If you have recently built a new garage you might be having a difficult
time deciding on the right garage door opener. It is certainly something
that seems simple at first. Once you start looking around you will find
there is allot of choices. Here is a buying guide to help you along.
There are three different types of garage door openers. There are chain driven
garage door openers, belt driven garage door openers, and screw drive
garage openers. This might sound a bit confusing
so lets sort this out.
A chain driven garage door opener is great for heavy doors. A common type of
garage door is now wooden. This is a perfect place to use one of these. Chain
drives are usually built with a more powerful motor.
They are also very rugged
and handle different weather conditions well. The downside is that they are
noisy. Although, noise isn't as big of an issue as it once was.
Screw drive
garage door openers have been around for along time and are very common.
They
typically work buy having a lifting mechanism that moves along a threaded steel
rod. These are quite powerful and come in variety of different horse power
motors.
The last type of garage door opener is a belt driven model. These can be very
useful if you don't want much noise. If there happens to be a bedroom near
you may want to consider one of these.
The belts do have a tendency to wear out a little faster
then the other types of models. Belt driven garage door openers typically don't have the
power that the others have either.
So there you have it. You should have the basics of what kind of a garage
door opener that will suit the needs of your garage.
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