Erich Weiler and the 3" windload braces found on most newer doors are doubled over 17g steel so if you dont cut them, you will likely not be able to budge the door. Just a tip for coastal firefighter, not knocking the video, techniques, or tools in this video. Just trying to add to the conversation. And for the record, im a paid firefighter and a 15 year garage door technician.
@Erich Weiler yes sir.
Question with garage door springs and cutting away all the material that would cause the garage to shoot up
Garrett Rotter you right
Stupid question but that was a cirque saw designed for wood... I'm guessing it has some capabilities for cutting metal as you showed. Is that the normal procedure or would you ever use a hot saw as well?
bmeyer2011 old question but that’s originally a cement saw. Called a k12 in the fire service. Runs a abrasive chop blade just like a chop saw for cutting metal. Mainly used for metal or concrete cutting. They do have other blades that vary in price and abilities. But that saw bode combination does well with most metal door opening. Just watch the sparks. We do carry torches but those are for certain situations only.
Erich Weiler I do remember the yellow saws. It’s crazy advancement in tools now. There are discussions that we as a department may go to only battery powered for every tool we use that’s Gasoline. I argued the fact that while that’s not a big deal when the operation is small in nature, it will fail when it’s a disaster like a hurricane or something prolonged. I do demolition and land clearing on my days off, I use the battery powered tools when I can but you cannot pass up the power and efficiency of a gas powered tool when it comes time to get things done. My department may have bought tools from you back in the day. It’s been probably 15 years since I’ve seen a yellow saw anywhere.
Looking for info on this training prop, anybody
You shouldn’t make any cuts in overhead doors when they are closed. The doors are under high tension and removal of any material can cause serious injury or death. They do not have these sample panels hooked up to a door counterbalance. 43 years experience with overhead doors.
Id assume that risk. Especially coming from the guys that could be saving my kids from burning to death in a fire.
@@steveo1413 Unfortunately Steve those guys will not be saving your children if they are severely injured by making foolish mistakes.