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Installing
a Garage Door Opener Video
Tips on How to Install a Garage Door Opener
By Mark J. Donovan
In this video Mark Donovan of
HomeAdditionPlus.com shows how to install a garage door opener. Installing
a garage door opener can be done by the average do it yourself homeowner,
however plan on spending the better part of a day installing one.
When installing a garage door opener on a metal garage door, always use
metal reinforcement brackets on the garage door. If you do not, the garage
door opener will damage the garage door.
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Always make sure to mount the garage door
opener rail bracket into the garage door header beam that runs above the garage
door, or in a wall stud above the garage door. If you do not, the garage door
opener will coming crashing down in short order.
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Likewise, when mounting the garage door opener motor assembly to the garage
ceiling, make sure the supporting brackets are screwed, or lag bolted, into
ceiling joists using at least 2 inch long screws/bolts. A garage door opener
exerts a great deal of force when opening and closing a garage door. If it is
not securely mounted into headers/wall studs and ceiling joists it will come
crashing down, and possibly injuring someone or something. |
When installing the garage door opener button for opening and closing the garage
door, make sure to mount it at least 5 feet off the ground so children cannot
reach it.
Also, make sure electrical wires are neatly fastened to wall studs or drywall
using staples, however make sure you do not inadvertently cut or short the wires
when fastening the staples.
After installing the garage door opener, adjust it to make sure it opens fully
and closes tightly.
Finally, make sure that the sensitivity is adjusted on the garage door opener so
that the garage door will rise back up if it feels too much pressure pushing
upwards on it.
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