Garage door question
The connection where the opener arm attaches to the door is not as
secure as I would like. It was fine, but a spring broke and things got quite stressed more than it should. It is no longer possible to get the bolts as tight as I would like into the door. I am considering a steel plate on the outside and bolt it though the plate. That should function well enough. (Note per the instructions there is a steel angle as a brace under the opener arm on the inside of the door now. The door itself seems solid and everything is functioning OK. I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two doors with something a little nicer and with windows. Any suggestions or comments? -- Joseph Meehan Dia 's Muire duit |
Garage door question
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The connection where the opener arm attaches to the door is not as secure as I would like. It was fine, but a spring broke and things got quite stressed more than it should. It is no longer possible to get the bolts as tight as I would like into the door. I am considering a steel plate on the outside and bolt it though the plate. That should function well enough. (Note per the instructions there is a steel angle as a brace under the opener arm on the inside of the door now. The door itself seems solid and everything is functioning OK. That sounds like it should work okay. I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two doors with something a little nicer and with windows. My doors will need replacing within a year or two. There are a lot of good options. I also read a local consumer review very recently. 1. Find a good supplier/installer. HD and Lowes did not fair well in the local reviews. The (good) smaller businesses did extremely well on quality and price! 2. Seriously consider appropriately insulated doors. I'm in CA, but during the summer, the garage gets really hot from conduction through the doors. During the evening all of that heat rises into the bedroom above making that room quite uncomfortable at night. 3. You have quite a few choices of material. I think it comes down to personal preferences, assuming you select something which is of sound quality. 4. Also consider whether to replace (or reuse) the existing opener and the level of security you want on any wireless operation. 5. I definitely want to add an external keypad -- my oldest child will soon need solo access but she's *certain* to loose any key that we give her! -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". | | Gary Player. | | http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Garage door question
They make a bracket just for this purpose which is much stronger &
better. One source & pictures of the bracket can be found he http://www.garagedoorsupply.com/operator-brackets.html (I am not associated w/ the site in any manner, but it is a nice site that's easy to use) Through bolts thru the door isn't going to help a whole lot, plus the door will not look all that great from the outside. Doordoc On Mar 16, 3:28 pm, "Joseph Meehan" wrote: The connection where theopenerarm attaches to thedooris not as secure as I would like. It was fine, but a spring broke and things got quite stressed more than it should. It is no longer possible to get the bolts as tight as I would like into thedoor. I am considering a steel plate on the outside and bolt it though the plate. That should function well enough. (Note per the instructions there is a steel angle as a brace under theopenerarm on the inside of thedoor now. Thedooritself seems solid and everything is functioning OK. I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two doors with something a little nicer and with windows. Any suggestions or comments? -- Joseph Meehan Dia 's Muire duit |
Garage door question
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:28:06 -0400, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote: The connection where the opener arm attaches to the door is not as secure as I would like. It was fine, but a spring broke and things got quite stressed more than it should. It is no longer possible to get the bolts as tight as I would like into the door. I am considering a steel plate on the outside and bolt it though the plate. That should function well enough. (Note per the instructions there is a steel angle as a brace under the opener arm on the inside of the door now. The door itself seems solid and everything is functioning OK. I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two doors with something a little nicer and with windows. Any suggestions or comments? I get the impression that you really want a new door (grin). I've seen recent installs of this brand and can say the doors are excellent quality. I'm only passing a link. http://www.martindoor.com/ -- Oren "If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me." |
Garage door question
Our garage door has the window panel in the next to top position
making watching outside while working in the garage a pleasure. Just had an oversize two car garage built to use a woodshop and did the same with that door. Slick! On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:28:06 -0400, "Joseph Meehan" wrote: I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two doors with something a little nicer and with windows. |
Garage door question
On Mar 17, 7:53�am, wrote:
Our garage door has the window panel in the next to top position making watching outside while working in the garage a pleasure. *Just had an oversize two car garage built to use a woodshop and did the same with that door. *Slick! On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:28:06 -0400, "Joseph Meehan" wrote: * *I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two doors with something a little nicer and with windows.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I too like windows in door. If your uin a hurricane area get ones that are hurricane safe. They prevent the door blowing out which leads to overall home destruction. |
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Joseph Meehan wrote:
The connection where the opener arm attaches to the door is not as secure as I would like. It was fine, but a spring broke and things got quite stressed more than it should. It is no longer possible to get the bolts as tight as I would like into the door. I am considering a steel plate on the outside and bolt it though the plate. That should function well enough. (Note per the instructions there is a steel angle as a brace under the opener arm on the inside of the door now. The door itself seems solid and everything is functioning OK. I am also considering this as an opportunity to just replace my two doors with something a little nicer and with windows. Any suggestions or comments? Tanks everyone for your suggestions and comments. -- Joseph Meehan Dia 's Muire duit |
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