How To Select A Garage Door Opener

Garage door openers also feature a mechanism that reverses a closing door when the door contacts an obstacle.

How to select a garage door opener.

The automatic garage door opener simply replaced the physical action of opening and closing the garage door with a machine that did it for you. Follow the opener manufacturer s instructions for testing the unit s safety features. Single garage door openers generally do fine with smaller openers while double doors may need a little more horsepower. Chamberlain group cgi the corporate parent company to liftmaster chamberlain merlin and grifco is a global leader in access solutions and products.

Unfortunately that wasn t the problem. All i can say is that after three unpleasant days of hoisting my garage door and trying to troubleshoot the old opener i gave up and headed to the home center for a replacement. Measure the width and height of your garage door with a tape measure so you know what you have. We design and engineer residential garage door openers commercial door operators and gate entry systems.

Newer garage door openers can also improve security. Doors that are 10 feet wide by 8 feet tall are single car garage doors. Look for a rolling code feature to prevent. Remotes transmit a unique code to activate the opener.

To choose a garage door opener consider going with a chain drive opener for the most cost effective solution.