The Basics to Installing an Automatic Garage Door

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The Basics to Installing an Automatic Garage Door

I don’t know whether it’s because I was born in the 70s or I am still a kid at heart but I still find automatic garage doors cool. Like something out of Star Trek the way they open when prompted seems like something out of the future. Well 30 odd years on and I now work in the garage door industry (standby for gasps of shock!). In all honesty I did stumble into the profession and it wasn’t due to having an obsession with them for if I had a job involving something I am obsessed with I would most certainly be a couch potato!

I thought it would be a good idea to write a bit on how an automatic garage door is installed. Now I realise that this my not be the most thrilling of subjects however if like me you have had to put up with a temperamental automatic garage door braking down on you it is well worth knowing a thing or two.
Now before I begin it is well worth noting that if you are to install an automatic garage door then it is advisable to get a professional  garage door supplier to install it for you otherwise you may find yourself trying to force the thing to open as it is chucking it down with rain…been there done that and it is not nice!
Well on we go, and I won’t go into too much detail really but rather just the basics. To go into too much detail will confuse/bore/make you want to blow your brains out…so I won’t go there!

So to install an automatic garage door you need to:

•  Attach the track to the drive unit. The drive unit houses the motor and the motor is the part that does all the smoke and mirrors magic for you.
•  You then need to connect the rest of the sections of the track together.
•  The next step is to attach a mounting bracket to the track’s end, and then attach that to the beam above the garage door opening.
•  Once the above has been done you need to attach the motor according to the manufacturers instructions (so do not throw away the instruction manual when you buy one!). This must be attached to a beam in the ceiling because of its weight.
•  Attach the wires from the ceiling motor to the wall switch.
•  Then install the infrared sensors in front of the garage door so that it can detect your movement and open
•  Lastly connect your garage door to the door opener.
•  And voila! You have your nice new spanking garage door up and running.

There are a lot more niggly things involved but this is the basics. Knowing these little bits may help you if ever need to fix your/your neighbours/your sisters garage door, and who knows it may even help you if you decide to enter the world of garage door installation!

Michael O’Donnell works for a company supplying garage doors in Huddersfield. For more information visit www.abigaragedoors.co.uk


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