Garage Door Opener
Installing Your Garage Door Opener
A garage door opener — why bother? Well, have you ever sat in your car as the hail poured down around you and stared at your garage door, dreading getting out and opening the door, but knowing that you can’t just let the hail ding up your vehicle? That’s why to bother. After a long drive in perfect heated-or-air-conditioned temperature, getting out to wrestle with a garage door in humid heat, rain, or even just a morning chill can take the wind out of your sails. If only someone had invented a button that could move that mass for you.
Of course, someone did! It’s called an automatic garage door opener, and it’s pretty easy to buy one. Of course, before you do, you need to decide if you’re going to invest in professional installation or do it yourself. If you do plan to be the one installing your own hardware, there are a few things you need to know before you start:
Tools
Look at the instruction manual of the opener you choose before you buy — and make sure you have all of the tools necessary to install it. If you can easily acquire any missing tools, or you have handy friends that might have them, don’t let your lack get in your way, but if you need something specific and expensive, you need to take that extra cost into account. Be sure you assemble all necessary tools on site before you start the installation process.
Safety
Before you deal with any garage door openers, you need to be sure the door is in excellent condition. That means that it opens and closes with no troubles, it’s properly sealing against the weather, and it’s free of any cracks or warping. Oil all of the moving parts, clean out the track, and wipe down the seal. Switch off your garage’s circuit breaker, and unhook the manual rope levers immediately before the installation.
Operation
Find the center of the door, then open the door entirely so that you can mark the spot where the motor should sit. Install the garage door opener up far enough that it won’t danger any tall vehicles parked beneath it. Read your garage door opener’s instruction manual carefully; the different types of garage door opener work in very different manners.
Finalizing
Once you have your opener up and running, you must adjust the open and close limits so that the door doesn’t plow into the pavement or open past it’s tracks. Also, don’t forget to install and test the motion detectors that keep small children and pets safe from your closing garage doors, even if you have neither yourself. Finally, correctly hook up the manual release kit so that you can operate your garage door even during a power outage.
Remotes and Buttons
Once everything works properly, distribute the remotes between your cars, and hardwire any indoor buttons to the appropriate places in your home (making sure to keep the buttons high enough off the ground that young children can’t operate them). If your garage door opener has a keypad associated with it, wire up and test that as well. Hormann electric operators are a particular favourite.
Having followed all of these steps, you will be pleasantly surprised at how easily your garage door openers can be completely installed and made functional.
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