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Garage Opener Install - limited length from wall to beam
Does anyone have a solution to center mount a garage opener for a 17' x 7'
garage door where the distance from the front wall of the garage is 8' - 4" from a steel ceiling beam the runs the width of the garage? The garage door company has used a side mount chain drive opener for the past 10 years since the house was built and I have the following recurring problems with this type of setup. - Side mount pulls on door unevenly and causes problem with adjustment. - Garage will only open within 10" of door opening because not enough pull clearance. The door company has indicated going to a gear drive opener and still having it side mounted will improve the pull by about 6 inches, but I would prefer to get the opener to the center of the door. I have been told that it is not a good idea to cut into the beam. Any ideas - any new openers out there? -- Mike Krzywicki |
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Garage Opener Install - limited length from wall to beam
I have been told that it is
not a good idea to cut into the beam. Any ideas - any new openers out there? do not cut into the beam, and yes there is a door opener buy Wayne, you do the search. |
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Garage Opener Install - limited length from wall to beam
I saw a show that had a motor mounted to the wall instead of the ceiling. It
went on the center of the header on the same wall as the door. Looked pretty cool. HTH rik -- Padded room with a view RWC3 "Cox SMTP central" wrote in message ... Does anyone have a solution to center mount a garage opener for a 17' x 7' garage door where the distance from the front wall of the garage is 8' - 4" from a steel ceiling beam the runs the width of the garage? The garage door company has used a side mount chain drive opener for the past 10 years since the house was built and I have the following recurring problems with this type of setup. - Side mount pulls on door unevenly and causes problem with adjustment. - Garage will only open within 10" of door opening because not enough pull clearance. The door company has indicated going to a gear drive opener and still having it side mounted will improve the pull by about 6 inches, but I would prefer to get the opener to the center of the door. I have been told that it is not a good idea to cut into the beam. Any ideas - any new openers out there? -- Mike Krzywicki |
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Garage Opener Install - limited length from wall to beam
http://www.wayne-dalton.com/residential/directdrive.asp
It may require that you replace the door, but it will do the job. Frank "Cox SMTP central" wrote in message ... Does anyone have a solution to center mount a garage opener for a 17' x 7' garage door where the distance from the front wall of the garage is 8' - 4" from a steel ceiling beam the runs the width of the garage? The garage door company has used a side mount chain drive opener for the past 10 years since the house was built and I have the following recurring problems with this type of setup. - Side mount pulls on door unevenly and causes problem with adjustment. - Garage will only open within 10" of door opening because not enough pull clearance. The door company has indicated going to a gear drive opener and still having it side mounted will improve the pull by about 6 inches, but I would prefer to get the opener to the center of the door. I have been told that it is not a good idea to cut into the beam. Any ideas - any new openers out there? -- Mike Krzywicki |
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Garage Opener Install - limited length from wall to beam
"Cox SMTP central" wrote in message .. .
Does anyone have a solution to center mount a garage opener for a 17' x 7' garage door where the distance from the front wall of the garage is 8' - 4" from a steel ceiling beam the runs the width of the garage? The garage door company has used a side mount chain drive opener for the past 10 years since the house was built and I have the following recurring problems with this type of setup. - Side mount pulls on door unevenly and causes problem with adjustment. - Garage will only open within 10" of door opening because not enough pull clearance. The door company has indicated going to a gear drive opener and still having it side mounted will improve the pull by about 6 inches, but I would prefer to get the opener to the center of the door. I have been told that it is not a good idea to cut into the beam. Any ideas - any new openers out there? It's not easy but you can cut the rail on a standard opener & make it an "L" shape. Use a steel plate to hold the rails together at the "L" with room on each side of the corners to put a bolt on each side of the rail. Then you use either a case hardened collar (that can turn freely on the bolt), a pulley, or sprocket on each bolt w/ the chain between the bolt & rail on the inside of the "L" & the chain outside the bolt on the outside of the "L". The actual motor would be parallel to the door. If it is done right it works quite well & the door should open all the way. Side mount openers work OK but not great if they are done right & if the door works smoothly and has torsion springs (springs on shaft across top of door). They do not work well at all on doors w/ extension springs (stretch along the tracks). Normally when we do this we use a screw drive opener though w/ the screw facing the jamb. This is to prevent items or fingers, etc from getting caught in the chain as it goes up & down along the wall a sprocket. As to cutting the beam that depends on the type & soundness of the beam. It has been done in many areas but it would be impossible in this forum to say whether the beam could be cut or not. If you know any engineers ask them or if the original builder is still around they be able to give advice on that issue. Doordoc www.doorsandopeners.com |
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Garage Opener Install - limited length from wall to beam
"Dsorgnzd" wrote in message news:5QwQa.11064$o54.3500@lakeread05...
"Cox SMTP central" wrote in message .. . Does anyone have a solution to center mount a garage opener for a 17' x 7' garage door where the distance from the front wall of the garage is 8' - 4" from a steel ceiling beam the runs the width of the garage? The garage door company has used a side mount chain drive opener for the past 10 years since the house was built and I have the following recurring problems with this type of setup. - Side mount pulls on door unevenly and causes problem with adjustment. - Garage will only open within 10" of door opening because not enough pull clearance. The door company has indicated going to a gear drive opener and still having it side mounted will improve the pull by about 6 inches, but I would prefer to get the opener to the center of the door. I have been told that it is not a good idea to cut into the beam. Any ideas - any new openers out there? I had a similar problem installing a Sears (Chamberlain?) chain drive garage door opener. I cut the excess length off the opener's rail, moved the pulley to the "new" end of the rail, then shortened the chain and the cable by an appropriate amount. This shortened the entire unit enough to fit the space I had available. BUT it is important to be sure that the altered opener has enough travel to completely open the door. The rail will have to be long enough to accomodate the height of the door, plus the length of the arm that connects it to the traveler. So think long and hard before you go cutting on the rail. You don't want the bottom of the door hanging down below the opening. At 8'4 from front to back the door would hang at least a foot into the opening. Standard openers are approx 10' long so he would need to cut approx 1'8 off of rail. The motor head is more than a foot long, so the arm would run into the motor head before the door got close to clearing the opening. A standard garage door opener is made to open up to a 7'6 tall door. So yes you can cut off up to6" (+/- 1") and still have a 7' door open all the way. Doordoc |
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