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Garage doors are no longer the regular roll-top ones, which have to be pushed up by hand. These days, garage door openers are provided with various accessories to make opening easier. No matter how heavy the garage door, it can be fitted with the right kind of opener. These openers ensure utmost safety and security for garages under any conditions. They are also provided with several options and in various designs to suit the exact requirements of the user. |
The best thing is, they can be installed within 3-5 hours (even do-it-yourself ones). A professional can install a garage door opener in 1 hour!
Garage door openers are of two kinds depending on the use: residential and commercial. In the commercial range of garage door openers, the main models are: Trolley, Jackshift, Hoist and the Slide models.
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While Trolley openers are used for standard
lifting on sectional doors, Jackshift is used for
grilles, rolling doors and shutters. Hoist operators
are similar to Jackshifts but they are also suitable
for heavy duty industrial doors. The slide door
openers are meant for single and bi-parting slide
doors and also for fire doors. The main step in purchasing a garage door opener is to determine the actual drive system. Garage door openers are of three kinds depending on the drive system: belt driven, chain driven and direct drive. |
The most important points to be considered in a
garage opener system are the kind of motor and the
horsepower. Garage door openers differ in speed
also. The average speed is 7 inches lift/drop per
second. There are openers that operate at even
double this speed.
Garage door openers are provided with different
kinds of warranties. Safety is another important
aspect while choosing the right garage door opener.
It is mandatory that all automatic door openers
should be equipped with a non-contact invisible beam
system that can sense the approach of a person and
make the door to reverse back to the open position.
Other mandatory features of garage openers are:
automatic lights, a timed reversing feature, a
manual emergency release cord and a force adjustment
feature.
Garage door openers are usually noisy but some
advanced models are being designed to be really
quiet. Proper maintenance and lubrication would also
lessen the noise made by garage door openers. On the
whole, garage door openers should be weather
resistant, safe, and should have the least wire
exposure for long life. Garage doors can also be
operated by a remote control. This is especially
useful for people who have homes with multiple
garages. However, it is better to have a rolling
radio signal code for the control as it is easy for
thieves to capture the code from thin air. Garage
door openers can also have an automatic light,
remote control and a wall operator, as well as the
option of single/two/three button transmitters.
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