Putting Up New Garage Door Opener

Let the home depot install your new garage door opener and save you from battling your unresponsive opener or lifting your door by hand.

Putting up new garage door opener.

Most newer garage doors with. Prepare your garage door. But the mounting straps that are included are often so flimsy that you can bend them with your hands. Cut it to size with a hacksaw.

There are two basic types of garage door openers chain driven and belt driven. Preparing to install a garage door opener 1. Attach the straps to the power unit with the hardware provided. When you install a new garage door replace all the hardware as well.

So buy slotted angle iron at a hardware store. A glitchy garage door opener can cause daily frustration. Most units hang from angle irons and metal straps that have holes drilled in them at regular intervals. The four best selling types of garage door opener are belt drive chain drive direct drive and screw drive.

Please subscribe to my new channel handy homeowner dedicated to how to videos like this one. Assess whether you have the type of garage door that can have an opener attached. Doors with openers also require two extra pieces of hardware that you ll see in photo 4. Bolt the angle irons to a rafter or rafters with lag screws.

Attach the straps to the irons with hex head screws. If your automatic opener doesn t have an automatic reversing system that includes photoelectric eyes replace it.