In article om, DerbyDad03 wrote:

I was able to get to all areas of my wooden single door by raising it
in small increments to expose the portions behind the upper and side
trim/weather stripping. It was a little tricky to start and stop the
opener to get the door positioned right where I wanted it each time,
but it was certainly doable. It's that damn reversing safety feature
that made it tricky. Obviously you'll be painting from a step ladder,
since the exposed portions will always be near the top.

You can often disconnect the opener from the door and then
slide the door up and down manually. The torsion spring,
if properly adjusted, will take most/all of the weight so
it shouldn't be hard to move. And it's not usually difficult
finding some way to lock/jam the door in position.

Look for an emergency opener (red toggle on a short bit of
rope?). You can also use this to open the door manually if
the power is out.

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